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T ri c k s
Japanes e Feat s Atta ck a n d Defence
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Person al E n c ou nt er
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a p a n es e P h ys i c a l T r a i n i n g,
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P hys i c a l Tr a i n i ng for
Wom en b y Ja p a n e s e Met h ods , ! P h y s i c a l Tr a i n i n g
for Ch i ldr en b y Ja p a n e s e Me th ods ,
Li fe a t W es t P o i n t , !
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s a e - o Pho tographs
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a e o e by A B . . Phe ln
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INT R O DU CT IO N
T is bu t a few y e ars a go that jzu y zts u wa s u n

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kn o wn t o t he W e st e rn w o rld T o day t he
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nam e is u nde rs t oo d v e ry ge n erally i n E ngi i sh,
s p ea k i n g c o u n t ri e s t o r e f e r t o that m yst e ri o us
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a rt o f s e lf d e fe n c e b y which t he Japan e s e p r o v e
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an t ag o nis t s wh o m i t is imp o ss i bl e t o d e fe at i n
physical en c o u n t e r T o s o m e exte n t t oo a
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lit t le kn o wle dge o f this stran ge art has c o m e t o

us Wi t hi n t he n e xt few y ears i t i s t o b e ex
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p ec t e d t hat jz u y zts u will b e as w ell u n d e rs t oo d

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b y us as bo x i n g is t o day -
.
A kn o wl ed ge o f t he Japan e se a rt re duc e s
b o xi n g from a sc ie n c e o f d e fen c e t o t he status
o f an e xc e ll e n t e x e rcis e T he w ell t ra i n e d jz u
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jz ts za n is a b l e t o m ee t and t o d e fe at t he fi s t i c
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e xp e rt a t a ll p o i n t s . In this v o lu m e m u ch a t
te nt i o n has bee n paid t o t he m et ho ds by which
t he Jap an e s e o v er c o m e s t he e xp on e n t o f rin g
wo rk .
In s c o p e t he fe a t s d e scrib e d i n t h i s v o lu m e
i ii
iv In tr o du c t i o n
c o mpris e all that is e ss e ntial in jzu jz t s u for

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purp o s es o f p e rs o nal e nc o unt e r M u ch that

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wo uld b e o f int e re st o nly u nd e r J apan e s e c o n

di t i o n s o f life has b e e n o mitt e d . T he tricks
s e l e ct e d fo r analysis in this v o lum e a re th o s e
that a r e o f t he m o st valu e t o t he man o f Angl o
S axo n h eritage in matt e rs o f fighting .
With o ut d o ubt i t will b e u rge d that s o m e o f

t he J apan e s e f e ats e xplain e d in t he fo ll o wing
page s a re in t he language o f t he ring fo ul

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But fighting is an ugly busin e ss fro m t he nature

o f things and t he J apan e s e c o nt e nd that any
,
m e ans that brings vict o ry is j ustifiabl e It may

b e add e d that fe w m en d e f e at e d by a j zu y zt s za n
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a re disabl e d fo r a p e ri o d l o ng e r than a fe w m o
m e nts fo llo wing d e fe at T he lace rati o ns and

.
c o ntusi o ns that fo ll o w fi s t i c u fi s a r e unkn o wn in

Japan wh e re t o di s fi gu re an o pp o n e nt wo uld
,
b e c o nsid e re d a disgrac e t o t he vict o r

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7z u .
f i lm whil e st e rn w o rk is t he ess e nc e o f p o lit e

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n e ss ! it is aim e d t o sh o w a bully t he fo lly o f

fighting .
T he gre at e st charm o f all ab o ut zu z ts u is '
j j -
that it d o e s n o t call fo r t he e mpl o ym e nt o f

great stren gth T he we ak e r man if skill e d is
.
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In tr o du c t i o n v
able t o vanqu ish his stro nge r but unv e rs e d

o pp o n e nt . T he art has a hist o ry o f m o re than
tw e nty fi v e c e nturi e s and during its lo ng
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c o u rs e o f e v o luti o n
jzu y zt s u has b ee n p e rfe ct e d
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as t he a rt o f t he small e r w e ak e r man , .
D aily practic e in this n o v e l physical wo rk

make s rapidly fo r agility o f b o dy and o f mind ,
and fo r gre at physical e ndurance T he Japan .
e s e s o ldi e r sail o r and p o lic e man tak e a c o m

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p u ls o ry g o v e rnm e nt c o urs e in j zu jzt s u T he

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physical p e rfo rmanc e s o f t he J apan e s e in th e ir

war with R ussia sh o uld b e su ffi cie nt t o e stab
lish e v e n s e e mingly e xtravagant claims fo r t he
valu e o f jzu jzts u as t he b e st syst e m o f b odily
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tra ining kn o wn t o t he w o rld .
H I RV I N G H AN C O C K
. .
NE W Y RK J ly
O , u 25 , 1 9 04 .
CO N T E NT S
C H A P T ER I .
P A GB
P lim i n ry T i i g H w t St gth th H d
re a ra n n — o o ren en e an s
f orAtt k d H w t T gh th V l b l
ac , an o o ou en e u nera e
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ti l P rf rm e f th o T i k B m Se d
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r na oad th- o s ro - an e
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u en c e— Ji J it Thr t H ld
c en c u- su oa - o
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CHA P T ER III .
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e e en ce — ere n es o an p
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CHA P T ER IV .
T h Ri ght W y
e d th W g W y t T ip
a an Opp e r on a o r an o
t H w t D d g th T i p H w t K l d
n en — o o o e e r — o o n ee an
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an ve s a ou n ers a re oss e
C H A P T ER V .
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n ee n an th S h ld r s n ro ov er e ou e
H w t R d r th F l l
o o Ad rsa y H lpless
en e e a en ve r e
Co n t en t s
C H AP T ER VI .
P AGE
T he B x T i k U ly U l g i t h Ji
o er s
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r c s t t er s e es s a a ns t e u
J i t Ad p Why h E dg f h H d i M
su e t— t e eo t e an s a or e
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se o f h H d A F w P li m i
t e ry
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a s o o n t e o s o t e o er ,
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a a e o t e a ter en es re
C H A P T ER VII .
Ar m H k d F d Ofi g i h B x F d Ofi
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r c to e se on n es e r a te as es
C H AP T ER V III .
h G d l A q i
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or n Exp i d B x
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a n a O pp t A gi li ty
u a r om an on en —
G i d b y hi W k Si d S ppi g S d
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C H A P T ER IX .
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a s o o n a
B x Fl i g d H ldi g H i m H lpl Wi th
o er — oo r n an o n e es s
D i g H i m D m g A h E fi ti W y
ou t o n a a e— n ot er ec ve a
of H l di g Vi i m i S b j i f H i g
o n a ct n u ec t on a t er av n
Thr w H i m i th i B xi g i W tli g
o n e er n o n or n r es n
C H AP T ER X .
F r i g th B x
o c n e o er to F d H i Ow Bl
en s n o w— T he F ll a
T h t F ll wa o o s— T he N ear e s t T h t th a e Ji u - J it su
Ad p C m e t o es to Ou r Styl e of B xi g G di g
o n — u ar n
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Co n t en ts
C H A P T ER XI .
P AGE
T wo S a fe , C ti er a n , an d E asy H ld o s for R edu c n ig an
O pp o n en t St— ra i n i n g an Ad v er s a ry '
s Arm o v er
t he Sho ld u er — H o w t he Vi c to r y m ay b e F llo o wed
u p wi th Th a row in Eith r e of the Thr C ee a s es
C H A P T ER X II .
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r c s a O
a i e es c r e as u o ro u s —
ne n
Whi h h P li m wi ll S
c F
t e wh H o ce an ee n o un en e
H pp b th Vi i m
a en s l H K w thto e e ct , u n es s e no s e
C Whi h i l D i b d T h D i l
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r s o n er o cc o an — e a ue o s
T i k i Ej i g Tr b l m P
r c n ec t n a ou es o e er s on
C H A P T ER X III .
A Cl r J pev e W y f E x p i g Sh m m d U
a a n es e a o os n a e n c on
i Th Sh l d r Pi h
s c ou s n es s — M f e ou e nc as a ea n s o
Df A H dy W y f S pp i g
e en c e— Fight i an a o to n a n a.
S d A Att k f m B hi d Th t L
ec on — n th ac ro e n a ea v es e
Vi im wi th t D f
ct d I t Appl i ti t ou e en c e , a n s ca on o a.
B rgl Oth
u I rd ar or er nt u er
C H A P T ER X IV .
T wo E x ll t C m bi ti A t k f E xt
ce en o na on t ac s or r em e O cc a
i H w
s on s — St p P i g F gi i i
o to o a ass n u t ve n the St t r ee
— H w t O ot k F gi i o d R d v er a e a u t v e an e u ce H i m to
S bm i i
u s s on
C H A P T ER XV .
S om e N i P bl m ce ro e s i At k d D
n tac an e fen c e tha t the
St d t S l wi th h Ai d
u en c an o ve t e of Wh at ha s b een
D ri b d d h H i t Th t
es c e an t e n s a a re N ow Gi v en
X C o n t e n ts
C H AP T ER
P A GE
F i i hi T th J p Si At k
r
n s ng ou c hes i n e a a n es e c en c e of t ac
and D e fen c e— A S u m m a ry of t he B tF f
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Wm o en to Pra c ti s e and t o Us e at N d Fi l
ee — na
C tiau on s t o the St d t
u en Who wou ld b E x p rt i
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I L L U S T R ATIO N S
P AGE
No . 1 . O NE OF T H E S IMP LE S T FORM S OF T R H O W- OFF
OFT R AT H H O F
- ti p
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No . 2 AN A A NT A G T A T R U T R M
. DV E H ES L S F O TH E
D N S W N IN P R
E FE SE IN G I U TR AT I N
HO E CE D LL S O
No .
3 A C RR T J IU J IT U T R AT H
. O EC - S H O -
OL D
No . 4 S IMU T A N U ATT A
. LT R AT H EO S CK— H O - OL D AN D
HA P IN ND- CH
No .
5 A T R AT H
. H T RW O A AI - OLD AND H O B Y AN SS L
R AR
AN T IN T H E E
No . 6 T. WR N G W
HE T RIP O AY T o
No .
7 T. RIG T WHE T RIP H AY T o
No . 8 T. T RIP R M K N I N G P IT I N
HE F O A EEL OS O
No .
9 T R AT H W IT T R W R H IP
. H O - OL D H H O O VE TH E
No . IO S TRAI N IN G AN O PP N NT ARM A T R
. O E
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S F E HE
HA N T R WN
S B EE H O
No . II. JIU J T U A G AI N T
- B ox
I A S IM
S P S TH E E R— LE
STY O D N LE F E FE SE
No . 12 D N A G A I N T B T FI T
. E FE HE B X R
SE S O H S S OF T O E
No . 13 T . B X R R I G T ST PP D AND ON
HE O E
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S H O E
GUA RD A G A I N T H L T S IS EF
No . 14 A H ox V R A L w L T HA N D R AND A
. o O E o EF - E
W ARD O - RIG T
FF FOR T H E H
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x ii Ill us tr a t i o n s
P A GE
No . 1 5 . TH EK I DN Y B W A G A IN T A BO X R
E LO S E
U SE F U UND R M A N Y OT R C N D IT I N
L E HE O O S
No . 1 6 . AN T R T I N G T AT
O HE J IU J I T U MA
H H TH E -
S N
D OE S T O T H E B o xE R
NO . 1 7 . C N IN IN G F INI
THE O V C SH O F D E FE N S SE H OW N
IN P R IN G I U TR AT I N
E CE D LL S O
No . 1 8 AN T R U U M T
. O HE SE F L E H OD O F IN GH O LD AN
O PP N T D WN E MP Y
O EN O — LO ED A G AIN T B R S A OKE
AN D IN WR T IN G ES L
No . 19 U IN G O PP N NT L
. S O E
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S EF T AS A GU A R D
A GA IN T H O W R I G T
S IS N H — T I F AT E N
H S E DS
IN T R W A H O
No . 20 T. N AR T J J IT
HE E ES IU - S U APPR A O CH TO
B X IN G
O
No . 21 .GUA R I N G A G A IN T N
D S E CK B LO W AN D S AR
OL
P LE xU s JAB
No . 22 . AH O LD F R M
O TH E R AR T AT PR
E H E C E DE S A
T R H OW
No . 23 . A S IMP LE H OL D T AT R N D R
H E E S AN As
S AIL AN T H E L P LE s s
No . 24 . S T RA INING A F R A RM V R S UD R O E O E TH E HO L E
No . 25 . T D V I HA N D S A K
HE E L S
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H E
No . 26 . S U D R P IN A D S A R P x JA
HO L E - CH N OL - LE US B
U SE F U A IN E x N S A MM D U N N
L L so p os I G H E CO
S CIO USNE S S
No . 27 . NT IN G
PR E VEI NJURY AN To KN EE OR
O T R C NT I G U U P AR T
HE O O S S
NO . 2 8.S TR A ININ G ARM ST P AN As A O TO F I G T IN G

H
l -
l S U C O MBAT
T RIC KS
CHA PT E R I
R E L I MI N A R Y T RA I N I NG H O W T O
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S T R E N G T H E N TH E H ANDS FOR A TTAC K ,
AND H O W T o T O U G H EN T H E V U L NERAB LE
P A R T S FO R DEFE N C E PR AC TI C E MUS T
B E C ONS TA N T U NTI L P E R FO RM AN C E O F
TH E T R I C KS B E C O MES S E C O ND NA T URE
D O N T B E I N A H U RRY TO S H O W O FF
’ !
A NE W T R I C K T O FR I ENDS C O O LNESS
A B S O LU TE L Y NE C ESS A RY T O SU CC ESS
T is t r u e t hat t he O ffe nsiv e and d e fe nsiv e
fe ats i zu jzts u c o mbat m ay b e und e r tak e n
' '
with o ut any pre li m inary t rainin g Y et it is .
e qually t ru e t ha t n o t s o goo d r e sults a re s e
cu re d by t h i s c o urs e as a r e t o b e had wh e n t he
a pplicat i o n o f t he w o rk is bas e d o n a pr o p e r
2 Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i c ks
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fo undatio n O f we ll train e d muscl e s and with

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o th e r parts O f t he b o dy pr o p e rly pre pare d fo r
t he tasks that a r e t o b e e xact e d O f th e m .
yz u jzz s u d o e s n o t d e mand m uscular d e v e l o p

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m e nt t o t he sam e e xt e nt that it is n ee de d in
t he practic e O f b o xing o r O f wr e stling but it is,
w ell and v e ry n e arly abs o lut e ly e ss e ntial t o

— —
p o ss e ss n e rv es and muscl es that a re e sp e cially

train e d t o re sp o nd with lightning lik e swiftn e ss
-
t o t he d e mands that a re put up o n th e m by t he
p e culiariti es O f t he J apan e s e styl e O f p e rs o n al

e nc o unt e r T he J apan e s e bl o ws a re struck
with gre at e r sp ee d than a re th o s e us e d by
Angl o S ax o n b o xe rs and must b e land e d with
-
,
far great e r e xactn e ss .
T he e xp e rt at jz u jz t s u is abl e t o d e fe at t he
’ '
b o xe r e asily and S ignally It fo ll o ws th e re

.
,
f o re that t he bl ow must hav e b o th sup e ri o r

,
sp e e d and eff ect .
What th e n a r e t he m e th o ds O f pre liminary

, ,
training that giv e th e s e advantage s It has .
b ee n p o int e d o u t in my previ o us wo rks o n this

subj e ct that t he J apan es e e xp e rts th e ms elv e s
diffe r c o nsid e rably as t o t he b e st m e th o ds O f
bringing t he muscl es and th e ir go v e rning n e rv e s
P r e l i m i n a ry T r a i n i n g 3
int o t he m o st s e rvice abl e c o nditi o n Just as .
jz u jzt s u has b ee n mad e t o e v o lv e int o at l e ast

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a half d o z e n distinct th o ugh cl o s ely r elat e d

-
sch oo ls o f e x e cuti o n s o th e re a re many di ffe r

,
e n t id e as am o ng t he initiat e d as t o ho w t he
b o dy is t o b e pre pare d S o m e t e ach e rs i zu

.
'
jz ts u giv e n o pre liminary gymnastic w o rk but

'
pro c ee d at o nc e t o t he practic e o f t he fe ats o f

attack and d e fe nc e and re ly u p o n c o ntinu e d
,
practic e in this wo rk t o giv e t he muscl es t he

p e culiar t o n e that is n ee d e d Oth e r te ach e rs .
,
again hav e th e ir o wn s p ecial syst e ms o f gym

,
n a s t i c s and th e s e latt e r whil e di ff e ring in f o rm

, , ,
a r e all bas e d up o n and m ee t t he sam e r e qu ir e
m e nts .
In t he thre e v o lum e s that t he auth o r has

O ffe r e d t o t he public o n t he subj e ct o f physical
training acc o rding t o Japan e s e m e th o ds th e re

has b e e n e xplain e d an e cl e ctic syst e m o f pre pa
rat i o n that is u nd o ubt e dly t h e b e st that J apan
has t o O ffe r This syst e m is bas e d fo r t he
. ,
m o st part o n t he t e achings o f o n e o f t he m o st
,
m o d e rn o f T o ki o s ji u jz ts u exp e rts whil e

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’
-
,
fe at u re s hav e b ee n tak e n als o fro m t he t e ach

in gs o f m any o th e r n o t e d exp o n e nts o f t o da y -
.
4 Jiu Ji tsu Co m ba t Tr i c ks
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This syst em o f bo dily training th e n as de , ,
scrib e d i n t he autho r s three pre c e ding v o lu m e s

’
furnishe s t he b est muscular basis fo r t he wo rk

that is t o b e explain e d in this v o lu m e But .
,
o nc e t he m uscl e s hav e b e e n pu t i n p r o p e r r e
s p o n s i v e c o nditi o n th e r e a re o th er d e m ands t o
,
b e c o nsid ere d . Fo r instanc e t he J apan e s e

,
d o e s n ot strike with his cle nch e d fis t but with ,
t he inn e r or littl e fing e r e dge o f t he palm .
This e dge o f t he pal m th e n must b e pu t in

, ,
t he m o s t fav o urabl e trim fo r s ev e r e attack .
T he e dge must b e hard capabl e O f inflicting

—
inj u ry and o f e nduring sharp c o ncussi o n .
Fo r t raining t he e dge o f t he hand thus th e re

is a v ery si m pl e m eth o d that calls o nly fo r tim e
and patie nce S trik e t he e dge o f t he hand
.
lightly but re p e at edly agains t a w o o d e n o r

s o m e similar surface It is n ev e r n e cessary t o
.
increas e t he s ev e rity o f this training bl o w but ,
at l e ast tw e n ty minu t e s daily S h o uld b e giv e n

t o this hard e ning proce ss . F o r this n o tim e
n ee d b e tak e n fro m o th e r o ccupati o ns Wh e n .
s e at ed reading e xe rcis e t he e dge o f that hand

,
which is n ot e mpl o y e d in h o lding t he b o o k .
At t i m e s wh e n n e ith e r hand is o th erwis e

