Goshinkwai Ju Jitsu

Just to give you a bit of background, on how I came to start training in Ju-jitsu. I was originally going to join a ballet school (very different from Ju-jitsu I know!). However, when I signed up for the ballet school I had to wait for the new term to start. When the new term started I went back to the ballet school with my father and found that it had moved locations. The new people that now owned the building did not know the forwarding address for the ballet school. At that point, I had a great sight of relief, as could not really see myself jumping across a stage in a tutu! Then, came my ... more

I've been training in Ju Jutsu for the last 2 1/2 years and my confidence, fitness and attitude to life has dramatically improved. Ju Jutsu is all about prevention, proactive protection and self defence as the last resort. All areas are covered - avoiding, negotiating, striking, kicking, grappling, throwing, locks. It is suitable for all and there are classes designed specifically for children. It is absolutely ideal for women because it doesn't rely on strength and it concentrates on the genuine behaviour of a potential attacker. I can't really compare this to other martial arts because my ... more

Ju-jitsu is a very competent martial art. From my experience ju-jitsu is simply a larger more complete form of aikido. Techniques are often similar but with two key differences. Fistly when a ju-jitsu practitioner takes a hold of the opponent they will be intending to cause as much pain as possible with their grip, secondly the technique will often be taken further than an aikido technique. What i mean by that is they will not stop when a technique starts to hurt like may aikido move do, instead they look for ways to enhance the pain by further twisting the arm and baseing it as quickly as ... more

Time to give my little past-time a push. For the last four and a half years I have been a student of Goshinkwai, a street fighting style of ju jitsu, aimed purely at self defence. The system is not,I repeat NOT a competitive sport, there are no fancy poses, no spinning back kicks, back flips etc., it is a get down and dirty system based on winning any confrontation in the first 10 seconds. To do so we are taught to use any part of our body or anything from the surrounding area. Goshinkwai, as a living breathing system, incorporates striking, punching, throwing etc. It teaches full mental ... more