What are the differences between karate and jujitsu?
Okay, first of all it is important to understand a little bit of the history here, don’t worry I will keep ut as brief as I can. Ju Jitsu (gentle art) developed amongst the Samurai of feudal Japan as a complete combat system with hand to hand and armed techniques. Initially used to fight against people with armour, and later in more ‘civilian’ clothes. Using a soft, yielding form of combat as well as a harder more aggressive style, Ju Jitsu incorporates strikes, blocks, throwing, grappling, joint locks, choking/strangling, pressure points, etc. Basically everything – a full system. Much like Judo developed from Ju Jitsu to concentrate and specialise specifically on grappling/throwing techniques, Karate developed in Okinawa (but seperate from Ju Jitsu) as a fusion of Chinese and Japanese styles. It evolved to concentrate specifically on the unarmed blocking and striking techniques. (There are grappling/weapons etc techniques and forms within Karate, but it puts much less focus on these