P r e l i m i n a ry T r a i n i n g 5
o ccupi e d t he e dge s o f b o th may b e e xe rcis e d

simultan eo usly T he imp o rtanc e o f s o training
.
t he e dg e s o f t h e hands is n o t t o b e e stimat e d
lightly and this t o ugh e ning S h o uld b e f oll o w ed

,
dilige ntly fo r s o m e m o nths T he hard e r t he .
e dg e o f t h e hand is mad e t he m o r e e ff e ctiv e
will b e t he bl o ws struck with it and with t he ,
l e ast ex e rti o n o n t he part o f t he c o mbatant .
At t h e sam e tim e t he parts O f t he b o dy that

a r e lik e ly t o b e stru ck by an o pp o n e nt must b e
hard e n e d This is acc o mplish e d m o st e ffe c

.
t i v e ly by daily assaults u p o n th e s e parts o f t he
b o dy In o th e r w o rds hard e n any giv e n part

.
,
o f t h e b o dy by r e p e at e d enduranc e o f t he kind
i z u jz t s u attack that w o uld b e mad e up o n it

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-
.
T his attack wh e n mad e in practic e is n ot e m

, ,
pl o y e d with t he sam e s ev e rity that w o uld b e

us e d i n actu al s e ri o us c o mbat
, .
An attack against t he s o lar pl e xus may b e

re sist e d t o s o m e e xt e nt by drawing in t he
, ,
abd o m e n and t ensing its muscl e s ! but this is

n o t all s u ffi c i e n t
-
T he e nduranc e o f light but
.
re p e at e d attacks o n t he s o lar pl e xus will do far

m o re t o hard e n that s e nsitiv e sp o t against
a ctual and vici o us attack .
-
H e w ho is t o do w e ll in t he mast e ry o f flu
ji t s u must hav e fr o m t he o uts e t a fri e nd with
wh o m h e can practis e t he wo rk c o ntinu o usly
and e nthusiastically T his practic e must b e
.
had daily and must b e carri e d on with as much

,
s ev e rity as can b e e mpl o y e d with o ut inflicting

inj ury o f s e ri o us nature A m o v e m e nt wh e n .
,
first und ertak en sh o uld b e go n e thro ugh with

,
sl o wly and analytically J ust as s o o n as t he .
id e a has b ee n mast e re d th e n ev e ry e n e rgy ,
sh o uld b e d ev o t e d t o p e rfo rming t h e fe at with

e v e r incr e asi n g sp ee d In o rd e r t o b e e ffe ctive
.
in t he e n d o n e must b e a bl e t o do all O f t he
,
wo rk with a sp ee d re s e mbling that o f th o ught .
E v e ry tim e t he b e ginn e r e mpl oys a giv e n fe at

he must mak e it a p o int t o carry it o u t with all
t h e sp e e d that is in him S p e ed must b e c o m e
.
s o much o f a l mb zt that in t h e e n d its e mpl o y

'
, ,
m e nt will b e aut o matic with o ut th o ught ! i —
T o t he stud e nt i z u y z ts u c o mbat this bit O f

' ' '
advic e will b e fo und exc ell e nt

D o n t b e in a hurry t o S h o w o ff a n e w trick
’
t o y o ur fri e nds .
J apan ese c o mbat is all s o n ew and s o wo nd e r

ful t o t he Occid e ntal b eginn e r and s o su p e ri o r ,
i Ji su C o m b a t T r i c ks
8 J u -
t
o pp o n e nt t o an o th er is advisabl e in o rd e r t o
e scap e t he dang e r o f falli n g int o a styl e o f w o rk
t o o aut o mat i cally c o nc e iv e d Wh e n y o u have

.
an o pp o n e n t who always m ake s a giv e n m o v e

in an e xact and u nvarying way y o u a re in
dange r O f falling int o his rut and thus o f b e ing
,
unpre pare d t o m ee t a slight variati o n in t he

p e rfo rm anc e o f t he fe at .
As t o t he am o un t O f practice n ee d e d fo r t he
p e rfe ct mast ery o f any o n e trick this d e p ends , ,
in t he first plac e up o n t he natu re o f t he trick

, ,
and much m o re u p o n t he qu alificati o ns o f t he

p e rfo rm e r S o m e feats a re s o simpl e that th ey
.
hav e b ee n m ast e re d fo rev e r aft e r a v e ry few

trials Oth ers will re quire fre qu e nt practice
.
during a p eri o d o f m any w eeks .
B e pati e nt E xp e ct littl e o r n o thing in a

.
hurry . P lace an invariabl e exacti o n u p o n

y o urs elf that each giv e n fe at must b e p e rfo rm ed
a little b e tt er e ach t im e that it is u nd e rt ake n .
D o n t balk a t re pe at e d practice O f e ach t rick

’
.
P rac t ice mus t b e c o ntinu e d u n t il t he fe at is

pe rfo rm e d with t he utm o st sp ee d o f which t he
b o dy is capabl e E v e n wh e n this sp e ed is O b
.
t a i n e d practic e mus t go pati e ntly o n u ntil t he

.
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stu d e nt p e rfo rm s what e v e r t ri ck is n ee d e d as a

matt e r o f s e c o nd nature and wit h t he pro mpt
,
r e sp o ns e an d t he pre cisi o n o f an aut o mat o n .
T he stu d e nt who has but limit e d tim e fo r

practic e will do we ll n o t t o att e mpt t he mast e ry
o f all t h e fe at s d escrib e d in this v o lum e A .
d o z e n tricks we ll mast e re d will m ake any man

,
-
,
fo rmidabl e invincibl e t o an O pp o n e nt who

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d oe s n o t u nd ers t and th e m I f a d o z e n tricks

.
b e take n u p at t he o uts e t and a re acqu ire d

,
with p e rfe ct io n o f d e tail and sp ee d the n t he ,
stud e n t may add on e or t wo and o n e o r t wo ,
m o r e and S O on a s he finds t he t im e
, , .
G o o d natu re is highly n e c essa ry M any o f

.
t he bl o ws h o lds and pr e ssur es o f j z u y zt s u i n

' '
, ,
fli c t c o ns i d e ra b l e m o m e ntary pain which i s ,
b o rn e m ore easily wh e n i t i s rem emb e re d that

t he o th e r fe ll o w is taking t he sam e chances .
In t he a rt o f jz u jz t s u m e re t h eo ry valuabl e
' '
-
,
th o ugh i t is will n o t su ffic e On e m a y le arn

,
.
by ro t e all o f t he d escrip t i o ns giv e n in this

v o lum e and b e hardly a whi t be tte r o ff in t he
m o m e n t o f vic io us assault up o n his p e rs o n .
T he stud e n t s m o tt o must b e practic e c o n

’ —
s t an t p ra c tic e ! I t is w o rt h s om et hing t o b e
-
able t o walk abro ad s e cure in t he kn o wl e dg e

that tho ugh o n e p o ss e ss e s but v e ry o rdinary
physiqu e he is t he mast e r O f tricks o f c o mbat
,
that make him m o re than t he physical p ee r o f

an adv e rsary who is much larg e r and stro nge r !
C H A PT E R I I
A N O RD I NA RY TH R O AT H O LD IT S TH R O W O FF
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,
AN D TH E SE ! UE N C E A S C I E NTI F I C
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JIU
J IT SU TH R O AT H O LD O TH ER ME TH O DS
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O F SE I ! IN G B Y TH E TH R O A T
H EN attacking an o pp o n e nt m en o f all
d e gree s O f barbarity and o f civilisati o n
a r e pr o n e t o s e iz e t he int e nd e d victim by t he
thro at N o r is t he re as o n fo r t he p o pularity
.
o f this styl e o f attack hard t o find It is hard

.
t o c o nc e iv e O f a man s o ign o r ant that he d o e s
n o t kn o w that by shutting o ff his adve rsary s ’
p o w e r o f bre athing he th e reby d o e s away with

,
t he p o ssibility o f pr o l o nge d re sistanc e .
S o o v e rmast e ring is a s e v e r e thro at h o ld that

-
t he victim if he is an u ntrain e d man rare ly

, ,
has t he pre s e nc e o f mind t o re li ev e hims elf o f

t he o ppr e ssi o n by a c o unt e r attack o n s o m e
p o rti o n O f his assailant s b o dy Inst e ad t he

'
.
,
victim inv o luntarily clutch e s at t he o ppressing

han ds that a r e ch o king o ff his supply o f air ,
II
I2 Jiu Ji tsu C o m b a t Tr i c ks
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and tri es t o drag th e m away If t he strangling

.
h o ld is well take n it is all but imp o ssibl e t o

fo rc e t he att a cking hands away in tim e and ,
t he victim is r e duc e d t o submissi o n .
E vid e ntly strangling was as p o pular am o n g

t he primitiv e J apan e s e as it has b ee n in o th e r
parts O f t he w o rld fo r t he ji u jzts u ad e pts o f

'
-
,
anci e nt J apan hav e hand e d d o wn t o us t he re

s u lt s o f much th o ught b o th as t o t he taking
o f strangl e h o lds and t he quick and e ffici e nt
bre aki n g o f th e m T h e re a re many styl e s o f

.
thro at attack and o f d e fe nc e fr o m it and in this ,
v o lum e e n o ugh o f this w o rk will b e d escrib e d

t o apply t o any p o ssibl e pr o bl e m i n c o nn e cti o n
with ch o king as a m e ans o f c o mbat .
In Angl o S axo n c o untri es few m en will b e

-
fo und who hav e pro gre ss e d far in thro at a t

tack Alm o st invariably t he attack is mad e
.
m e rely by grasping t he fro nt o f t he thro at with

b o th hands and d o ing o n e s b e st t o re tain t he
’
h o ld until t he o pp o n ent s re sistance is st o pp ed

’
.
S uch a thro at h o ld is indicat e d in ph o t o graph

-
NO I . It will b e we ll t o study t he c o u nt e r o f
.
t he int e nd e d victim care fully and t o v e rify

,
and acquire it by c o nsid e rabl e pati e nt practice .

Thr o a t H o l ds
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I3
T he vic t i m plac e s his hands with palms t o ,
ge th e r u nd e r t he assailant s arms a n d with

,
’
,
backs o f t he han ds o u t ward With a quick .
u pward m o v e m e nt t he victim thrusts his j o in e d

hands b e twee n t he a rms o f his assailant A S .
s o o n as t he victim s hands hav e go n e upward

’
a s far as th e y will
go t he j o in e d hands a r e
s e parat e d a n d e ach is thro wn vi o l e ntly o u t far
,
t o its o wn sid e o f t he b o dy .
I f this is n o t wh o lly cl e ar tak e an o th e r lo o k

,
at t he illustrati o n I m agin e that t he Victim s

.
'
hands a re a little high e r u p and that t he o ut e r

,
side s o f his upp er arms pre ss against t he inn e r

sid e s o f his assailant s arms N o w i m agin e
’
.
,
t h e victim s hands t o b e sh o t o u t sudd e nly

’
sid eways with all t he fo rc e p o ssible H is m ov .
ing arm s s t ro ngly fo rce away t he arms o f t he

a t tacking man and t he thro at h o ld is bro ke n
,
- .
Wh e re t oo m u ch muscular stre ngth is n o t

n e e d e d fo r br e aki n g t he t hr o at h o ld this is t he -
b e st m e th o d and i t is als o t he swift e st kn o wn

,
to Wh ere m o re fo rce is re quire d ,
h o we v e r in o rd e r t o bre ak t he assailant s grip

,
’
,
t he m e th o d illustrat e d in t he ph o t o graph o pp o
s i t e pag e 1 1 0 in my f o rm er w o rk yap m zes e ,

I4 Jiu Ji tsu Co m ba t Tr i c ks
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is n ee d e d T his latt e r fe at
P hy s i c a l Tr a i n i ng , .
is sl o we r o f e x e cuti o n but supplie s grea t eqi

,
fo rc e in bre aking a thro at h o ld In this latte r

’
-
. .
fe at t he victim cl e nch e s his hands wi t h finge rs ,
tightly int e rlac e d j ust b e fo re his abd om e n

,
B o th arms a re giv e n a vi o le nt swi n g t o the

l e ft up and o v e r striking t he assailant s r i ght i ' ‘
, ,
e lb o w and carrying away t he attacking arms
by sh ee r fo rc e o f m o m e ntum .
R e turning t o t he d e fe nc e sho wn in t he firs t

illustrati o n wh e re t he victim S h o o ts b o th hands
,
up bet ween t he assailant s arms this fe at can '
b e fo ll o we d up by a v e ry e ffe ctiv e pi e c e o f w o rk
that transfo rms t he re ce nt victim int o t he n ew
assailant It will b e re m e mb e re d that t he late
.
victim s hands by t he tim e he has bro k e n t he

’
thro at h o ld a r e in b e twee n t he o pp o n e nt s
-
,
’
arms F ro m this p o siti o n let t he lat e Victim

.
,
with o ut an instant s d e lay thro w his hands

’
aro und t he back o f t he o pp o n e nt s h e ad j o in ’
ing t he hands and int e rlacing t he fi n gers

—
just at t he bas e o f t he skull J e rk t he o p .
p on en t s h e ad f o rward and d o wnward t o ward

'
t he gr o und It is e asy t o b e ar him d o wn and

.
,
at t he sam e tim e t he n ew assail ant sh o u ld dart

T h ro a t H o l ds
-
IS
b ackward t wo r three s t ep s draggi ng his

o ,
b e n t o v er adv e rsary with hi m and forc ing him

-
t o t he fl o or wi t h a qu ick j e rk s t re t c hing t he
,
m an p ro s trat e and fac e d o wnward .
But if t he man wh o s e h ead is caugh t in t his

u npl e asant fashi o n is v e rs e d in and is
quick e n o u gh it is p o ssible for hi m t o e scap e
,
b e in g t h ro wn face d o wnward and t o b e ready

,
a t o nce t o re sum e t he aggressiv e Am erican .
physical t r ai n e rs hav e assured m e that t h e re is

n e x t t o n o p o ssibility o f d e fe nc e wh e n t his
back o f t he h ead h o ld is w ell t ake n I t has

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.
b ee n m y pl e asu re t o sh o w s ev e ral of t h es e
ge n t l e m e n t hat th ey we re in e rro r .
All o w t he c om pani o n with wh o m you a re

pract isin g t o s e cu re this back o i t he h e ad h o ld
- - -
and t o b e nd y o u r h e ad as cl o s e t o t he fl oo r as
is sh own i n ph ot o graph N o 2 M ake a sligh t
. .
fe in t o f ducking and O f wri gglin g y o u r h e ad

!
o u t at t he l e f t Alm o st unco nsci o usly y o u r

!
assailan t will t h ro w his clasp ed hands o v e r t o

t he sa m e s i d e i n o rd e r t o pre v ent y o u r escap e .
F o ll ow t his fein t i nstantly by a d ec id e d duck ! "
a nd a w riggl e o u t at y o ur r igh t s i d e and y o u

-
,
will e s c ap e and b ring y o urse lf ere c t I t m ust .

1 6 Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t T r i c ks
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be re m e mb e re d h o we v e r t o mak e t he fe int t o
, ,
t he l e ft n o t t o o pr o n o unc e d and t o f o ll o w it ,
up instantly by t he m o re vig o ro us effo rt t o t he

right Of co u rs e if pre fe rre d t h e fe int may b e
.
, ,
mad e t o yo ur right and t he e scap e t o y o ur l e ft

,
.
N o w fo r a sci e ntific
, thro at h o ld that -
is n ot brok e n e asily It will hav e t o b e p er .
fo rm e d sl o wly a t first u ntil t he th eo ry is mas

t e r ed B egin t he attack by e xt e nding y o ur
.
hands palms upward F o rc e t he hands und er .
t he o pp o n e nt s c o at c o llar o n e ith e r sid e O f his

'
-
n e ck and with t he finge rs tak e a fo rcibl e grip

,
O f t he c o llar o n e ith e r sid e o f t h e n e ck and ,
well back N o w twist t he hands o ve r t o t he

.
,
insid e s o that t he backs a re up and t he tips o f

t he thumbs against t he thro at At a p o int o n .
e ith e r sid e j ust b e l o w t h e l ev e l o f t h e Adam s ! ’
"
appl e and an inch o r S O back fro m its p er
,
p e n di c u la r lin e pre ss t he balls O f t he thumbs

,
s ev e re ly in This exact sp o t o f c o ntact for t he

.
thumbs can b e fo und by exp e rim e nting o n

o n e s o wn thro at until t he plac e is l o cat e d
’
wh e re t he pre ssure acc o mplish e s stranglin g

m o st eff e ct iv e ly .
P ractis e this fe at ov e r and o v e r a gain u ntil i t

Th r oa t H o l ds -
I7
is p o ssible t o s e iz e t he Opp o n e nt by t he co at
c o llar and t o apply t he strangling pre ssure with
t he balls o f t he thu mbs with gr e at sp e e d and
e fle c t i v en e s s. It is all but imp o ssibl e t o bre ak

this h o ld wh en it is w e ll tak e n fo r t he finge rs ,
grip t he c o at c o llar s o tightly as t o mak e th e ir

-
disl o dgm e nt n o e asy task and t he balls o f ,
t h e thumbs acc o mplish t he s t ra n gling with
c e rtainty .
S till an o th e r sci entific thro at h o ld i s d e pict e d-
in ph o t o graph N O 3 H e re t he assailant s
. .
’
arms a r e cr o ss e d With his l e ft hand t he a t

.
ta cking o n e grips t he victim s l e ft c o at co llar ’

-
w ell fo rward and with his right hand grips t he

,
victim s right c o at c o llar and furth e r back o n

’
- —
this side With t he grip o f b o th hands tightly

maintain e d t he fists a re drawn cl o s e r t o ge th e r
acro ss t he fro nt o f t he victim s thro at and in ’
,
su ch m ann e r that s e v e re pre ssu re with t he as

s a i la n t s right fo r e arm is appli e d t o t h e right
’
-
sid e o f t he victim s thro at j ust back o f t he

’
!
Adam s appl e
'
With a little exp e rim e nt
.
"
ing a v e ry e ffe ctiv e strangling trick is s e cu re d

, ,
a n d o n e that cann o t b e d e fe at e d by e ith e r O f
t he c o u n t e rs alr e ady d e scrib e d .

