What is the difference between Judo and Ju Jitsu?

Also if you had the chance to do Ju Jitsu or Judo which one would you pick and why?|||Although many consider the Samurai to have been the greatest swordsmen of all time, they also had to be highly skilled in unarmed combat. Their jujitsu was created by warriors and tested in life and death battles. It was a complete fighting system containing strikes, kicks, throws, joint locks, and strangulation holds. The early jujitsu


practitioners also trained with the sword and the naginata (long bladed spear).


In battle, if disarmed, the samurai utilised his jujitsu skills in a life and death struggle. When faced with a armed opponent, the samurai would most likely have only one opportunity to disarm and kill him. For this reason the samurai would attempt to evade the opponent%26#039;s lunge, and then seize the arm that held the weapon. He would then apply a joint lock to the limb. These joint locking techniques were designed to destroy the limbs by disjointing them and tearing apart the connecting muscles and tendons. The joint lock would most likely be followed up by a strike or kick to a vital area designed to quickly kill or disable the opponent. If


the fight went to the ground the samurai had the skills to quickly strangle his opponent with a variety of choke holds. Although the days of the samurai are gone forever, the fighting techniques they developed on ancient battlefields are still practised today.





While jujitsu was created on the battlefield by warriors, judo was created in peacetime for peaceful purposes. In it%26#039;s early years judo was considered nothing more than one of the various styles of jujitsu.


Eventually judo became the accepted name for the system taught at Kano%26#039;s Kodokan.


Jigoro Kano had an extensive knowledge of jujitsu and always professed that the physical techniques of judo, with the exception of atemi waza (vital point striking), came from jujitsu. The most prevalent jujitsu styles influencing the development of judo were the kito ryu and tenjin shinyo ryu. Although judo contains all of the techniques of jujitsu, it%26#039;s emphasis is placed on throwing techniques. The key to all throwing techniques is in the ability of the defender to unbalance his opponent. Another strong point of judo is it%26#039;s strong ground fighting techniques (Newaza). Atemi Waza (vital point striking) is normally only taught to black belt students. The many strikes and kicks that make up judo%26#039;s atemi waza are the direct result of the 1921 collaboration between Kano and Gichen Funakoshi. Funakoshi in turn added various judo techniques to his shotokan karate system.





The strong point of judo training is that they do the majority of their katas and free sparring against an opponent who is resisting with all his strength. When training in jujitsu and aikido the opponent has to cooperate and go with the technique because of the danger of joint dislocations.


Unlike jujitsu and aikido, judo places a strong emphasis on tournament competition. Rank promotions in judo come from both proficiency in contest and knowledge of the art.|||Hey way to cut and paste your answer from someone eles page. I believe it%26#039;s called plagerism... Report Abuse
|||jujitsu it more about grappling, locks and close fights while Judo is more of throws and knockdowns.|||JuJitsu was created about 2000years ago by the samarai who needed a close combat defence system when they lost their swords.


Judo was created in the 1880%26#039;s. Judo is derived from JuJitsu. It%26#039;s creater Dr. Jigoro Kanu was a black belt in JuJisu, but wanted to create a style that was more well rounded and less offensive and brutal. JuJitsu at the time was being taught to police and prison guards in Japan and Jigoro found it to be to aggresive and that it was lacking as a total self defence style. After 15-20 years of developing Judos techniques. Alot of which mainly the armlocks and chokes were taken from JuJitsu and share the same names. And he added 40 throwing techniques a number of pinning techniques and even added some additional locks. He took 15 of his best students to the Tokyo Police games in 1929 and faced them off agains the 15 best JuJitsu fighters in Japan. The Judo fighters won 13 out of 15 fights. The next day the Police force and other orgs... In Japan adopted Judo as their main self defence style. When the King of England traveled to Canada in the 40%26#039;s he had a few RCMP officers (Canada%26#039;s FBI) Then took 10 Judo black belts to be his personal security... Up until the 60%26#039;s Judo was 75% traditional self defence and 25% sport fighting. today it is 75% sport fighting and 25% traditional.


I would definatly always choose Judo as it teaches everything you can learn in JuJitsu and more... It is a much more rounded fighting and self defence style and compliments other styles like Muay Thai and and Wrestling much more.





13 years of Judo


4 years of Wrestling|||Judo is for puss, Jiu Jitsu is for real men....|||Quick answer:





Jiu Jitsu-%26gt; Close quarters grappling, mostly on the ground. Lots of joint locks and chokes. Can be Gi or No-gi.





Judo-%26gt; Amazing throws from standup, submissions on the ground. Practiced with a Gi.|||I%26#039;ve trained in Judo for almost 11 years and in Ju Jutsu for almost two. Here are the differences:





Ju Jutsu:


- translates as the gentle technique


- for self defense only; non-competitive, non-sportive


- goal is to incapacitate an opponent with minimal injury


- emerged as a martial art in the 1600s according to Judo founder Jigoro Kano


- techniques include joint locks, holds, chokes, throws, and light strikes (atemi)


- was used by swordsmen as the back up art should their swords fail


- there were more than 700 styles of Ju Jutsu during the 18th and 19th centuries; most have merged with the Kodokan in the early 1900s





Judo


- translates as the gentle way


- a sport martial art, one of two martial arts that is an Olympic sport (as of 1964)


- goal is to score points and have fun competing


- developed by Jigoro Kano in the late 1800s


- techniques include throws, holds, chokes and locks





Jigoro Kano was a Ju Jutsu student and based his new art, Judo, on his learnings in Ju Jutsu. The biggest difference is that Kano created a set of rules to govern and dictate the use of the throws, chokes, pins, etc, rules that truly do not exist outside the competitive sports world of Ju Jutsu. The two main Judo rules are %26quot;Maximum efficiency with minimum effort%26quot; and %26quot; Mutual welfare and benefit.%26quot; In other words, use as little of your energy and body movement to get your results, and use self control when working with a partner and he/she will do the same for you. In Ju Jutsu, the first rule is understood although not stated. The second rule is non-existent, since your welfare is the priority.





I personally prefer Ju Jutsu to Judo, despite the more energetic workout I get in Judo. I love the self defense aspect of it and the attention to nuances and detail in the training. I really depends on what you want out of training and whether you find a good instructor.|||Judo deals more with flips with the hips and Ju jitsu uses more moves that lock joints and twist you up. they make a great combo. Id pick Ju Jitsu only because It would teach me to handle mutlple opponents better than Judo I think. You cannot flip 8 people but you can tie up 8 people with just one. After I would learn Judo. Learn as much as you can. be a spounge and learn.|||Judo is just a school of Jujitsu. Either are good. Judo takes the moves it%26#039;s founder thought were best, and emphasizes them. Some say, less moves, know those moves better. Some say more moves gives you more options... Both have benefits.|||(This only applies if %26quot;Ju Jitsu%26quot; refers to the groundfighting made popular in Brazil)





I am a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) and my instructor is a 3rd degree blackbelt in judo and a purple belt in BJJ. As far as I am concerned, there should be NO DIFFERENCE in the content of either art.





However since competition rules for BJJ and judo vary, there is a different emphasis in training and instruction. As others have said, judo will emphasize on throws having good form and pinning. BJJ will emphasize submissions, positions and guard passing when the fight is taken to the ground usually by a not-so-elegant takedown or jumping to guard (wrapping one%26#039;s legs around a standing opponent to pull the latter to the ground with him/ her on top).