1 8 Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i c ks
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Wh e n e mpl o ying e ith e r o f th e s e strangle s

t he assailant can if he wish es strik e o n e o f his
, ,
kn ees smartly int o t he cro tch o r abd o m e n o f

his victim and thus bring t he attack t o a S harp
,
"
culminatio n T he victim o f c o urs e if he b e

.
, ,
e qually quick can c o unt e r this last bl o w by

,
ra ising o n e o f his kn ee s t o blo ck t he attack .
Fo r e ith e r o f t he t w o strangl e h o lds j ust de -
scrib e d th e re is but o n e us e ful styl e o f d e fe nc e .
It re quires pre se nc e o f mind and t he quicke s t

o f acti o n and fo r b o th re as o ns this c o unt er
, , ,
sh o uld b e practis e d p e rsiste ntly and always ,
with all p o ssibl e sp e e d until it b e co m e s s e c o nd

,
nature and is p e rfo rm e d all but aut o matically

,
.
T his styl e o f d e fe nc e calls for a s o lar pl exus -
jab F ailing in t o uching t he pl e xus t he attack

.
,
m a y b e d e liv e r e d full in t he abd o m e n and with
e mphatic f o rc e I f this d e fe nc e is we ll mad e

.
t he assailant may b e d e p e nd e d up o n t o le t go
his thro at h o ld with alacrity

-
.
T he j ab in t h e s o lar pl e xus is d e liv e red with

t he p o ints o f t he first a n d s e c o nd finge rs and ,
with t he f o re finge r upp e rm o st At t he instant .
o f striking t h e hand is turn e d quickly t o t he
o utsid e s o that n o t o nly is t he bl o w d e liv e re d

, ,
-
th eo ry has b ee n maste re d wo rk fo r gradually

'
incre asing S p ee d until at last it is p o ssibl e t o

, ,
p e rfo rm t he fe at with t he utm o st quickn e ss and

with n ev e r a fumbl e M uch d ep e nds up o n
.
tho ro ugh acqu ire m e nt o f t he th e o ry and as ,
m uch m o re d e p e nds o n slo wly and studi o usly

increasing t he sp ee d until it has re ache d t he
limit o f quick p e rfo rmance .
N o thing is gain e d by hasty and care le ss

study o f ji n jzts u wo rk H e who tak e s it up
'
in this slip sh o d mann e r will find that he has

-
add e d littl e o r n o thing t o his e xp ert n e ss in

p e rs o nal e nc o unt e r .
BE TH O RO U G H PATI EN T P A I NS TAK I N G !
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C H A P TE R I I I
T H R OA T H O LD A TTAC K AND C O UN TER DE
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F EN C ES A TH R OA T H O LD FR O M T H E
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R E A R A ND IT S C O MB INA TI ON W ITH A
,
TH R O W T H E DE F EN C E D I FFERENT
S T YLES O F H A N D B L O W S IN DEFE N C E
-
.
N additi o n t o t he thro at h o ld thro w O ffs - -
alre ady d escrib e d th e re is o n e that must b e

acqu ire d by e v e ry ji n y i ts i a n This fe at may
'
b e d e signat e d as t he c o rk scre w thro w o ff

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,
o r may b e kn o wn by any m o re fanciful nam e
that su its t he pl e asure o f t he stud e nt .
S upp o s e that t he assailant has e mploy e d his

right hand i n s e curi ng a thro at h o ld o n t he -
victim o r in fo rcing his hand und e r t he chin !

,
and that t he ass a ilan t s l e ft arm is th ro wn

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aro u nd t he l o w e r back o f t he Victim S uch an

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attack i s sh o wn in t he illustrati o n O pp o site

page 1 04 o f Yap a nes e P /i y s i ca l Tr a i n i ng I t .
is in this cas e t hat t he victim may em pl o y

t he c o rk scre w thro w o ff t o v e ry go o d
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advantage .
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This is d o n e by t he victim thro wing u p hi s

l eft arm insid e his o pp o n e nt s righ t On t he ’
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insid e t he victim s arm cro ss e s t he fo re a rm o f

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t he assailant N ow t he victim s a rm is fo rc e d
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o u t o v e r t he o utsid e o f t h e assailant s t he t wo
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e ngage d arms o f t he c o mbatants cr o ssin g at
ab o ut t he elbo w N ow t he victim s a r m on
.
,
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t he o utsid e o f t he assailant s is fo rc e d in und e r

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,
t he latt e r s upp e r arm s o that t he backs o f t he

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,
victim s fing ers pre ss hard agains t t he upp er

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ribs o f t he assailant .
I t is im p o rt ant t hat this p o siti o n b e studi e d

until it has b e e n o btain e d t o p erfe c t i o n AS .
s oo n as t he p o siti o n has b een take n co rrec tly ,
t he victim sh o uld t e ns e his o w n arm in such a
way as t o crush and w e ak e n his adv e rsary s ’

,
t he vic t im at t he sam e tim e giving a s hard a

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dig as he can with t he backs o f his l e ft fin gers

against t he assailan t s ribs At t he sam e ti m e
'
.
t he victim fo rc e s his right hand und e r t he as
s a i la n t s chin t he thumb o n o n e S id e o f t he
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,
thro at and t he finge rs o n t he o th er And t he .
assailan t s h e ad is f o rc e d as far as p o ssibl e o v er

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backward or sid e ways In this mann e r a c om

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p i et e thro w o ff o f t he assailant s at tack is mad e

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No . 4 . S i MULT A N E OUS ATTA CK
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T R AT
H O -
H O L D AND H AN D P i NC H
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It will s e rv e fo r t he stud e nt t o re m e mb e r
that he has n o t mast e re d this fe at in all its de
t ails u ntil he is abl e t o thro w O ff t he attack i n
fallibly Onc e t he principl e o f t he thing has
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b ee n mast e re d all future e ffo rt sh o uld b e

,
dire ct e d t o gaining sp e e d in t he p e rfo rmance .
It is n o t a di fficult trick t o acqu ire and it is ,
v e ry e ffe ctiv e S h o uld t he assailant e mpl o y

.
b o th hands in attacking t he thro at th e n t he ,
victi m must e mpl o y b o t h o f his arms against

th o s e o f his adv e rsary in t he c o rk scre w !
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thro w o ff and it is in this d o ubl e style o f t he

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,
w o rk that t he e ffe ctiv e n ess O f t he thro w O ff is -
m o st quickly s ee n .
I n ph o t o graph No 4 is sh o wn an att ack and

.
d e fe nc e s o qu ickly e xe cut e d as t o app e ar t o b e

a si m ultan e o us at tack T he assailant has s e .
cu re d t he victim s thro at with t he right hand

’
,
bu t t he vict im has caught t he l e ft hand w ith a

pinch This pinch is inflict e d by pressing t he
.
ba ll o f t he thumb int o t he back o f t he hand

b e t we e n t he bas e s o f t he littl e finge r and its
n e ighbo u r T he thu m b is p re ss e d in h e avily
. ,
and gro u nd o v e r t he muscl e s and n e rv e s e n

c o u nt e r e d th e re It will b e s ee n that t he v i c
.
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tim thanks t o his quickn ess has s e cure d rath e r

, ,
t he b est o f it ! fo r whil e b o th o f t he ass a ilant s

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hands a re n o w e ngage d t he victim has his le ft

,
hand fre e fo r what ev e r style o f attack s e e ms

b est su it e d supp o sably a s o lar pl exus j ab
,
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.
U nd e r th e s e circu mstance s it will b e b e st fo r

t he assailant t o fre e his captu re d hand if he ,
can do s o by a quick wre nch and t o fo ll o w up ,
this unsu cc e ssful attack by o n e m o re accurat ely

j udge d .
In ph o t o graph N O 5 is sh o wn a styl e o f
.
thro at attack that is mad e fro m b ehind T he

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.
assailant is simultan e o usly raising o n e kn e e t o

giv e a s eve re bl o w in t he butt o cks o r at t he
bas e o f t he spin e T he kn ee bl o w may b e
.
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giv e n if pre ferred against e ith e r kidn ey t he

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p o int o f striking b e ing in t he s o ft part und e r

t he last rib T h e re is a third m o v e m e nt in this
.
attack which c o nsists o f dragging t he victi m

,
o v e r and dro pping him on his back All three .
m o v e m e nts sho uld b e p e rfo rm e d as n e arly

S imultan eo usly as p o ssibl e .
T his may all b e d o n e s o swiftly that it wo uld

s e e m imp o ssibl e t o d e vis e an e ffe ctiv e c o u nt er
fo r t he pr o t e cti o n o f t he victim bu t t he Japan ,
D efen c e fr o m T hro a t H o l d -
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es e hav e s o lv e d t he di fficult pro ble m I t will .
b e und e rst o o d o f c o urs e that t he d e fe nc e

, ,
m ust b e m ad e with gre at sp e e d .
T he simpl e st d e fe nc e c o nsists for t he vic t im

, ,
in be nding t he b o dy o v e r t o t he right with a

swift twist giving t he vict im an o pp o rtunity
,
t o j ab his l e ft e lb o w backward with fo rc e int o
t he assailant s s o lar pl e xus o r abd o m e n t he

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,
fo rc e o f this sh o ck causing t he assailant t o

aband o n his h o ld This will do we ll e n o ugh
.
fo r t h e b e ginn e r in ji n ji ts n b u t in t he m e an
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,
tim e he sh o uld care fully prepare fo r t he t wo

fo rms o f d e fe nce that a re n ow t o b e d e scribe d .
At t he instant o f attack t he victim s e iz es his

adve rsary s wrist with his own l e ft hand On
’
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t he insid e o f t h e arm ab o ut an inch ab o v e t he

,
e lb o w j o int and in lin e with t he

,
kn o b o f
b o n e at t he j o int is a n e rv e that may b e s ev e rely
pre ss e d with t he en d o f t he thumb with a gre at
d e al O f re sulting pain T he victim s right hand
.
’
is thro wn aro und t he assailant s a rm at this ’
p o int fro m t he o utsid e and t he thumb is

, ,
pre ss e d forcibly agains t t he n e rv e T he stu .
d e n t sh o uld d ev o t e c o nsid e rabl e study t o t he

l o ca t i o n and punish m ent o f this n e rv e .
26 Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t T r i c ks
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N o w, victim with his l e ft hand aro und

t he ,
his o pp o n e nt s right wrist and his right hand

’
attacking t he n e rv e ab o v e t he assailant s right ’
e lb o w bre aks t he assailant s h o ld fo rcing t he ’
, ,
latte r s right arm up o v e r t he victim s h e ad and

’ ’
d o wn again s o that t he victim has squirm e d t o

,
t he right o f this attacking arm In t he n ext .
bre ath t he victim thro ws his o wn right thigh

back o f his assailant s right thigh T he Vic ’
.
tim s l e ft arm go es aro und t he back O f his as

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s a i la n t whil e t he victim s right hand is thr o wn

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acro ss t he fro nt o f t he assailant s bo dy d o wn ’

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o utsid e and back o f t he assailant s l e ft kn e e

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, ,
back o f which it h o oks N o w by giving a .

,
quick wre nch fo rward and upward at t he as

s a i la n t s l e ft kn ee t he victi m is abl e t o dro p
’
,
his O pp o n e nt t o t he fl o o r .
T he o th e r fo rm o f d e fe nc e c o nsists in bring
ing t he assailant s right arm fo rward o v e r t he
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right sh o uld e r afte r t he mann e r illus t rat e d in

,
ph o t o graph N o 24 T his is d o n e at t he i n
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stant wh e n t he assailant s hands a re fo rce d in '
apart in t he manne r j ust d e scrib e d T he pal m .
o f t he assailant s capture d hand is h e ld upward

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whil e t he victim pulls d o wn s ev e re ly at t he

D efen c e fr o m Th r oa t H o l d -
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wrist fo rcing t he assailant s arm b o n e s t o go

,
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t he wr o ng way and thus inflicting m o re

,
pain than can b e b o rn e with c o mp o sure T he .
pre ssure must b e s ev e re e n o ugh t o fo rce t he

balk e d assailant t o surre nd e r and t he pre ssure
,
can b e mad e hard e n o ugh as will b e re adily

,
u nd e rst oo d t o bre ak t he assailant s capture d

,
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arm .
In p e rfo rming this fea t t he stud e nt must b e

u rg e d t o l o cat e t he m e nti o n e d n e rv e ab o v e t he
e lb o w s o th o r o ughly that he can attack it with
o u t a s e c o nd s h e sitati o n o r fumbling And

’
.
wh e n t he assailant s arm is bro ught o v e r t he

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sh o uld e r t he palm o f t he hand must b e up ! if

t h e palm is h e ld d o wn it will b e und e rst o o d
that t he capture d arm will b e nd re adily and ,
t he victim s d e fe nc e will thus b e re nd e re d

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wo rthl e ss And whil e ab o v e it is suggest e d

.
,
that t he assailant s capture d arm b e bro ught

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o v e r t he right sh o uld e r it is e v e n b e tt e r if t h e
,
man oe uvre b e s o mad e that t he arm is bro ught ,
inst e ad o v e r t he victim s l e ft sh o uld e r and fo r

,
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a re as o n that will b e c o mpreh e nd e d aft e r a n

o th e r study O f ph o t o graph N O 24 But t he
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d e fe nc e o f t he victim must b e mad e s o quickly

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that circumstanc e s d e cid e which sh o uld e r o f

t he victim is t o b e us e d .
In C hapte r I re fe re nc e has b ee n mad e t o t he

fact that t he ji n ji t s i a n d oes n o t e mpl oy his
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cle nch e d fist in striking a bl o w bu t us es t he ,
e dg e o f his hand ge n e rally t he littl e finge r

,
e dg e. T his d oe s n o t m e an l i re edge of t he li t t le
fi nger which sh o uld n ev e r b e struck but t he
, ,
e dge o f t he palm o n t he littl e finge r sid e In .
striking s o m e tim es t he palm O f t he hand is

,
turn ed upward and s o m e tim e s d o wnward j ust

, ,
as t he nature o f t he bl o w re qu ire s fo r striking

m o st s ev e re ly In s o m e instanc e s as in strik
.
,
ing upward und er t he chin t he thumb e dge o f ,
t he palm is us e d t he thumb b e ing fo ld ed

,
d o wnward o v e r t he palm .
H e re is a list O f t he m o re imp o rtant bl o ws

that may b e struck with t he e dge o f t he hand
L ower L eg Acro ss t he shin o n e ith e r sid e
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,
and w ell t o t he fro nt ! strike half way up t he -
l o w e r leg .
Upp er L eg S trik e half way b etwee n kn ee

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and trunk e ith e r acro ss fro nt o f leg or at o u t

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sid e o i le g s o m ewhat t o t he fro nt .
S i de B low S quarely o n e ith e r sid e o f t he

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D efe n c e fro m T hr oa t H o l d -
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l o we r trunk in t he s o ft part j ust be l o w t he last

,
rib .
K i dn ey S trike ov e r this o rgan in s m all O f

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back i n s o ft part j ust b e l o w last rib

, .
Wr i s t O n e ith e r sid e j ust back o f j o int

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, .
For e a r m -
O n e i t h e r S id e half way b e tw e e n
.
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,
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wrist and e lb o w .
Upp er Ar m S trike acro ss fro nt o f biceps

.
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,
o r on o utsid e o f arm and we ll t o t he fr o nt ! i n
e ith e r cas e p o int o f striking t o b e m idway b e
tw ee n e lb o w and sh o uld e r .
Colla r b one -
In a cl o s e clinch o p e n at o ne
.
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,
sid e strike with littl e finge r e dge o f palm hand

, ,
alm o s t p e rp e ndicular and finge rs p o inting up ,
o n c o llar b o n e midway b e tw e e n bre as t b o n e

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a n d p o int o f sh o uld e r (T OO sharp a bl o w will .
fractu re this b o n e ) .
S hou lder A sharp d o wnward bl o w o n t o p

.
—
o f sh o uld e r m idway b e tw ee n n e ck and p o int o f

,
sh o uld e r (A bl o w that caus e s a g o o d d e al o f

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pain and subs e qu e n t s o re n e ss ) .
S i de of t i re N eck M idway b e tw e en j aw —
b o n e and co llar bo n e -
.
B a ck of t i re N ec k T o o dang e ro us Do n o t— .
em pl o y e xc e pt i n a cas e O f
,
life o r de a t h !
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!
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Inste ad wh e n s t riking fro m b ehind u s e hee l

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o f h a nd fing e rs p o inting upward

,
S trike h ee l
.
o f hand j us t at t he bas e O f t he S kull with ,
a c o m bin e d fo rward and upward m ov e m e nt .
And e ve n this bl o w is hardly l ess dange ro us .
B o t h bl o ws a re m e n ti o n e d m o r e by way o f
cautio n that th ey b e av o id e d by t he exp eri
m e n t i n g stud e nt .
B low ac r os s B as e of Sp i ne T OO dan gero us

.
—
.
Inste ad e mpl oy bl ow o v e r kidn ey

,
.
All o f t he bl o ws struck with t he e dge o f t he

hand a re giv en smartly and with a goo d d e al o f
fo rc e I n striking at thro at or n e ck t he right
.
hand of assailant is us e d agains t t he victim o n

his right side inst e ad o f at his l e ft in o rde r
, ,
that t he bl o w may b e giv e n m o re fo rce .
T he e dge o f t he hand sh o uld n o t b e struck

acro ss t he Adam s appl e but t he e dge o f
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t he fo r e arm c o v e r e d by t he c o at sl eev e may

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,
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,
b e empl oy e d for striking h e re wh e n n e c essary .

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In tripping t he co llar and e lb o w grip i s t he

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fav o urit e am o ng ji n y i ts i a ns Y e t o n e hand

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may s e iz e t he c o at o r shirt cl o s e t o t he a rm .
S upp o se it is d esire d t o thro w an O pp o n e nt at

y o ur o wn l e ft sid e With y o ur arms swing
.
him aro und t o y o u r l e ft fo rcing him t o trav e l

,
at l e ast a third o f a circl e If this is d o n e .
swiftly and e ffe ctiv e ly it will l e av e t he victim

standing o n his right foo t with his l e ft Cl e ar o f
,
t he gro und fo r an instant I n that instant

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apply y o ur l e ft fo o t t o his right his s o l e prop —
and kn o ck it fro m u nd e r him s ending him t o ,
t he gro und .
As t o t he m e th o d o f kicking a foo t fro m

und e r t he victim t he kick is always d e liv e re d
,
against t he o utsid e O f his fo o t T he assailant s .

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fo o t m ov es swiftly o v e r t he gro und l e aving it ,
j ust a hair s bre adth at t he instant o f impact

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.
T he gre at e st f o rc e o f t he kick is d e liv e re d just

at t he ankl e b o n e Thus t he pain caus e d t he
.
victim adds its e fle c t t o that o f t he imp etus

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giv e n b y t he kick and t he thro w is all t he m ore

,
e asily mad e .F o r it is human natur e wh e n a ,
fo o t is pain e d by a kick t o lift o r partly t o

, ,
lift that fo o t fro m t he gro und T his is an

, .
No . 6 . THE R N G WAY T T RIP
W O O .
T r i pp i n g 33
a pplicat i o n o f a welLk n own fact t hat i s w o rthy

o f t he wily O ri e n t al .
I t is t o b e o bs e rv e d that i n trippin g u nd er
,
t he m o s t fav o urabl e circumstanc es o nly t he ,
fo o t t ha t is t o b e kicke d is t o b e on t he gro und ,
t he o t h er b ei ng in t he air a n d the v i ct i m s body

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,
b en t well ov er t o t he s ide to wb i c/i li e i s t o be
T he nly fea sible co unt e r t o th i s t ri p i s t o

o
ge t t he o th er foo t fro m t he air t o t he gr o und

in ti m e and t o re gain as n e arly e re c t p o siti o n
,
as p o ssibl e Y et e v e n with b o t h feet Of t he

.
victim o n t he gro und it is O ft e n p o ss ibl e t o

thro w hi m b y this trip A t the m o m en t o f
.
impac t b e tw een t he assailan t s foo t an d t he ’
Victim s t he v i ctim s trunk is dr awn vi o l e ntly

’ ’
t o t he s i d e t o which it is d e si re d t o thro w him .
Wh e n b ot h o f t he victi m s feet a re o n t he ’
gr o u nd a si m pl e c o u nt e r t o t he assa i lant s trip

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is p o ss ib le J us t as t he assailan t goes t o kick

.
t he vic tim sh o uld d e xt e r o usly d r aw back t he
thre a te n e d fo o t and su cc e e d in s t r iki n g t he as

s a i la n t s e n gag e d f o o t a t t i l e ou t s i de i n o th e r
’
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‘
wo rds deli v er i n g t he sam e s t yle o f kick that

,
was i n t e nd e d fo r hi m s e lf .
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If t he o pp o n e nt is instruct e d and is wary it

is O ft e n n e ce ssary for t he assailant t o swi n g his
man aro und in a part circl e t wo o r thre e ti m es
be fo re t he tripping kick can b e d eliv e re d with
t he pro p e r e ffe ct. Th es e c o ntinu o us swing
aro unds sho uld b e mad e at le ast thre e o r fo ur
tim e s in t he sam e dire cti o n ! th e n if t he assail
,
ant thinks i t will b e t o his advantage he may ,
swiftly rev e rse t he dire cti o n o f t he swing .
Oft e n by s o d o ing he w ill catch his int e nd ed

, ,
victim O ff guard and hav e an e asy vict o ry .
P ho t ographs N o s 6 and 7 illustrat e graphi

.
cally t he wro ng and t he right m e th o ds o f de

liv ering t he kick in tripping . In t he first
illustrati o n it will b e n o t e d that b o th a dv er
sat ie s hav e th e ir right fee t e ngage d In t he
.
s ec o nd illustrati o n t he assailant is e mpl oying

his right fo o t in a kick against his adve rsary s '
l e ft
.
S o m e t im es it is fo und s o di fficult t o catch

t he int e nd e d Victim O ff his guard in a standing
trip that t he kn e eling trip is re s o rt e d t o by t he

assailant In this cas e t he c o mbatant making
.
t he assault tak e s a catch as catch can h o ld and

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dro ps t o on e kn ee thrusting t he o th e r fo o t o u t
,
No 7
. . THE R IG T WAY T T RIP
H O .
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thumb against t he und e r e dge O f t h e capture d

wrist t he finge rs gripping tightly o v e r t he
,
upp e r e dge With y o ur l e ft hand s e iz e t he

.
O p e n fing e rs o f t he victim s capture d hand

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B e nd t he finge rs re l e ntl essly backward as if

trying t o make th e m t o uch t he back o f t he
victim s fo re a r m Of c o urs e it will hu rt him
’
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.
,
and t he re sult w ill b e that t he assailant is abl e

t o swing his victim ar o und and aro und t o t he
le ft as l o ng as is d esired and all t he while t he

,
victim is su ffe ring fr o m t he pain in his captured

wrist and finge rs and is unabl e t o resist
, .
But it is a b ett e r plan aft e r having s e cured

,
t he h o ld a n d aft e r having start e d t o b e n d t he

,
capture d finge rs backward t o S h o o t b o th o f

,
y o ur arms o u t ah e ad o f y o u and t o h o ld the m

o u t rigidly thus f o rcing t he victim away fro m
,
y o u whil e c o ntinuing t o hurt him and fo rcing ,
him t o ru n al o ng ah e ad o f y o u I n this wa y .
he is pre v e nt e d fro m making any c o unt e ring

u s e with t h e fr ee hand at his o th e r sid e .
T his d e scripti o n S h o uld b e stu di ed care fully ,
and e v e ry d e tail O f t he dire cti o ns fo llo we d

cl o s e ly in actual practic e until t he fe at is
th o ro ughly maste re d By t he tim e that it is
.
No 8
. . THE T IP F R M A KN
R O IN G P ITI N
EEL OS O .
T r i pp i n g 37
th o ro u ghly u nd e rst o o d it will b e p o ssibl e fo r

t h e assailant t o s e iz e t he victim s wrist a n d
’
finge rs and t o b e gin t o apply t he pre ssu re all

in t he spac e o f a fl ee ting instant S pe e d .
c o u nts fo r alm o st ev e rything in s e curing t he

h o ld and b e ginning t he e xcruciating pre ssure
o n t h e fing e rs .
I f it is d esire d t o thro w t he adv e rsary s e iz e ,
his l e ft wrist and finge rs and apply t he back

ward pre ssure in t he sam e man n e r At t he .
sam e tim e b e nd slightly and make a half turn

t o t he l e ft placing y o urs e lf in fro nt o f y o ur
,
victim with y o u r butt o cks t o ward his right

,
sid e and y o ur l e ft butt o ck against his middl e

,
.
N o w twist his captur e d a r m w e ll ar o und t o t he

l e ft swinging y o u r o wn bo dy s o m e what t o t he
,
l e ft at t he sam e tim e and by t he pull on his

, ,
captu re d arm acc o mplish a thro w o v e r yo u r

,
right bu t t o ck .
This thro ws t he victim d o wn o n his right

sid e I ns t antly s t e p square ly o n his righ t
.
fo re arm pinning i t t o t he gro und Y o u still

-
,
.
hav e h o ld o f his l e ft wrist and l e ft finge rs .
H o ldin g his ca ptu re d wrist firmly c o ntinu e ,
t o b en d his captu r e d fing e rs o v e r backward ,

-
k eeping up t he painful pre ssure until he sur

re nd ers .
N o w c o m e s a s e parat e fe at that has a b e aring

up o n t he o n e j ust d escrib e d F acing t he vic
.
tim s e iz e hi s l e ft wrist with y o ur right hand

, ,
and fo rc e his arm u p At t he sam e instant

.
s e iz e him at t he inn e r b e nd o f his l e ft e lb ow

with y o ur l e ft hand using this e lb o w clutch
,
als o t o assist in raising his arm T his arm .
sh o uld b e fo rc e d t o a little ab o v e h o riz o ntal

p o siti o n sid e ways
, .
H aving s e cure d this h o ld swing aro und ,
und e r t he capture d arm having y o u r back t o

,
t he victim s l e ft sid e as y o u pass him t o go t o

’
his re ar and c o mpl e t e t he turn by facing t he

,
sam e way that he d o e s as y o u ge t b ehind him .
Fo rce his capture d hand as far u p his back as

y o u c a n h o lding it th e re with y o u r right hand
, .
F o rc e his capture d e lb o w as far acro ss his back

as y o u can by t he aid O f y o ur l e ft hand with ,
which y o u hav e all t he while h e ld his elb o w .
T he victim s hand can b e fo rc e d s o far up b e

’
hind his back as t o caus e him a gre at d e al o f

pain and by cl o sing u p t o him y o u can h o ld
,
his arm l o cke d at y o u r pl e asure .

T r i pp i n g 39
N o w in t he fe at d e scrib e d b e fo re this o n e
, ,
t he victim if h e is initiat e d can pr e v e nt having

, ,
his finge rs b e nt backward if he tightly cle nch e s -
his fis t at t he instant whe n his wrist is s e iz e d .
But in that cas e t he assailant having t he wris t

, ,
alre ady captu red can e mpl oy his l e ft hand in

,
s e izing t h e victim s e lb o w passing und e r t he

’
,
arm and l o cking t he victim s arm b ehind him ’
in t he mann e r j ust d e tail e d .
H e re again t he victim can int e rp o s e an e ffec

tiv e bl o ck by sid e st e pping with his fo o t t o t he
-
l e ft j ust as t he assailant is passing u nd e r his

arm and t he assailant will trip hims e lf and fall
,
t o t he gro u nd . But t he assailant sh o uld b e

watching fo r this snare and if he s e es his a n
, ,
t a go n i s t s fo o t e xt e nd e d t o trip him t he as
’
,
s a i la n t S h o uld st o p sh o r t But t he assailant

.
has an e ff e ctiv e m o v e l e ft H is l e ft e lb o w is
.
j ust in p o siti o n t o give t he victim an e ffe ctiv e

j ab in t he S h o rt ribs This e lbo w j ab c a n b e
.
giv e n s o s e v e re ly as t o i n cap a citat e t he vict i m .

C H A PT E R V
TH RO A T H O LD A N D AR M TH R OW S O V ER T H E
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S H O ULDER T H E KNEELIN G AN D R I S IN G
—
TH R O W O V ER T H E S H O ULDER H OW T O —
RE N DER T H E FA LLEN A D V ERSA RY H ELP

LESS
H E R E is a thro at h o ld with an ae co m
-
,
panying thro w that is v e ry much us ed by

,
t he J apan e s e Wh e n att e mpt e d by t he e xp e rt

.
this fe at is e asily and succe ssfully p e rfo rmed ,
but it requ ires c o nsid e rable practic e and t he ,
n eo phyt e must n o t l o o k fo r imm e diat e skill

with this trick .
An e xc e lle nt id e a o f t he mann e r o f taking

t he tackl e may b e gain e d fr o m ph o t o graph
No 9
. . Ind eed n e arly ev e rything e xc e pt t he
,
actual fall is cl e arly sh o wn .
T he victim has b e e n attack e d at his l e ft sid e .
T he assailan t has thr o wn his l e ft arm und e r

his victim s l e ft arm t he assaulting arm passing
’
squarely o v e r t he victim s thro at and t he hand

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40
Th r o ws O v er the S ho u l der 41
b e in g clutch e d in t he garm e nt j ust back o f t he

right S h o uld e r At t he sam e tim e t he assailant
.
has s o place d hi m s e lf that his butt o cks a re

agains t th o s e o f t he vic t i m T he assailan t
havin g b e nt fo rward all that rem ains is a quick
,
t hrow o ve r t he h ip .
We re i t n o t for on e thin g t his h o ld w o uld

,
b e in i ts e lf su ffici e ntly disc o nc e rting t o t he

, ,
victim But t he latt e r has his right hand free

.
,
and if he b e m ere ly h e ld in t his p o siti o n he

, ,
c o uld u s e t he free hand for mischi e f F ro m .
t he natu re o f t h e ir r e lativ e p o siti o n s all tha t is
t o b e l e ft t o t he assailan t by way o f m aking
his a tt ack final is t o co mpl et e t he thro w o ve r

t he hip and l e av e his adv e rsa ry pro strat e . On e
with o rdinary m uscular d ev e l o pm e n t can
re ad i ly acqu ire t he knac k O f c o mbining his
pull wit h a quick wre nch O f t he bo dy that a c
c om plish e s t he fa ll S p ee d in s e curi n g t he
.
h o ld is n o t di fli c u lt o f attain m e nt T he c om bi
.
n a t i o n O f h o ld and thr o w p e r fo rm e d s o rapidly

,
tha t t he victi m i s on his back s ee mingly in a

s e co nd fro m t he instan t wh e n he is firs t a t
tack e d i s wha t calls fo r a goo d d e al o f p r ac t ic e
,
.
A t t he o uts et i t i s a n e xc elle n t id e a for t he

-
stud e nt t o practis e t he h o ld and t he thro w

s e par at ely that is s o far as t he p e rfo rmanc e
—
,
with sp e ed is co nc e rn e d D e v o t e a c e rtain .
numb e r o f trials t o s e curing t he h old as quickly

as it can b e d o n e th e n making a littl e pause
,
b e fo re trying t he thr o w Aft e r that make a .

,
few att e mpts in which t he h o ld is tak e n in a

l e isure ly way fo ll o we d by a thro w as rapid as
,
it can b e made By d egree s t he e mbry o ji n

.
ji t s i a n will find sp e e d in t he e ntir e ty o f t he

p e rfo rmanc e c o ming t o him .
T he fe at kn o wn t o Angl o S ax o n wre stl e rs as -
t he flying mare is co mm o n t o t he J apan e s e ,
but is n o t l o o ke d up o n as a p e rfo rmanc e o f

e sp e cial valu e O n e that ans we rs t he purp os e
.
m uch b e tt e r wh e n t he muscular stre ngth and

,
t h e agility o f t he assailant a re e qual t o t he o c
casio n is t he f o llo wing

,
S eiz e t he wrist o f t he inte nd e d victi m and ,
pull his capture d arm o v e r y o ur sh o uld e r fro m

b ehind In t he sam e m o m e nt o f d o ing this
.
sink t o t he fl o o r on t he kn e e O f t he sam e sid e

o f t he b o dy as t he sh o uld e r o v e r which t he
thro w is b e ing m ad e R e taining t he h o ld o n

.
t he victim s captur e d wrist wi t h b o th hands

’
,
Throws O v er the S ho u lder 43
fo rc e his hand straight d own ward u ntil i t

t o uch e s o r n e arly t o u ch e s t he fl oor b e fo re
, ,
yo u .
AS s oo n as t he victim s cap t u re d wri s t has

’
bee n fo rc ed as clo s e t o t he fl oo r as p o ssibl e ,
ris e qu ickly t o y o u r fe e t b e nd i n g y o ur bo dy
,
backward in rising This ris e m ust b e ae c o m

.
p li s he d with such a m o v e m e nt o f y o u r own

b o dy t hat t he victim will fall forward o v e r t he
sh o ulde r as y o u ris e H e will la nd o n t he
.
fl oo r and with this advanta ge t hat yo u hav e

,
—
re tain ed y o u r h o ld o n his cap t u red wris t and ,
that a rm is a t y o u r m e rcy I t is p oss i bl e .

,
O ft e n t o ste p o n his o th e r arm thus p i nn i ng it

, ,
t o t he fl o o r Th e re is n o thin g le ft t hat t he
victi m can do as y o u r fee t a re t oo n ear hi s
,
h e ad fo r hi m t o succe e d in kicki n g you Now .

,
in brin gin g t he v i ctim s arm o ver t he S h o uld e r

’
,
th er e m us t b e an invariabl e rul e ! I f i t is his

l e ft wri s t t ha t i s s e iz e d carry i t ov er t he ri gh t
,
sh o uld e r ! if t he right wrist is s eiz e d carry i t

o v e r t he l e f t sh o uld e r If t he right wri st for
.
,
i n stanc e w e re carri e d o v e r t he righ t sh o uld e r

, ,
t h e n t he i nt end e d victim w o uld b e squarely

b e hind h i s as sai la nt and co uld t h ro w h is l e ft
,
-
arm aro und his adve rsary s n e ck and prev ent

’
t he fall. But with t he right arm carri e d o v e r

t he l e ft sh o uld e r t he victim s l e ft arm is k e pt
'
o u t o f t he sph e r e O f acti o n and cann o t b e us e d
in tim e t o prev e nt t he succ ess o f t he assault .
At first in training it will b e su ffici e nt t o

, ,
make this thro w sl o wly re lying u p o n e ach

,
succee ding bit o f practic e t o make t he sp ee d

incre as e gradually . E v e n if t he muscular
stre ngth is n o t at first ad e quat e t o t he de
mands mad e up o n it by this thro w re p eat e d ,
practic e will bring ab o ut t he n ee d e d muscula r

co nditi o ns by d e grees .
Onc e t he victim has b een s e nt t o t he gro und ,
what t o do with him th e re in o rd e r t o prev e nt

,
him fro m at o n c e re n ewing t he c o nt e st b e ,
c o m e s a matt e r o f prim e imp o rtanc e It has .
b e e n p o int e d o u t that s o m e o f t he thro ws l e ave

t he victim in such a p o siti o n that o n e O f his
arms may b e s e cure d by re taining t he h o ld

take n up o n it at t he b e ginning o f t he thro w ,
whil e t he o th e r arm may b e st e pp e d up o n .
In cas es wh e re t he d e fe at e d c o mbatant falls s o

that he li es o v e r o n e o f his arms thus pre v e nt
,
ing st e pping up o n it t he assailant has t he o th er

,
Th r ows O v er the S ho u l der 45
c o urs e o p e n o f st e pping o n his fall e n a dv e r

s a ry s sid e
’
.
P h o to graph N O I O d epicts an e xc ell e nt way

.
o f re ducing t he victim t o instant and c o mpl e t e
submissi o n H e re t he assailant has fall e n up o n

.
his adv e rsary in su ch mann e r that t he fo rm e r s '
k n e e is pre ssing s ev e re ly int o t he s o ft part

!
j ust b e l o w t he last rib T he assailant has re

.
t a i n e d his h o ld o n t he victim s l e ft wrist and

’
,
n o w draws that arm o v e r his kn e e T he insid e

o f t he wrist is k e pt upward and t he d o wnward
,
pre ssure at t he wrist is such as t o caus e int e nse

pain in this captu re d arm .
It is imp e rativ e that this p o siti o n o f t he

wrist o f t he captu re d arm b e tho ro ughly
u nd e rst o o d With t he wrist up and t he arm
.
b e ing pre ss e d s e v e re ly d o wnward t he arm is

b e ing fo rc e d t o be nd in t he way that N ature
did n o t int e nd it t o b e nd I n o th e r wo rds t he
.
,
assailant is trying t o make t he arm b e nd t he

wro ng way and it is appare nt at first tho ught
,
that this pro ce ss cann o t b e carri e d v e ry far

W ith o ut causing t h e m o st int e ns e pain . In
d ee d i f this backward pre ssur e o f t he arm
,
acro ss t he kn ee b e appli e d with t oo g re at

-
s ev erity t he capture d arm will b e bro k e n It

,
.
is su fficie nt h o we v e r t o giv e pre ssure e n o ugh

, ,
t o caus e t he victim t o winc e and su rre nd e r .
T he pain will disapp e ar as s o o n as t h e pre ssure

is aband o n e d i n cas e o f c o urs e t he pre ssure
—
, ,
has n o t b e e n appli e d s o vici o usly as t o bre ak

t he b o n e .
It is t o b e n o t e d als o that t he assailant has

, ,
his kn ee und e r t he capture d arm at a p o int

ab o v e t he e lbo w If t he kn e e pre ssure w e re
.
appli e d as far d o wn as t he back o f t he f or e a r m -
th e re wo uld n ot b e l ev e rage e n o ugh t o caus e

t he victim any appr e ciabl e pain .
S o imp o rtant is this principl e in many a p p li ,
cati o ns in ji n ji ts u that it is w ell t o re p e at it in

-
,
o th e r w o rds
ALWAYS B EA R I N M I ND W H EN A TT EMP TI N G ,
T O CA USE P A IN IN TH E A R M B Y THI S T R I C K ,
THA T TH E AR M M US T B E F O R C ED BACK WA RD
I N TH E WAY THA T NA T U RE D ID N OT INT E N D
IT T O GO AND TH AT C O UN TER PRESSURE
,
-
MUS T B E A PPL I ED T O TH E BAC K O F TH E

UPPER AR M IF T H E AR M I S B EN T IN T H E
.
D I RE C TI O N TH A T NA T URE INT E N DED IT T O

B END NO PA IN W I LL B E CA US E D .
T h rows O v er the S h o u l der 47
I t will b e n o t e d als o in ph o t o graph N o 1 0 .
t hat t he assailant s right hand is we ll em pl oy ed

’
.
T he fing e rs o f t he hand a re thrus t insid e t he

shirt wh ile t he thu m b is gripp e d o utsid e
, .
(This applicat i o n o f t he hand t o t he lap e l o f a

c o at will answe r t he sam e purp o s e ) T he .
knu ckl es O f t he back o f t he assailant s hand ’
a r e pre ss e d with grinding fo rc e against t he

u pp e r ribs o f t he victim at a p o int cl o s e t o t he
sh o u ld e r T he grip o f t he hand o n t he shirt
o r c o at lap e l giv e s l e v e rage fo r m o re s ev e r e
pre ssu re o f knuckl e s against ribs A littl e e x

.
p e r i m en t i n g by t he stud e nt u p o n hims e lf will

sh ow t hat pre ssu re o f knu ckl es against t he ribs
at this p o int is pro ductiv e o f c o nsid e rabl e pain .
T he victim in t h e cas e sh o wn in ph o t o graph

N o 1 0 b e ing in fl ict e d with s ev e re pain at t wo
.
,
po ints and b e ing at t he sam e tim e incapabl e

,
o f c o u n t e ring is qu ickly r e duc e d t o submissi o n

, .
Th e re a r e many applicati o ns o f t he principl e

o f b e nding t h e arm in t he wr o ng way that t he
stu d e nt can disc o v e r by int ellige nt practice A .
fe w hin t s al o ng this lin e will b e giv e n h e re .
With y o u r ri gh t hand s e iz e t he victim s l e ft

’
wrist and rais e his arm h o riz o ntally sid e ways

,
.
-
At t he sam e t i m e place t he h e e l o f t he l e ft hand

und e r his u ppe r arm with t he finge rs upward
,
acro ss t he back o f t he arm P ull y o u r right .
hand t o ward y ou a n d push y o ur l e ft hand

,
fo rcibly away from y o u T he victi m s arm is

.
’
mad e t o go t he wro ng way and he can b e ,

!
fo rce d t o spin a ro und as rapidly a s h i s a ssailan t

can run aro und with him T he sam e feat m ay .
b e p e rfo rm e d by h o o king t he l e f t fo re arm -
back o f t he vic t im s u ppe r l e ft a rm and fo rcing

’
back with y o u r right han d a t h i s wris t as

b e fo re .
Or c o ming up be hind y o ur Vic t im s ei ze his

, ,
upp e r arm at t he back with o n e hand and push

fo rward against his arm h eld h or iz o n t a lly ,
whil e wit h t he o th e r hand pulling backward

o n his wrist .
I f t he victim has b e e n thro wn fo rward on hi s

fac e fall s o that on e kn e e pins hi m d o wn in t he
,
back With t he o th e r kn e e re sting squarely

.
o n t he back o f his arm ab o u t midway b e tw ee n

,
sh o ulde r and e lb o w pull t he wrist u pward

, .
S imply t he pressure o f t he kn ee acro ss t he back

o f his a r m augm e nt e d by t he w e igh t o f t he
,
assailan t ab o v e is e n o ugh t o caus e a goo d d e al

,
Throws O v er t he S h o u l der 49
of pa i n bu t wh e n t o this d o wnward pre ssure

,
o f t he kn ee is add e d t h e pulling u p o f t he a rm
a t t he wrist t he pain is such that t he Vic t im

,
cann o t e ndu re it.

CH A PT E R VI
TH E B O XER S T R I C KS U TT ERLY U SELESS
’
AGA IN S T TH E J I U J IT SU A DEP T WH Y
- —
TH E ED GE O F TH E H A N D I S A M O RE DAN
C ER O US W E A P O N TH A N TH E C LE N C H ED
F I S T TH E USE O F TH E BA SE OF TH E
—
HAND A FE W PRELI M I NA RY WAYS O F

—
S T O PP IN G TH E B LO W S OF TH E B O XER ,
W ITH D A M AG E T O T H E LATTE R W H EN
DES I RED
T is di fficult for t he skill e d b o x e r o f t he

Angl o S ax o n rac e t o re alis e that his pains
-
takingly acquire d art is o f n o avail against t he

ade pt in ji n ji ts u
-
. Y et t h e s o o n e r this is
re alis e d t o b e a fact t he s o o n e r we shall ce as e
r e ading in t he n e wspap e rs o f o ccasi o nal i n
stanc es wh e re big C aucasians hav e tri e d pugil
ism o n small Japan es e and h a v e go n e d o wn
,
ingl o ri o usly in t he e ffo rt .
At l e ast t wo o r three tim e s in ev e ry y e ar we

re ad o f s om e Japan e s e who has had an al t erca !
50
B o xi n g and Jiu Ji tsu
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51
ti o n with an Am e rican p o lice man and has

pro m p t ly pu t t he la t t e r on his back R e in .
fo rc e m e nts and still m o re re info rce m e nts w e re

,
call e d fo r b e fo re t he Japan e s e was subdu e d and

made a pris o n e r .
L as t spring in t he H arvard gymnasium

, ,
th e re was an in t e re sting e nc o unt e r b e twe e n

T y n g t he stro ng man o f that U niv e rsity and
, ,
a diminutiv e Japan es e a fe llo w stude nt T y n g

, .
tri e d his be st fo o t ball tackle and threw his

-
,
small e r o pp o n e nt But aft e r that t he Japan

.
, ,
es e e lud e d e ach e ff o rt t o s e iz e him Aft e r t he.
sp o r t o f d o dging had c o ntinu e d fo r s o m e tim e

t h e J apan e s e dart e d in t o o k a light n ing h o ld
, ,
and put M r T y n g up o n t he fl oo r
. .
I n J a pan e s e p o rts a s o litary native p o lic e m an

has b e en kn o wn o ft e n t o subdu e as m any as
fo ur tu rbul e nt sail o rs ash o re fro m an Am e rican
o r E nglish n a val v e ss e l and t o tak e t he wh o l e
,
lo t in submissi o n t o t he p o lic e stati o n In .
d e ed t he first Am e rican sailo rs t o sp e nd l e av e

,
on sh o r e in J apan af t e r P e rry had c o nclud e d
t he tr e a t y wi t h that c o u n try cam e h o m e with
t he m o st w o nd e rful tal e s Th es e sailo rs had

.
had t he not u n usual lo t t o b e c o m e in v o lve d in

5 2 Jiu Ji tsu Co m ba t Tr i c ks
—
tro ubl e ash o re Th ey r es o rt e d t o b oxi n g with

.
t he na t iv es U p o n th e ir arrival h ere th ese

.
sam e sail ors d e clare d that t he c o un t ry was

p eo pl ed with d evils wh o m t he whit e man s ’
b est bl ows c o uld n o t t o u ch N o t o nly we re .
th e s e Japan e s e d evils invuln e rabl e t o bl ows

!
,
but th ey ac t ually picke d u p ou r m en o n e after ,
an o t h er and thre w th e m i nt o t he s ea !
,
Wi thin t he p a st y e ar many e xhibi t io n s o f

j zn y i ts n hav e b ee n giv e n in t he U nit e d St at e s ,
'
and o u r y o unge r athl e t es hav e had abundan t

o pp o rtuni ty t o s e e ji u ji t s u and b o xin g c on
t r a s t ed T he r e sult has b ee n t ha t t h es e c o n
.
v i n c e d a t hl et es hav e start e d in pr o mp t ly t o
acqu ire t he Japan es e art O f m eet in g t he b oxe r

'
S eld om d oes the J ap a n e s e u s e his cl ench ed

fist I t is n ot c o nsid e re d sci e ntific
. Th e re
!
.
is o f c o urs e t he lege nd o f t he Gree k b o xe r

, ,
who kn e w t hat h e c o uld d e priv e his adv ersary

o f his wind by a fi s t bl o w in t he abd o m e n but
-
,
who f o und t hat by driving t he tips o f his

fingers a gai ns t t he abd o m e n he was abl e t o
p e n et rat e d ee ply int o t he visce ra Bu t t he .
Japan es e disc ov e re d ce nturi e s a go t hat t he

, ,
e dge o f t he hand i s n o t o nly m o re e fi ect i ve in

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53
warding o ff a bl o w but that impact from such

,
a bl o w will l e av e t he adv e rsary s muscl e s and ’
b o n e s aching All o f t he c o mm o n bl o ws with

.
t he e dg e o f t he hand hav e b ee n d e scrib e d in
C hapt e r I I I .
P h o t o graph NO I I S h o ws a ji n ji ts i a n in t he
.
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act o f warding O ff a l e ft hand e r fro m his a dv er

-
sary H e re t he man on t he d e fensiv e has n o t

.
stru ck with t he e dge o f his hand but with t he ,
e dg e o f his f o re arm j ust back o f t he wrist

-
.
This is as it happ e ns it b e ing imp o ssibl e t o

,
gauge e xactly in t he swift m o v e m e nt o f de

fe nce Bu t t he bl o w with t he e dge o f t he
.
fo re arm is scarc e ly l ess fo rmidabl e than that

-
with t he e dge o f t he hand It will b e n o te d .
that t he assailant is m et with a bl o w against

t h e middl e o f his o wn fo r e arm -
.
This m e th o d o f d e fe nce m ee ts all re quire

m e nts In t he first plac e it is e ffe ctiv e as a
.
ward O ff I n t he n ext plac e t he d e fe nsiv e

-
bl o w on t he assailant s arm re sults in s o re n e ss

’
o f that m e mb e r for t h e b o x e r and will w e ak e n ,
t h e fo rc e o f any subs e qu e nt bl o w that he may
aim with it T he e dges O f t he ji n ji ts i a n s

.
-
’
hand and fo re arm a re s o hard e n e d by c o nstant

-
54 Jiu Ji tsu C o m b a t Tr i c ks
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practic e that he su ff e rs n o pai n from t he i m

pact N o t e als o in t he illus t rat io n that t he
.
, ,
man o n t he de fe nsiv e has his le ft hand in rea di

n e ss t o guard hi m s e lf against t he b o xe r s right '
.
Ve ry o ft en t he b o xe r fo ll ows up his l e ft with

his right s o rapidly that t he t wo fists s ee m t o
sh o o t o u t S imultan e o usly E ve n in this case .
t he ji n ji ts i a n is n o t caught unaware s
-
H is .
hands fly t o e nco unt e r t he bo xe r s arms and ’

,
t he latt e r ba ffl e d in this quick at t ack has als o

, ,
s o m e pain t o t ake up his att enti o n (S ee .
ph o t o graph N o At t he sam e tim e t he

.
b o x e r is apt t o b e c o nvinc e d o f t he futility o f

trying t o reach such an o pp o n e nt .
And this styl e o f de fe nsiv e w o rk is m o st

re adily acqu ired Aft e r a v e ry few b o uts o f
.
practic e t he ji u j i ts u n o vice finds t hat he is

'
abl e if he is as quick as t he b ox er t o st o p any

, ,
and all bl o ws m uch m o re e asily than he co uld

if train e d o nly in bo xing M uch d e p e nds o f
.
,
c o urs e on t he hardn ess o f t he e dge o f t he

,
hand but t he way t o s e cu re this has b ee n ex

,
plain e d in Chapt e r I I I I t requ ire s m o re

.
tim e h owe v e r t o hard e n t he edge o f t he hand

, ,
pro p e rly than i t d oe s t o l e arn d e fenc e with it .

No
. 12
. D E FE NS A G AIN S T B T
E O IT
H FS S OF T H E BOX R
E .
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55
A s t u dy o f ph o t o graph No 1 3 will resul t in

.
a kn o wl e d ge o f ho w bl o ws may b e m et by a de
fe nc e cl os e t o t he b o dy I n t his cas e t he assail
.
an t i s s t riking with a go o d d e al o f vigo u r but ,
t he hand o f t he man o n t he d e fe ns i v e is fo r c e d
t o yi e ld but littl e and t he bl o w i s s t o pp e d

, .
A t all t im e s in p r actice as in actu a l en

,
c o un t er i t is t o b e re m e mb e red that t he ji n
,
ji ts i a n whil e warding o ff with o ne hand is

, ,
e v e r wa t chful and u nc e asingly r e ady t o e m pl o y
t he e dge o f his o t h e r hand Th i s s t ate o f

.
re adin e ss d o e s n o t call fo r o ne wh i t m o re o f
a l e r t n ess o r o f agility in t he ji n y i ts i a n t han i t

'
d o es in t he b o x e r Any man who is qu i ck

.
e n o u gh t o l e ar n t o b o x is qu i ck e n o ugh t o
a cqu i re t he sup e ri o r m e th o ds o fji n ji t s u -

.
I n on e d e fe nsiv e bl o w t he h ee l o f t he h an d
i s us e d w it h e ffe ct This is i n parryin g by
s t rik i ng t he o ut e r b e nd o f t he b ox e r s e lb o w
'
.
T he b l o w i s s t ru ck in a co mbinat i o n o f fo rwar d
a n d upwar d m ov e m e nt and with a g o o d d e al
,
o f s m a rt n e ss. This ward o ff wh en em pl oy e d

-
,
a ft er m uch p r ac t ic e is v e ry e ffe c t iv e fo r b e
, , ,
s i des d e fen d in g i t shak e s t he b o x er s c on fi

,
’
d en c e i n h i s abil it y t o la nd a bl o w .
-
And in at l e ast o n e fo rm t he h ee l o f t he hand

is us e d in an aggre ssiv e bl o w At t he first .
sight O f an o pp o rtunity t he ji n ji ts i d n strikes

-
swiftly and f o rcibly upward landing t he h ee l

,
o f his hand und e r t h e p o int o f his adv e rsary s

’
chin It is n o t di fficult t o re gist e r this bl o w

.
,
and this fe at o f a s e c o nd s durati o n usually is

’
e n o ugh t o wind up t he b o ut o r fight .
At cl o s e quart e rs with a clinch at o n e side

, ,
but wh e re o n e c o mbatant has his hand free at

t he o th e r sid e t he e d ge o f t he fr ee hand is
,
struck against t he c o llar b o n e at ab o ut its

-
middle S truck ev e n lightly this bl o w caus es

,
pain Wh e n t he blo w is d eliv e re d with full

.
fo rc e it results in a fracture d c o llar b o n e A -

.
little practice b eginning with v e ry light bl ows

, ,
incre asing gradually in s e v e rity will giv e t he ,
stude nt a fair ide a o f how hard a bl o w o f this

s o rt may b e struck with o ut bre aking t he b o n e .
And in acco rdanc e with t he well kn o wn rul e

,
-
that u s e hard e ns t he c o llar bo n e may b e

,
-
stre ngth en ed v e ry c o nsid e rably by und e rgo ing

e ndurabl e assaults up o n it .
Bl ows with t he tips o f t he fi n gers j abs are — —
n ev e r t o b e d eliv e re d against any p o rtio n O f

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t he b o dy e xc e pt t he abd o m e n and t he s o lar

pl e xus A fi n ger tip bl o w against t he ribs
.
-
will l e av e s o re n e ss th e re but t he c o ncussi o n is

,
liable als o t o put t he assailant s hand in bad ’
shap e .
Wh en striking u p t he arm o f an adv e rsary by

m e ans o f an e dge o i t he hand bl o w t he ji n
- - -
,
ji ts i cz n is advis e d t o practis e t he trick o f fo re

ing u p his o pp o n e nt s arm high e r and darting
’
in u n d e r it t o strike a bl o w o f attack with t he

e dge o f his u n o ccupi e d hand .
T he b e st d e fe nsiv e trick o f all o f c o urs e is , ,
o n e t hat st o ps t h e fight at t he o u ts e t T he
write r will n ow d e scrib e a trick that he saw
p e rfo rm e d in e arn e st t he d e fe nsiv e blo w b e ing
,
s t ruck with full fo rce T he assailant struck .
o u t with his l e ft fist ! uick as a flash t he man

.
on t he d e fe nsiv e sid e st e pp e d o nc e t o his o w n

-
l e ft In t he sa m e twinkling instant he let his

.
righ t hand fly upward t he e dg e o f t he hand ,
striking square ly acro ss t he assailant s right ’
j ugular a t a p o int midway b etw ee n t he j aw

,
a n d t h e c o llar b o ne- .
A qu ee r gurgling s o u nd cam e fro m t he

,
t hro at o f t he strick e n o n e H is kn ee s gave

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way u nd e r him and he b e gan t o fall fo rward

,
.
Re co ve ring he succee d e d in falling backward

,
o n his l e ft hand and butt o ck L e ss than half

.
daz e d he was ab o ut t o spring t o his fee t wh e n

,
his o pp o n e nt s sharp warn i ng cam e

’
"
D o n t get up u ntil I t ell y o u t o If y o u
'
.
do y o u 11 ge t hurt !
’
,
T he d e fe at e d assailan t o b e y e d sinking back ,
t o t he sid e walk whil e t he man who had de

,
fe nde d hims e lf drawl e d

!
Aft e r this y o u w o uld b e tt e r n o t go aro und
hunting fo r tro ubl e until y o u v e l e arn e d s o m e
’
thing ab o ut fighting If y o u do s o m e day

.
,
y o u will sur ely b e hurt N o w if y o u think y o u

.
,
can go on and att e nd t o y o ur o w n affairs y o u ,
may get up and try it .

!
T he assailant t oo k t he hint S o quickly and

.
pre cis ely had t he de fe nsiv e bl o w b ee n giv e n

that it is d o ubtful if he u nd erst o o d j ust how
his di s c om fit u r e had b ee n bro ught ab o ut And .
t he b e st o f it was that t he man who had s o ught
t o pr o v o k e a fight had b e e n st o pp e d with o u t
sustaining any inj ury or disfigurem en t .

-
many O f t he fe ats a re e x e cut e d H e re o r

.
,
cl o s e t o this p o int t he study o f s o m e re ad e rs

,
wil l st o p T he littl e kn o wl e dge that has b e en

.
abs o rb e d will b e laid by in a c o rn e r o f t he

mind t o b e calle d int o activ e u s e o nly if t he
,
m o m e nt o f n ee d arri v es And th e n in a p o s
.
,
sibl e crisis t he kn o wle dge that has b e e n s o

,
S lightingly O btain e d will pr o v e us e l e ss Re ad .
er s wh o study ji u ji t s u in this fashi o n will n e v e r
b e c o m e ji n y i ts i czns
'
!
I kn o w ho w t nczt is d o n e re fl e cts s o m e
,
re ad e r aft e r he has go n e o v e r t he d e scriptio n

,
and has scann e d an illustrati o n ! he practis es

t h e thing a fe w tim e s with a fri e nd and th e n
—
t he fe at is l e arn e d and t he kn o wl e dge is r e ady
fo r u se !
Any re ad e r who is satisfi e d t o acquire his

kn o wle dge o f t he Japan es e art s o e asily w o uld
do b e tt e r t o sav e his tim e at t he o uts e t by de
v o ting i t t o s o m e study t o which he will b e

m o re faithful .
T he few d e scripti o ns giv e n in t he last chapt e r
w o uld s e e m t o indicat e v e ry e asy mast e ry o f

that part o f t he subj e ct All that was writt e n
.
can b e re ad th o ughtfully in a half an h o ur ! in

D efen c e A ga i n s t the B o x er 61
an ot h er half h o u r e ach o f t he feat s can b e

-
p rac t is e d s e v e ral tim e s with a c om plaisant

fri e nd and t he t hing s ee ms sim ple and easy
—
e n o ugh ! M any re ad e rs will b e su rpris ed wh e n

t h ey a re t o ld t hat e ve n t he few fe at s e xplain ed
in t he las t chap t e r sh o uld b e pract is e d assidu
o u s ly fo r s e v e ral w ee ks .
Y et t his is t he o nly p o ssibl e way in which t o

acqu ire t he t ricks s o that at las t t h ey can b e
e mpl oy e d ins t an t ly and with all d e sire d e ffe c
t i v en es s . T he stud e nt sh o uld b egin by p er

fo rm ing any o n e fe at v e ry sl o wly and whil e , ,
in c re as e o f sp eed is abs o lu te ly n ec essary t his ,
incre as e sh o uld b e v e ry gradual effo rt b e ing

,
c o n c e n t r a t e d o n t h e knack o f striki ng o r fe nd
i n g a lways with pre cisi o n t o which e v e n sp ee d

,
s h o uld b e s e c o ndary fo r a l o n g ti m e o r until

—
pre c i sio n has b e c o m e s o m uch a m at t e r o f

habit t hat sp ee d will d e ve lo p e as ily fro m it .
P ractis e a t all o dd tim e s Wh e n t he re a re

.
n o t m o r e t han t wo o r thre e m inu t e s o f l e i sur e ,
e v e n p r ac t is e o ne o f t h e fe ats and get a n o tch

,
fu rt h er ah ead i n its p e rfo rman ce N ev e r get

.
o u t o f p r act i s e
.
3 i n ji ts u is n o t o f s o m uch
-
’
r us t y ad ept A Japan es e t each er

‘
u s e t o t he . ,
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J i tsu C o m b a t Tr i c ks
whe n he has n o pupil o n hand t o instruct will ,
pr act i s e with any fri e nd who may dro p int o t he

gymnasium If th e re b e n o o n e pre s e nt but
.
hims elf t he t e ach e r will tak e up s o m ething

,
that he c a n do by hims elf .
O ne day s o m e y e ars a go t he au t h o r st o o d
, ,
chatting with a J apan e s e t each e r o f t he a rt .
With o ut warning t he littl e bro wn man sud

den ly fe ll forward his b o dy as straight and
,
rigid as a log H e fe ll square ly on his fac e

.
,
n o t putting o u t e ith e r hand t o sav e hi m s e lf .
In a twinkling he was o n his fee t agai n .
!
That is a go o d thing t o b e abl e t o do ex ,
plain e d t he t e ach e r I was al o n e this m o rn

.
!
ing s o I practis e d it by mys elf And h e re is

, .
s o m ething els e that i t is wo rt h whil e t o kn o w

ho w t o do
!
.
With t he sam e sudd e nn e ss he fe ll o v e r back

ward his b o dy as rigidly straight as b e fo re
, .
And it s ee m e d as if he had n o m o re than

t o uch ed t he fl oo r wh e n he was o n his fee t o nc e
m o re .
All o f t he e dge o f t he han d bl o ws s ee m s o

- — -
simpl e as t o re qu ire but little practice T he .
re ad e r who s o c o nclud e s will mak e a huge m i s

64 Jiu Ji tsu Co m ba t Tr i cks
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is n ev e r t o b e em pl o y e d exc e p t in rough and -
tumble But ph o t o graph N o 1 4 sh ows how

. .
it is em pl o ye d in ji n y i ts n H e re t he m an on
'
t he d e fe nsiv e has swung his righ t a rm o v e r t he

b ox er s l e ft in such fashi o n that a h ook i s
’
made at t he e lb o ws In t he sam e m om ent t he

.
man o n t he d e fe nsive has swu n g h i s b ody

aro und t o t he side in o rde r t o m ake t he h ook
m o re e ffe ctiv e and he h o lds his l e ft h an d in
,
re adin ess t o strike an e dge bl o w a gains t t he

b ox er s righ t wrist As s o o n as t he b oxer s
'
.
’
right com es t he man o n t he d e fensiv e is ready

t o m eet and s t o p it .
But t he m an o n t he de fe ns iv e has als o pu t

hi m s elf in a fi rs t rat e p o siti o n fo r assu m ing t he
-
o ff e nsiv e and putting an e n d t o t he figh t A .
singl e m o v em e nt o f t he arm will e nabl e hi m t o

dart his l e ft hand upward fro m t he b o xer s ’
righ t wrist and t o d e liv e r a fin ger t ip j ab i n t he -
s olar pl exus o r in t h e abd o m en T he s t ud en t .
will do w ell t o n o t e in ho w many ot h e r cas es

he is t hus abl e t o turn at o nc e fro m t he defen
siv e t o t he aggressiv e and pu t an en d t o fu rt h er
att ack by his o pp o n e nt .
P h o t o graph No 1 5 d e picts an ot h er s t yl e o f
.
No 14 AH OOK O VE RA LOW LE FT A N D R A N D A WAR D
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H E -
O FF FOR
R IGH T
. .
TH E .
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pact w o uld pro bably re sult in l eaving t he c o m

,
b a t a n t s o struck b e d ridd e n fo r life

-
In g en eral
.
it must b e insist e d that th e re is alt o geth er t o o

much dang e r in attacking t he l o we r e n d o f t he
spin e with such a blo w .
A c o nside rabl e vari e ty o f bl o ws in t he ab

d o m e n at t he sid e s and o v e r t he kidn eys can
, ,
b e studi e d o u t by t he industri o us A ge n eral

hint W
.
ill b e e n o ugh Any p o siti o n that l e ave s

.
a c o mbatant s hand o r e lb o w be twee n t he o p

’
p o n en t s arm and b o dy giv e s a valuabl e o pp o r

’
t u n i ty
. T he fi n ge rs t he e dg e o f t he hand o r
, ,
t he p o int o f t he e lb o w may b e us e d fo r swift
attack a gali n s t t he s o ft parts T he e lbo w whe n

.
,
in p ositi o n may b e us e d e ffe ctiv e ly fo r a blo w

,
in t he adv e rsary s sh o rt ribs

’
.
N o r must t he u s e o f t he kn ee b e f o rg o tt e n
wh en at cl o s e quart e rs A j ab with t he p o int
.
o f t he kn ee may b e e mpl o y e d against t h e a h
d o m e n o r sid e wh e n b o th hands a re busy If .
o n e is b e hind his adv e rsary h e is o ft e n abl e t o

!
butt t he p o int o f on e o f his kn ee s in o v er
t he kidn ey A kidn ey bl o w d e liv e re d with any
.
fo rce at all is o n e that disc o u rage s further

fighting .
TH E I N
KD EY BL
OW AG AIN T A B X R U U U N R MAN
S O E —
SE F L DE Y
T H ER N DITI N
O CO O S .
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o pp o n e n t What eve r t he s t ro ng facto r is in t he

.
situati o n find i t and e mpl oy i t at o nc e b e fo re

,
t he o th e r m an can find s om e disc on c e rt i ng
p ossibility .
CH A PT E R V II I
TH E G R AD U A L AC ! U I REMEN T OF SPEED
T H E N EED O F W O RK IN G N OW W ITH A N , ,
EXPER I E N C ED B O XER TA K IN G A C LU B
—
AWA Y FR O M A N O PP O N E NT AG I LITY
GA IN ED B Y THI S W O RK S I DE S T EPP IN G
— -
AS SE C O N D N A T U RE
T is tim e right h e re
, ,
call an e arn e st halt
to
against t he natural impuls e o f t he stud e nt

t o try t o l e arn in o n e o r t wo b o uts o f practic e
, ,
all O f t he principal fe ats that a re e mplo y e d in

st o pping t he b o x e r In instructing his frie nds
.
t he auth o r has disc o v e re d t he di fli c u lt y o f c o n
v i n c i n g a stud e nt that a n e w f e at o nc e m e n
,
tally grasp e d is by n o m eans m a s ter ed

, .
If t he re ad e r has t he pati e nc e and p e rs e

v e r a n c e that h e sh o uld b ring t o this w o rk I will
o ff e r hi m a sugge sti o n that is o f gre at val u e .
D o n o t att em pt t o l e arn m o re than o n e trick

a t a tim e ! do n o t b e in hast e t o go t o an o th e r .
S ev e ra l b o u t s of practic e sh o uld b e d e vo t e d t o
69
70 Jiu Ji tsu Co m ba t Tri c ks
—
t he re p e at e d ev e n if m o n o t o n o us reh e arsal
— —
o f t he f e at that is u nd e r c o nsid e rati o n

'
‘
fi u .
i u tricks in o rd e r t o b e o f r e al valu e t o th e ir
j t s ,
p o ss e ss o r m ust b e c o m e in th e ir e x e cuti on as
,
s e c o nd nature T he stud e nt who d e parts fro m

.
this rul e and who tri e s t o make hast e will b e

, ,
s o rry fo r it lat e r o n .
It has b ee n stat e d alre ady that t he first de

s i der a t n nz is t o b e abl e t o e x e cut e a f e at with
u nvarying pre cisi o n M ake sure that y o u can

.
always p e rfo rm t he fe at in exactly t he sam e

way P re cisi o n co unts fo r n e arly ev e rything
.
in t h e e ffe ct that is t o b e pro duce d on t he

o pp o n e nt .
P ay s o much att e nti o n t o pre cisi o n as n o t t o

b e in hast e t o ge t up S p ee d Wh e n pre cisi o n
.
has b e c o m e s e c o nd nature th e n sp ee d will fol

,
lo w quickly DO n o t try fo r sp e e d until it is

.
unn e c essary any l o nge r t o pay particular a t

te nti o n t o t he matt e r o f pre cisi o n .
At this p o int th e re is an o th e r mistake o f

which m o st stud e nts a re naturally gu ilty and ,
it is o n e that sh o uld b e rigo ro usly av o id e d .
Wh e n w o rking at last fo r sp ee d do n o t fe el
, , ,
that for t he tim e b e ing t he matt e r o f pre cisio n

, ,
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stage o f d ev e l o pm e nt fo r t he fe ats that a re

,
e mpl o y e d against t he b o x e r can all b e us e d
with gre at e r swiftn e ss than is p o ssibl e in de

live ring b o xing bl o ws H e nce t he stud e nt will
.
kn o w wh e n he has gain e d t he right am o unt o f

sp ee d with a giv e n fe at ! it is wh e n he is abl e t o
m o v e quickly e n o ugh t o prev e nt t he bo xer
fro m d efe ating him .
And t he stud e nt sh o uld c o nstantly e nc o urage

his b oxing c o mpani o n t o sugge st all p o ssible
ways O f d e liv e ring t he bl o w s o that ji n y i t s n '
might n o t st o p it T his affo rds rugged and

.
vari e d drill for t he n ovice in ji n ji ts u -

.
Of c o urs e agility is o n e o f t he main fact o rs

in gaining sp eed alth o ugh it is n o t t he o nly
,
re quisit e ! uick visio n int e llige nc e and a

.
, ,
v e ry c o nsid e rable d egree o f aut o matism a re

als o n ee d e d F o r making agility th e re is n o
.
b e tt e r e xe rcis e than practising t he fe at o f tak

ing away a club fro m an o pp o n e nt w ho makes
an attack with that w e ap o n N o r is it at all
.
difficult t o l e arn how t o ge t t he club ev ery

tim e .
In t he b eginni n g hav e y o ur o pp o n e nt stand

facing y o u with t he bludge o n in his right hand .
Sp e e d a n d Agi l i ty 73
H av e him rais e this w e ap o n and bring it d o wn

acro ss t he t o p o f y o u r h e ad o r at l e ast —
, ,
a t t emp t s o t o strik e Of c o urs e at t he

you .
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o uts e t t h e assailant d o e s n o t att e mpt t o strik e

,
quickly incre asing t he rapidity o f t he bl o w

,
o nly with t he ji n ji t s i a n s acqu ire m e nt o f sp e e d

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in st o pping him .
T he stud e nt s d e fe nc e c o nsists in thr o wing

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u p his l e ft hand and s e izing t he wrist o f t he

hand tha t h o lds t h e club T he wrist is s e iz e d .
fro m u nd e rn ea t h At t he m o m e nt o f taking
.
this h o ld t he stud e nt grabs t he club with his

right hand T he assailant s hand is h e ld j ust
.
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as it is caught with t he thumb sid e o f t he hand

,
u p With his right hand t he man o n t he de

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fe nsiv e twists t he club o v e r and d o wnward ,
back o f t he hand at t he sam e tim e re taining a,
stro ng vis e lik e h o ld o n t he wrist T he twist

,
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o n t he club f o rc e s it o u t o f t he hand o f t he as
s a i la n t
. Y o ur tru e ji n y i ts i a n o n s e curing t he
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club thro ws i t away and carrie s on t he battle

,
with N at u re s w e ap o ns ’
.
By d egre es t he stud e n t b e c o m e s s o we ll as
sure d o f his ability t o catch and t o h o ld t he
a ss a ilant s right wrist that t he attacking man
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can at last d e liv e r t he bl o w with all t he sp e ed

o f which h e is capabl e And t he man o n t he
.
d e fe nsiv e catch es t he wrist and twists away t he

C lub s o quic k ly that t he assailant is d e priv e d o f
his we ap o n b e fo re he has had tim e t o re alis e it .
Wh e n t he ability t o tak e t he club away at

lightning like sp eed has b ee n fully acquired
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,
t h e stud e nt sh o uld vary his practic e by asking
t he adv e rsa ry t o strik e at any part o f t he b o dy ,
and fro m any dire cti o n It d oe s n o t r e quire

.
much add e d practic e t o re nd e r t he stud e nt

practically pro o f against assault with a club .
But it must b e b o rn e in mind at all tim es that

t h e assailant s hand must b e s o caught as t o
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l eav e t he thumb sid e o f t he hand up ! and that

t he Club must b e twist e d d o wnward o v e r t he
ba c k o f t he hand .
An o th e r fe at that mak es fo r agility and o n e ,
that sav e s t he stud e nt t he disc o mfo rt o f many

a bl o w re ce iv e d is that o f sid e st e pping
,
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.
P ractis e this at first by l e tting y o ur adve rsary

, ,
strike o u t at y o u with o ut much sp ee d S up .
p o s e he strike s fo r y o ur fac e o r y o ur chin

, ,
with his l e ft hand ! T ake o n e quick st ep t o

y o ur o wn l e ft t o t he right o f hi s b o dy H is
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76 ji u -
Ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i c ks
striking him fully and fo rcibly acro ss t he right
j ugular If this blo w lands with fo rce and
.
sharpn ess e n o ugh any man o th e r than a H e r

c u le s will go t o t he fl o o r E v e n wh e n lightly
.
d e liv e re d this bl o w mak e s t he re cipi e nt feel

unc o mfo rtable .
But th e re is still an o th e r trick t o sid e st e p -
ping F o llo w up t he first st e p with a quick

.
s ec o nd st e p in t he sam e dire cti o n T hus if .

,
anything happ e ns that pre v e nts y o ur bl o w

fro m landing o n y o u r o pp o n e nt s n e ck t he '
s e co nd sid e st e p carri e s y o u o u t o f t he re ach

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o f any bl o w he may s e nd sudd e nly aft e r y o u .
P ay gre at att e nti o n at all tim e s t o practice

in this sid e st e pping It o ffe rs t he m o st e ffe c
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tiv e m e ans wh e n th o ro u ghly mast e re d o f ge t

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ting o u t o f harm s way o r at t he w o rst o f

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minimising t he eff e ct o f any bl o w that t he

b o xe r may succ ee d in landing
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7z u jzt s u
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with o ut swift and e ffe ctiv e sid e s t e pping is-

,
n o t ji u y zzs u at all
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C H A PT E R IX
T H E N EAT ES T O F A LL J I U J ITSU WAYS OF
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S T O PP I N G A B OX E R F LOO R I N G AND
H OLD I N G H I M H ELPLESS WITH O U T DO I N G
H I M D A MA G E AN O TH ER E FFE CTIVE WAY
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OF H OLD I N G A V I C TI M I N SU B J E C TI O N
A FTER HAVI N G TH R O WN H I M E ITH ER I N
B O X I N G O R IN W RES T L I N G
X P ON E N T S of sch o o l of 1 m
t he T en 3m
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jzts u hav e d ev e l o p e d in all its p o ssibl e

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p e rfec tio n a s t yl e o f st o pping t he b ox er s bl o w

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t ha t can n o t b e su rpasse d fo r n e at n ess o f exe

c u t i on, e ffe c t iv e n e ss
, an d swift n e ss. I t is a
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fe a t t hat appli e s o nly t o s t o ppin g a le ft hand -
b l o w by t he b o xe r .
This t ri ck o f d e fe nc e m ay b e t ak en up i n
t h ree s t ages a n d I shall d e scri b e each s t age by
,
i t s elf Aft e r t he stu d e nt has mas t ered all three

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o f t he s t a g es he can c o mbin e t h em all i n rapid
su cc ess io n wi t h t he re sul t t hat he i s abl e t o

,
s t o p the b l ow and t o hav e his o p p on en t o n t he

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Ji tsu C o m b a t T r i c ks
fl o o r h elpl e ss but n ot in any way disabl e d
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.
T he e ntire l e ngth o f tim e e mpl o y e d in this fe at

sh o uld n ot e xc e e d fo ur o r fi v e s e co nds .
J ust as t he b o x e r launch es his l e ft fist

duck quickly t o his le ft taking y o ur o wn ,
h e ad and upp e r trunk o u t o f dan ge r At t he .
sam e tim e strike t he o ut e r b e nd o f his le ft

e lb o w with t he o p e n palm o f t he right hand .
T he mann e r o f d o dging and o f striking t he

assailant s e lb o w is sh o wn cle arly in ph ot o
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graph N o I 6 . .
Always strike t he adv e rsary s e lb o w with a ’
smart fo rc e ful bl o w T he e ffe ct will b e t o

,
s e nd him spinning aro und t o his o wn right .
T he v e ry m o m e ntum that t he b o x e r giv e s him

s e lf i n striking fo rward will aid in swinging him
aro und .
This ward o ff at t he e lb o w must b e practis e d

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o v e r and o v e r again It is e asy t o give this

.
fe nd O ff with fair sp ee d but this will n o t m eet

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,
t he d e mands O f actual c o mbat E x t r em e sp e e d

.
mus t b e d ev e l o p e d and this is why t he trick

,
must b e practis e d fo r a lo ng tim e and with ,
v e ry pati e nt att e nti o n t o gaining sp e e d .
B o th t he d o dging and t he strikin g of t he

Keep i n g Vi c t i m H e lpl ess 79
e lb o w a r e t o b e p e rsist e d in unt il n o thing is l e ft

t o b e d e sire d in t he p e rfo rmanc e And try t o
.
swing t he assailant farth e r and farth e r aro und .
In actual c o mbat t he eff e ct O f this first sta ge

o f t he trick is a musing o n t he assailant who
kn o ws n o thing and who is n ot p re

pare d t o re c e iv e such a fe nd o ff Whe n he
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.
finds that he cann o t land his bl o w and that he ,
is s e nt spinnin g aro und as o ft e n as he tri e s it ,
he l o s e s c o nfid e nc e in hims e lf H e r ealis e s

.
t hat he is at t he m e rcy o f his O pp o n ent .
N O W c o m e s t he s e c o nd st age o f t he trick t he ,
t hro w T his must b e b egu n t he instant that

.
t he adv e rsary has be e n f e nd e d O ff and s e nt
s pinnin g aro und t o his right . C lap y o ur right

hand smartly o v e r his right kidn ey At t he .
sam e tim e y o u r l e ft arm goes up u nd e r his e x

t e nd e d l e ft Yo u r l e ft hand must rest o n his
right sh o uld e r taking a quick grip t h ere and
, ,
t he l e ngth o f y o ur l e ft arm o f c o urs e is acro ss

, ,
his ch e s t .
J ust t he ins ta n t that this h o ld has b e e n o b

t a i n e d and i t must b e whil e y o u r assailant is
—
s t ill spin n ing t o his righ t fo rc e him o v e r back

—
ward t o t he gro und I t will n ot b e a t all di fli

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80 Jiu ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i c ks
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cult for his own m o m e ntum in his fo rc e d swing

,
aro und will h elp carry him as y o u wish him t o

g o. And thus t h e s e c o nd stag e o f t he trick
e nds with t he assailant lying o n t he gro und .
N o w this s e c o nd part o f t he fe at is t o b e
,
acquire d v e ry painstakin gly P ractise o ver

and o v e r again t he ge tting o f t he h o ld with e ach
hand j ust as it has b ee n d e scrib e d R e m em .
b er t o o that t he right hand o n t he adv e rsary s

’
, ,
kidn ey sh o uld press him fo rward while t he ,
le ft arm acro ss his ch e st sh o uld fo rce hi m o v e r

backward And b e sure that t he l e ft hand
.
always grips at t he right sh o uld e r o f y o ur a n

t a gon i s t M ake sure also that y o u strike him
.
, ,
s o smartly o v e r t he kidn e y as t o caus e pain and
w e akn ess th e re H aving go tt e n h o ld j ust right

.
with e ach o f yo ur hands t he matt e r o f thro w,
ing d oes n ot re quire such clo s e att enti o n T he .
antago nist is thro wn t o t he gro und wi th n o

tro ubl e what ev e r if t he h o lds a re tak en pro p erly
and if t he backward pre ssure is us e d with o ut
an instant s d e lay ’
.
T he thro wn o pp o n e nt will land e ith e r on his

back o r o n his right sid e This d e p e nds much
, .
up o n t he way t he pre ssure against him is

Ke ep i n g Vi c t i m H e lpl ess 8I
appli e d It d e p e nds t o s o m e ext e nt als o on

.
, ,
t he nature o f t he r e sistanc e that he mak e s
a gainst b e ing thr o wn .
I n ph o t o graph N O 1 7 t he d e fe at e d m a n is
.
sh o wn lying on his right sid e H is h e ad is .
h e ld firmly t o t he gro und by his Vict o ri o us

antag o nist s l e ft hand T he Vict o r s l e ft kn ee
’
.
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has b e e n j abb e d int o t he victim s sh o rt ribs as ’
t he vict o r f e ll a t o p o f him
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This has driv e n .
t he br e ath o u t o f t he d e fe at e d man But t he .
vict o r d oe s n o t st o p h e re fo r t he pro strat e man

,
will hav e his bre at h s o o n and will b e abl e t o re

,
n e w t he c o nt e st It is n e c e ssary th e re fo re t o
.
, ,
re duc e t he Victim t o c o mpl e t e submissi o n .
T he Vict o r s right hand has clutch e d t he

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Victim s l e ft wrist T he capture d l e ft arm is

’
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h e ld acro ss t he Vict o r s right kn ee which is ’
u nd e r t he upp e r half o f t he capture d arm .
T he insid e o f t he victim s wrist is upward and

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,
t he vict o r is pre ssing t he wrist d o wn fo rcibly

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.
T he e ffe ct o f this is t o mak e t he capture d arm

b e n d o v e r t he Vict o r s kn e e and t o b e nd in j ust
’
,
t he o pp o sit e way fr o m that which N atu r e i n
t e nd e d If this pre ssure b e giv e n hard e n o ugh

.
t he e fe ct will b e t o br e ak t he b o n e o f t he l e ft
f
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upp e r arm But inst e ad t he vict o r c o n t e n t s

.
, ,
hims elf with straining t he capture d arm with

s o m ewhat rapidly incre asing s ev e rity until t he
pain in that arm b e c o m e s s o int e ns e that t he
d e feat e d man signifi es his c o mpl e te surre nd er .
H e re is t he trick n o w in its three stages

, , ,
and t he wh o l e c o mbinati o n fro m t he first ,
!
duck t o t he straining o f t he d e fe at e d man s ’
l e ft arm sh o uld b e p e rfo rm e d in ab o ut fo ur o r

,
fi v e s e c o nds It sh o uld b e practis e d and prae

.
t i s e d until this sp ee d has b ee n re ach ed fo r this ,
fe at o ffe rs t he b est all aro und d e fe nce against

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t he b o x e r that is kn o wn t o t he
Whe n t he man w ho is thro wn lands o n his

back t he l e ft kn e e o f t he victo r is plant e d at
,
t h e l e ft e dg e o f t he abd o m e n It is imp o rtan t

.
fo r t he vict o r t o re m e mb e r t o e mpl o y his l e ft

hand in fo rcing t he h e ad o f his fall e n antago nist
t o t he fl o o r as o th e rwis e t he latt e r will b e abl e
,
t o s e cur e s o m e purch as e fo r rising o r will b e ,
able t o lift his h ead su ffici e ntly t o inflict p o s ,
s i b ly
, a disc o nce rting bit e for biting is e m
—
pl o y e d as a last res o rt in jz u jz t s u as in all

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o th e r styl e s o f fighting t he w o rld o v e r .
It is wo rth whil e t o call att e nti o n again t o

Ke e p i n g Vi c t i m H elpl ess 83
t he th e o ry o f bre aking t he arm T he japan es e

.
call it bre aking e v e n wh e n n o thing m o re

!
than straining t he arm is att e mpt e d T he in

.
sid e o f t he wrist m u s t b e upward and t he

,
pre ssu re against t he upp e r b o n e O f t he arm

applie d in t he o pp o sit e dire cti o n t o that in
which t he arm was mad e by N ature t o b e nd .
T his w o uld bring t he kn e e unde r t he back O f

t he u pp e r arm .
With o n e e xp e rim e nt it will b e s e e n that if

t he straining o f t he arm is appli e d with t he i n
side o f t he wrist d o wnward t he o nly e ffe ct will

b e t o b e nd t he arm in t he natural way and t he
victim will n o t b e hurt th e re by .
A v e ry cl e ar id e a o f how t he arm is s t rain e d

o r br o k e n is a ff o rd e d by ph o t o graph N O .18 .
This illu strat e s als o a h o ld that is e mpl o y e d

, ,
with advantage wh e n an o pp o n e nt has b e e n

thro wn aft e r e ith e r b o xing o r wre stling .
T he vict o r has his right arm und e r t he v i c

ti m s l e ft T he Vict o r s right hand clutch e s at
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t he shi rt (o r v e st o r c o at) o f t h e fall e n man ,
and in such mann e r that t he knu ckl es o f t he

hand press s ev e re ly against the ribs cl o s e t o
t he right sh o uld e r .
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C ar ful study
e illustrati o n will sh o w
of t he
that t he victim s capture d l e ft arm is h e ld o v e r

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t he straight rigid right arm o f t he vict o r and

, ,
that it is t he back o f t he victim s l e ft arm that ’
is pre ss e d against t he o th e r s arm N o w by ’

.
,
applying d o wnward pressure at t he capture d

l e ft wrist t he vict o r is abl e t o caus e a gre at d e al
o f pain and if he mak e s t he d o wnward pr e s
, ,
sure a vici o us o n e t he assailant is abl e t o bre ak

,
his o pp o n e nt s arm ab o v e t he e lb o w
’
.
N o t e that t he fulcrum appli e d by t he assail

ant t o t he back o f t he victim s arm wh e th e r ’
that fulcrum b e an arm o r a kn e e is al ways a p ,
pli e d w ell ab ov e t he elb o w A littl e exp e ri

.
m en t i n g with this straining o f t he arm will

sh o w why this sh o uld b e s o .
M o re is t o b e said lat er o n ab out this w o rk

, ,
o f straining a victim s arm o r bre aking it if

’
,
n ee d b e and in t he m e antim e t he stude nt is

,
advis e d t o giv e s o m e study t o t he p o siti o ns o f

t he c o nt e stants as sh o wn in ph o t o graphs N o s .
2 3 t o 2 5 in which o th e r fe ats a r e sh o wn wh e r e
,
t he sam e principl e o f attack o r d e fe nc e is
e m pl oy e d .
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trick is w o rthle ss as a m eans o f actual d e fence

until all t he re quire m e nts o f sp ee d hav e b ee n
b ro ught o u t by fre qu e nt and all but u n rem i t
ting practic e .
T he fe at b e gins with a d e fe nc e agains t t he

b o xe r s l e ft hand blo w T he man on t he de
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fe nsiv e must sh o o t b o th o f his hands forward

and upward at t he co ming l e ft hand o f t he op
p on en t T he hands o f t he man o n t he de feu
.
sive a re we ll t o geth e r v e ry much in t he fo rm,
of a V alth o ugh t he h eels o f t he hands do

!
,
!
n o t quit e t o uch I t is this V that is sh o t

.
!
up t o catch and e ncircl e t he b ox e r s fi s t not ’

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Iz zs wr i s t I At t he instan t that t he as s ailan t s

’
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fis t is caught in this V the man on t he de !
fe nsiv e wraps his finge rs aro u nd t he captu red

fist .
R e fere nc e t o t he ph o t o graph will sh ow j ust

ho w this e ncircling o f t h e at tacking fis t is ac
co mplish e d On e p o int t he illust r ati o n d oes
.
n o t sh o w e xactly and n o am o unt o f auth or s

’
,
t ext can e xplain it fully ! and that is j ust how

t o h o ld t he at t acking fist s o that its o wn e r
cann o t wre nch i t fre e But such a h o ld can .
b e take n and t he stud e nt by a littl e pa t i e n t ,

No 1 9. U ING PP N NT FT A GUAR D AGAIN T
S O O E ’
S LE AS S IG T
H IS OWN R H
T H I F EAT EN A THR W
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S DS IN O .
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T he man o n t he d e fe nsiv e brings that capture d

fist and its arm swiftly d o wn cro ssing t he fo re
,
arm o i that capture d fist o v e r t he fo re arm O f -
t he o pp o n e nt s assailing right It is a c o m
’
.
p le t e bl o ck st o pping t he b o x e r s bl o w And
’
.
,
t he sam e man oe uvr e will st o p any bl o w that
t he b o x e r can try t o d e liv e r with his right .
Wh e rev e r t he right fist tri e s t o land it is

bl o cke d by c o ntact with t he fo re arm b ehind -
t he captur e d fist It is imp o ssibl e t o make

.
a n y striking bl o w with t he right that cann o t b e
sto pp ed by swift c o ntact with t he captured

l e ft
.
Always t he man o n t he d e fe nsiv e fo rc es up ,
o r d o wn t h e b o x e r s l e ft arm s o that it is mad e

’
,
t o cr o ss t he b o x e r s right t he p o int o f c o ntact

’
,
b e ing in t he fo re arms O f t he b o x e r T h e re is
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n o e scap e fo r t h e b o x e r and he is made t o

,
submit t o t he humiliati o n o f practically ward

ing O ff his o wn bl o ws .
And n ot o nly a re t he bl o ws st o ppe d but ,
the re is actual mischi e f in this styl e o f d e fe nc e ,
for t he b o xe r s fo re arms a r e bro ught t o g e th e r

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s o sharply that e ach c o ncussi o n caus es pain

,
and three o r fo ur sharp impacts l e av e t he

G u a r ds Aga i n s t B o xi n g B l o ws 8 9
b o x e r v e ry S ick o f this styl e o f d e fe at H is .
arms a re badly lam e d and he is n o t like ly t o

,
care for any m o re bo xing fo r a fe w h o urs .
Bu t th e re is s t ill m o re mischi e f in this de

fe nc e fo r at any tim e at t he pl e asure o f t he
, , ,
man o n t he d e fe nsiv e he can thro w his a dv er

,
sary and thus put an e n d t o tactics that hav e

fu rnish e d sp o rt but fo r o n e And t he thro w is
.
acc o mplish e d v e ry e asily Bring t he b o xe r s

.
’
l e ft arm d o wn t o ward O ff a bl o w fro m his

right At t he instant O f impact wre nch that
.
capture d l e ft arm u p smartly s o that t he fist is

bro ught high e r than t he b o x e r s h e ad Do’
.
n o t h o ld it th e r e but carry o n t he m o v e m e nt
,
s o that t he l e ft arm o f t he b o x e r is fo rc e d far
o u t t o his l e ft sid e a n d d o wn with a wre nch .
At t he sam e t im e s o m e thing o f a twist is giv e n

t o t he wrist b e hind t he captur e d fist and t he ,
wh o l e m o v e m e nt wre nch e s t he b o x e r o ff his

balanc e and s e nds him t o t he gro und Once .
he is th e re he may b e l e ft t o regain his fo o t

,
ing o r he m a y b e effe ctually subdu e d by any

,
o f t he tricks alr e ady d e scrib e d that hav e that
e n d in Vi e w .
T his is t he wh o le c o m binat i o n o f t he cle v e r

90 Jiu J i tsu C o m b a t Tr i c ks
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m ov em e nt catching t he fist as it is struck o u t

—
,
fo rcing t he arm d o wn t o parry a bl o w by t he

right hand and th e n instantly fo rcing t he cap
,
t u re d fist up o v e r t o t he l e ft way o u t at t he
, ,
side and d o wn t o ward t he gro und thr owing

,
t he b o xe r . F ro m t he instant that t he fist is

capture d t o t he instant wh e n t he b o x e r is d o wn
sh o uld n o t tak e u p m o re than three s e c o nds .
T his sp ee d i s e asily acquire d with practice .
T he first thing t o l e arn t o do w e ll is t o catch

t he b o xe r s l e ft fist At first t he practic e
’
sh o uld n ot go b ey o nd this p o int U sing t he

.
ward o ff against t he b o xe r s right is a matt e r

-
’
s o S impl e as t o re quire but a small am o unt O f
practice and t he sam e may b e said o f t he arm

,
wre nch that acco mplish e s t he thro w S O that

.
t he o nly p o ints in this w o rk calling fo r assidu
o u s practic e a re t he catching o f t h e fist and
mast e ring t he way o f h o lding it s o that t he

b o xe r cann o t yank his fist free .
Bo xing is s o natural a m e th o d o f p e rs o nal

c o mbat that it is n ot t o b e supp o s e d t hat t he
anci e nt Japan e s e n ev e r th o ught o f e mpl oying
it But t he Japan e s e has impro v e d u p o n o u r
.
m etho d o f striking with t he cl e nch e d fist H e

.
G u a r ds Aga i n s t B o xi n g B l o ws 9 1
fo und o u t s o m e twe nty fi v e hundre d y e ars

,
-
a go , that far m o re damagi n g bl o ws may b e

struck with t he sharp hard e n e d e dge o f t he
,
han d than a r e p o ssible with t he blunt wid e ,
surfac e d fist .
And this wo rk with t he e dg e o f t he hand is

t h e n e ar e st appr o ach t o b o xing that jz u jz ts u
' '
O ff e rs T he m o v e m e nts o f t he arms a re v e ry
.
similar t o th o s e o f t he bo xe r but t he blo ws ,
with t he e dge O f t he hand a re sharp and sting

ing and o ft e n bre ak o n e o f t he adv e rsary s
,
’
b o n e s T he w o rk sh o wn in ph o t o graph N o
. .
20 giv e s an e xc e ll e nt id e a o f this w o rk E ach .
c o nt e stant has tri e d t o land an e dge o f t he - —
hand bl o w o n his adv e rsary s n e ck o r thro at '
and e ach has parri e d with t he e dge o f t he hand

o n guard N e ith e r man has succ e e d e d in
.
re gist e ring and b o th a r e o p e n fo r t he n e xt

,
m o v e o f attack o r o f d e fe nce .
I n ph o t o graph N O 2 1 o n e man is sh o wn
.
,
striking fo r t he sid e o f t he n e ck W hil e t he ,
o th e r e nd e av o u rs t o land a fi n ge r tip j ab in t he -
s o lar pl e xus B o th attacks a re d e feat e d by an

.
e dg e o f t h e hand guard
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I n this wo rk as in
. ,
b o xing fe in t ing is res o rt e d t o as a m eans o f

,
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landing a bl o w but jzu jzts za ns a re s o agile and

’ '
-
,
s o quick o f e e t hat a fe in t e d j ab or bl ow is
y
fo llo we d rarely by on e that r egist ers As a .
rul e wh e n this hand w o rk im itati o n O f b oxing

,
-
is at t emp t ed it is carri e d o n m e re ly as a s o rt o f
"
sparr ing for wind e ach antago n i s t be ing
,
!
k ee nly o n t he ale rt fo r an o p e ning that shall

mak e it p o ssibl e t o s e cure o n e o f t he h olds
that a re s o much m o re e ffe ctive .
Always in t he clinch tha t fo ll ows this a d

sparring t he t ri e s fo r an
' '
z n t er z m
o pp o rtunity t o b r ing t h e e dge o f his hand
sharply against t he o pp o n ent s co llar b on e ’

-
,
causing gre at pain th e re o r e ve n fracturing ,
t he b o n e .
I n clinch es and in fac t in any p o si t i o n

, , ,
Wh ere on e o f t he m e n has t he p o i nt o f his

e lb ow cl o s e t o t he ribs or t o t he s o ft par ts o f
,
t he trunk he gi v e s a sharp j ab wi t h t he e lb o w
, ,
t he bl o w having much t he sam e e ff e ct that
wo uld re s u lt fro m t he bl ow o f t he b o x e r s fist ’

.
A bl o w that is p e culiar ly ann o ying t o t he o p

p o n e nt is o n e that is struck slantingly acro ss
t he fo re h e ad with t he e dg e o f t he hand I f t his .
bl o w b e land e d three or fo u r ti m e s du ri n g a
Gu ar ds Aga i n s t B o xi n g B l ows 93
b o u t o f c o mbat t he man who is pu nish e d will

,
b e c e rtain o f a sp e ll o f h e adach e Th e re is n o .
actual dange r fro m this bl ow if i t is struck

t emp e rat e ly bu t o f c o urse it be c om e s highly
,
dange ro us wh e n struck with gre at fo rc e .
E dge o f t he hand blo ws may b e p ractis e d

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lightly acro ss t he t e mpl e s and j ust o v e r t he ,
e ars .In fact th e s e bl o ws sh o uld b e fre qu e ntly

e mpl o y e d lightly i n practic e b o uts I n
— —
.
actual c om bat h ow ev e r th e s e t wo bl o ws
, ,
sh o uld n ev e r b e bro ught int o u s e unl ess it is

abs o lut e ly n e c e ssary in a p o siti o n o f gre a t
,
dange r t o e mpl o y th e m fo r b o th a re m o re
, ,
than o rdi n arily dange ro us .
ji u y i ts i a n is b u lly H
'
Tb e t r u e n ev er a . e
n ev er s t r i k es a da nger ou s b low wi t h i i ng
a ny t /
li k e f u ll f or ce u n les s b e beli ev es k i m s elf to be

ju s t i fi ed by ex t r em e n eces s i ty Tb e a i m i s n ot .
t o di s a ble n eedles s ly , b u t t o con v i n ce a n a dv er s a ry
of t b e f olly f
o ca r ry i ng tk e ji g/i t f u r t b er . A nd
f ji u y i ts u to end
'
i t i s t k e k ei g/i t of tb e ck i v a lry o
t k e figk t t k e i n s t a n t t k u t t k e def ea t ed com ba t a n t
b et r ay s tb c f a ct tk a t b e ha s b a d p u n i s k rn en t
en ougk .
E x t re m e c o nsid erati o n fo r t he physical pains

-
and t he m e ntal fee lings o f an e n em y sh o uld li e

at t he fo undati o n o fji u ji ts u I n fe udal Japan
-
.
t he law d e alt s e v e re ly with an ad e pt who use d
his kn owle dge o f t he a rt for bullying or o the r

imp ro p e r pu rp o s e s
.
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victim s right sh o uld e r and t he back o f t he

'
hand is h e ld pre ssing against t he sh o ulde r .
N o furth e r d e scripti o n o f t he h o ld will b e

n e ede d t he illustrati o n sh o wi n g j ust how it is
,
tak e n .
T his fe at may b e used as a h old pure and

simpl e fo r t he pu rp o s e s o f ke e ping t he victim
,
h elpl e ss In t he cas e that t he assailant is

.
standing b ehind t he victim t he latt e r has a ,
slight m eans O f d e fe nc e and c o unt e r by kicking

t he aggr e ss o r s shins with t he back o f o n e h eel
'
.
But if t he assailant is o n t he ale rt fo r this

d em o nstrati o n he can squ e lch it by st e pping
nimbly back and dragging his victim backward
t o t he gro und .
Wh e n this trick is us e d as a h o ld t he victim s ’
h e ad is fo rc e d fo rward and d o wn whil e t he ,
assailant s right hand drags t he Victim s right

’ ’
sh o uld e r backward T he victim is thus h elpl ess

.
at his o pp o n en t s pl e asure u nl e ss t he victim re

’
s o rts t o t he back h eel kick and it has b e en

-
,
e xplain e d ho w this is m e t by t he aggr e ss o r .
Or t he victim may try t o b e nd far fo rward s o

,
as t o lift t he assailant fr o m his fe e t but in this

,
cas e t he assailant can rapidly shift his h o ld t o

NO
. 22
. AH D R M
OL F O TH E RE A R T AT PR E D S A T H R
H EC E OW.
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No w , n o t e t he p o siti o n o f t he victim s captured

' ‘
right arm T he insid e o f t he wrist o f that arm

.
b e ing h eld up and t he hand b e ing fo rc ed

,
d o wnward it fo ll o ws that t he victim s right

,
’
arm is be ing made t o b e nd t he wro ng way .
T hus t he captured arm will b e s ev e rely strain ed !

it may ev e n b e bro ke n if t he pre ssure is ugly
e n o ugh . It is imp o rtant fo r t he assailant a l
ways t o re m e mb e r t o h o ld t he capture d right
arm o f his O pp o n e nt in t he way indicat e d and ,
t o apply t he straining pr e ssure with su ffici e nt
fo rc e t o re duc e t he victim t o surre nd e r As .
t o t he thro w it may b e acc o mplish e d by fo r c

,
i n g t he Victim s h ead d own and d o wn until he

'
c o llaps e s o n t he flo o r all t he whil e applying

—
t he strain t o his captur e d right arm . T he

chanc e s a re that b e fo re t he victim is fo rc ed t o
t he gr o und he will call ou t his surre nd e r but ,
much d e p e nds up o n t he fo rce with which his

’
right arm is strain e d a n d it cann o t b e strain ed

—
at all unl ess t he assailant has paid att e nti o n t o

t he m e th o d o f dOi n g it I n thro wing if de
.
,
sire d t he assailant may giv e a trip o v e r his o wn

,
l e ft le g
.
This h o ld i s s o imp o rtant in a varie ty o f

NO . 23 A IMP
S L E H OL D T AT
H RE N D RS A N ASSAILA NT H P
E E L LE SS .
I OO Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t T r i c ks
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t he sp eedy arrival o f t he h e lp summ o n e d by

scr eams .
In t he practic e o f this trick care must b e

take n t o av o id fumbling T he di fficulty that .
t he n o vic e e xp e ri e nce s is in g e tting his l e ft
arm surely and swiftly und e r t he Victim s '
right If t he victim s O pp o siti o n b e quick and

.
’
d e t e rmin e d t he n eo phyt e in ji u ji ts u will find -
it hard t o ge t his l e ft arm u n d e r and t he hand

s e curely fix ed against t he back o f t he victim s '
h e ad Y e t this must b e d o n e sure ly and well

.
,
sinc e t he le ft hand n o t o nly pre ss e s t he V ictim s ’
h ead d o wn but als o giv es t he l e v e rage that re

,
s u lt s in t he succ e ssful straining O f t h e Victim s

'
right arm P ractic e th e re fo re S h o uld b e p er

.
, ,
sist e nt until t he n ew ji u ji ts i a n is abl e t o s e cure

-
t he h o ld with o ut t he suspici o n o f a fumbl e .
As t o t he victim s c o unt e r t he o nly o n e that

’
is p o ssibl e o nc e t he h o ld has b e e n s e curely

,
tak e n is t o grip at t he muscl e s O f t he a g

,
gre s s o r s l e ft le g and t o try t o inflict pain th e re

’
.
If this is att e mpt ed t he assailant S h o uld i n

creas e t he straining pre ssure o n his adv e rsary s '
right arm and make t he thro w at o nc e .
In pro p e r s e qu e nc e c o m es t he f eat o f strain

T wo E a s y H o l ds 101
ing an adve rsary s arm o v e r t he sh o uld e r

’
.
This can b e appli e d in a vari e ty o f cas e s a n d ,
if us e d s ev e re ly e n o ugh it is a m e ans O f
p ro m ptly e nding an e nc o unt e r T he p o siti o n .
is d e pict e d in ph o t o graph N O 24 . .
T he attack may b e mad e und e r any o n e o f a

vari e ty o f circumstanc e s Wh e n e ve r t he O p
.
p o n e n t s arm is e xt e nd e d t o ward y o u s e iz e his

’
wrist firmly with b o th hands fo rcing t he inside ,
O f his wrist u pward and h o lding it s o

,
At t he .
instant O f s o s e izing t he wrist and t urning it ,
swing swiftly aro und s o as t o pres e n t y o ur

back t o t he O pp o n e nt S wing y o ur sh o uld e r
.
u nd e r t he upp e r half o f his capture d arm and ,
b e ar d o wn h e avily at t he wrist Thus his arm .
is fo rc e d t o b e nd t he wro ng way and t he

!
,
!
e n o rm o us l e v e rage p o ss e ss e d by t he aggr ess o r
will e nabl e t he latt e r t o inflict pain t o any de

gree up t o t he u nb e arabl e T he Victim can b e
.
fo rce d t o stand up o n t he tips o f his t oe s .
If it is wish e d a thro w can b e mad e All

,
.
t he assailant has t o do is t o b e nd w e ll o v e r fo r
ward and with his pull o n t he victim s arm

, ,
’
t o s e nd t he latt e r flying o v e r his sh o uld e r .
But this styl e o f thro w may result in a bro ke n

1 02 Jiu Ji tsu C o m b a t Tr i c ks
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arm for t he victim and fo r this re as o n t he

,
thro w sh o uld n ev e r b e e mpl oy e d e xce pt in a

d esp e rat e cas e But t he thro w m ay b e p r a c
.
t i s ed n e v e rth e l e ss
,
by b e nding fo rward and
,
s e nding t he victim part way o ver t he sh o uld e r ,
the n straighte ning up again and p e rmit t ing t he

victim t o regain his feet .
R ight h e re it is imp o rtant t o make o n e p o int

cle ar t o t he stud e nt O f ji u ji ts u I n pulling
-
.
t he victim s arm o v e r t he sh o uld e r mak e sure

'
that y o u bring his l e ft arm o v e r yo ur right

sho uld e r o r hi s right arm o v e r y o ur l e ft sh o ul
,
de r. Oth e rwis e t he trick is pre tty c e rtain t o

en d in d e f e at fo r t he aggr e ss o r S upp o s e fo r
.
,
instance that y o u blund e ringly take t he as

,
s a i lan t s right arm o v e r y o u r right sh o uld e r

’
.
Th e n he is in p o siti o n t o u s e his dis e ngage d

l e ft hand in giving y o u a disastro us bl o w in t he
back o r o v e r t he kidn eys If y o u tak e his l e ft
.
arm o v e r y o u r l e ft sh o uld e r t he Victim has an

o pp o rtunity t o u s e his right hand in a similar
fashi o n .
S tudy t he illustratio n o nc e m o re and it will ,
b e und e rst o o d that by taking t he capture d l e ft

arm o ve r y o ur right sh o uld e r o r t he right arm
,
T wo E a s y H o l ds 10
3
o v e r y o ur l e ft S h o uld e r t he victim is d e priv e d

,
O f his o pp o rtunity o f c o unt e ring T his p o int

.
must always b e re m e mbe re d .
If an antago nist s e iz e s t he c o at lap e l this

h o ld may b e instantly tak e n If he has s e iz e d
.
y o u r thro at with o n e hand o r is re aching fo r

,
it t he h o ld can b e tak e n and t he painful pre s

,
sure appli e d b e fo re t he adv e rsary has tim e t o

re alis e what is ab o ut t o happ e n I f an a dv er .
sa ry push e s y o u away t he h o ld c o m e s int o i n

stant play If he tri es t o drag y o u by t he c o at
.
c o llar bring his arm o v e r y o ur S h o uld e r

, .
This trick can b e e mpl oy e d t o o in co nn e c

, ,
ti o n with t he trick o f catching t he b o x e r s fist '
that was d e s crib e d in t he last chapt e r I f he .
strike s at y o u t he instant that y o u hav e i m

,
pris o n e d his fist swi n g and bring his arm ov e r

,
y o ur sh o uld e r always r em em ber i ng that t he

—
insid e o f his wrist must b e upward .
N o w it will happ e n O ft e n that at t he m o m e nt

,
O f s e nding his hand y o ur way t he O pp o n e nt
will hav e t he insid e O f his wrist d o wnward .
S tudy th e re fo re t he b e st m e th o d O f s e izing
, ,
his wrist in o rd e r t o hav e free play for tu rning

t he insid e o f his wrist upward And as t he
.
,
I o4 Jiu Ji tsu C o m b a t Tr i c ks
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adv e rsary will naturally try t o ke e p his wrist

fro m b e ing twist e d a go o d d e al o f practice
,
must b e d ev o t e d t o s o turning his wrist that

y o u can always hav e t he o pp o n e nt s wrist
’
turn e d upward and his arm o v e r y o ur sh o ul

,
de r b e fo re h e has had tim e t o und e rstand t he

,
nature o f t he trick that y ou int e nd t o play

up o n him .
1 06 Jiu Ji tsu C o m b a t T r i c ks
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amus e m e nt is that o f st o pping any o n e in his

walk by t he u s e o nly o f t he fo re finge r If y o u
.
m ee t a fri e nd who is walking in t he dire cti o n

o pp o sit e t o that which yo u a r e f o ll o wing st o p ,
j ust as y o u re ach him S tand at his side and

.
e xt e nd an arm h o lding t he fo re finge r und e r

,
his n o s e and acro ss his upp e r lip If y o u stand

.
still and h o ld t he fing e r in that p o siti o n he

, ,
will find it imp o ssibl e t o walk by y o u Of .
c o urs e he is abl e t o m ov e his h e ad t o o n e S ide

and resum e his walk but as l o n g as t he fo re
,
finge r is und e r his n o s e he cann o t get b y .
Th e re is n o trick ab o ut this It is simply t he

.
c o ns equ e nce o f a natural law But it will.
affo rd a goo d de al o f amus e m e nt fo r y o ur

,
frie nd will b e unabl e t o und e rstand W hy th e re

is n o t m o re p o w e r in his wh o le b o dy than in
yo ur fo re finge r .
Onc e in a gre at whil e y o u will e nco unt e r a

man s o p o we rful that h e will b e abl e sl o wly t o
ge t by y o u N o w t he back o f y o ur hand is
.
,
up Turn t he back O f t he hand o v e r t o ward

.
his fac e grinding t he fo re fing e r und e r his

,
n o s e and this add e d p o w e r will b e e n o ugh t o

,
st o p t he pro gre ss o f t he stro nge s t man .

H u m oro us Tr i c ks 107
I t w o uld s ee m imp o ssibl e t o hurt a p o lice

man s e ve re ly with his own club and that W ith
,
o u t drawing t he club fro m his b e lt Y et it is a

.
v e ry simpl e and e ffe ctiv e trick and is e asily

,
p e rfo rm e d A go o d d eal o f amus e m e nt can b e

.
had wh e n t he trick is playe d o n a frie ndly

p o lic e man alth o ugh i t might b e bad j udgm e nt
,
t o try it u p o n an o ffic e r wh o had a str o ng s e ns e
o f dignity c o upl e d with littl e appre ciati o n o f
hum o ur .
S t e p b ehind t he p o lic e man wh e n his club is

hanging in its accust o m e d l o o p at t he l e ft sid e
o f his b e lt . S e iz e his l e ft wrist with y o ur le ft
hand and h o ld that wrist firmly a t t he sam e
, ,
tim e raising t he arm sid eways a littl e S e iz e .
t he l o w e r e n d O f his club with y o ur right hand ,
and pull it back upward and ov e r maki n g t he

, ,
club stand n ea rly upsid e d o wn in t he l o o p .
T he shaft O f t he club is t o b e pre ss e d hard

against t he back o f his l e ft arm at a p o int j ust
ab o v e t he e lb o w T he insid e O f his captu re d
.
wrist is t o ward t he fro nt .
N o w with y o ur l e ft hand pull his wrist back

,
ward a t t he sam e tim e pre ssing fo rward against

,
t he back O f his u pp e r arm with t he club This.

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c o mbin e d pre ssure mak es his arm b e nd t he

wro ng way . If y o u we re t o pull backward
s ev e rely e n o ugh at his wrist and pr ess fo rward
,
hard e n o ugh with t he club pro bably y o u w o uld

,
br eak his arm .
But it is n o t n e c e ssary t o do this As s oo n

.
as t he p o lic e man re alis e s h o w ruthl essly he is

h e ld he will giv e in go o d nature dly if he u nde r
stands that i t is all a j o ke T ry t he trick and
.
,
y o u will s o o n s ee why h e can n o t do anything

with his right hand in t he way o f swinging
aro und up o n y o u with a bl o w If he trie s t o
.
he will m e re ly incr e as e t he am o unt o f pain in

his capture d and o ppress e d l e ft arm .
By pushing sl o wly fo rward with t he inv erte d

club and all t he whil e pulling back o n his wrist
, ,
it will b e p o ssibl e t o make t he O ffic e r b e nd fo r

ward t o t he gr o und and it is p o ssibl e ev e n t o
, , ,
thr ow him dire ctly in this fashio n E v e n if .
th e re b e any di fficulty in making him li e d o wn ,
a trip with y o ur right fo o t against his l e ft will

s e nd him pro strat e N o r is t he trick at an en d
.
as a pi e c e o f hum o ur wh e n yo u hav e thro wn

y o ur g oo d nature d p o lic e man T h e re is o n e
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.
bit m o re o f fun in st o re fo r y o u and fo r t he

n o Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t T ri c ks
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care fully practising t he trick st e p by st e p u ntil

,
y o u hav e it mast e r e d and b e aring in mind ,
always that t he victim s wrist must b e ke pt t o

,
t he fr o nt s o that t he arm will b e mad e t o b e nd
t he wro ng way
!
.
As it is quit e Within t he b o unds o f p o ssibility

that a la w bre ake r might att e mpt this trick in
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e arn e st against a p o lic e man it is o nly fair t o

,
t he blu e c o at t o advis e him as t o t he c o unt e r

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that must b e e mpl oy ed T he n e xt paragraph

.
,
th e re fo re is addre ss e d t o t he p o lice man

, .
Get a fri e nd t o s e iz e y o u r wrist and club and

place y ou in t he h o ld alre ady d escrib e d o mit ,
ting t he thro w As s o o n as y o u fee l y o urs elf

.
s e iz e d ben d s lzgk t ly f or wa r d T he fo rward be nd

.
S h o uld b e j ust su ffici e nt t o e nabl e y o u t o carry
o u t t he furth e r dir e cti o ns that a re t o b e giv e n .
S till in b e nding p o siti on twist y o ur right leg

,
and t he right sid e o f y o ur trunk aro und in fro nt

o f y o ur assailant Yo ur right le g sho uld b e
.
b e nt a littl e and t he fro nt o f t he upp e r part o f

,
this leg sh o uld b e slantingly acro ss t he fro nt o f

t he assailant s l e ft le g j ust ab o v e his kn ee
’
.
P ass y o ur right hand in fro nt o f t he aggress o r s ’
right leg and aro und in back o f it j ust ab ove

,
H u m or o us Tr i cks 1 II
t he kn ee T he thumb sid e O f this hand sh o uld
.
b e d o wn s o that y o u a r e abl e t o tak e a grip

,
at t he back o f his le g j ust ab o v e t he kn ee , ,
with t he thumb pre ssing t he back o f t he le g ,
and t he finge rs o f t he hand gripping t he insid e

o f his leg I t may b e pre fe rre d t o pass t he
.
hand aro und t he insid e o f t he leg and gripping

at t he back o f t h e kn e e H aving o btain e d .
this p o siti o n ris e with a j e rking m o v em e nt

,
t o an e r e ct p o siti o n and f o ll o w this by b e nd

,
ing o v e r backward Th e n t he assailant who .
th o ught he had y o u will find hims e lf t hro wn

o v e r backward .
And as t he p o lice man will find that th e re

,
will b e many abro ad in t he land who will try

t he assault up o n him in a m o r e o r l e ss hum o r
o u s way it b e h o o v e s him t o practis e this e ffe c

,
tiv e c o u nt e r m o st dilige ntly .
It is b e st t o o that t he p o lic e man sh o uld

, ,
acquire an o th e r trick that will make his w o rk

e asi e r
. H e re is a fe at that is valuable t o all
ji u fi t s i a n s and it will en a bl e a p o lic e man t o
-
,
fo rce a tro ubl e s o m e pris o n e r in t o go ing al o ng

with him .
I n yap a n es e P /zy s i ca l Tr a i n i ng t he autho r

1 1 2 Jiu Ji tsu Co m b a t Tr i c ks
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ha s d escrib e d t he c o m e al o ng T his trick

.
is s o m e tim es vari ed in t he fo ll o wing mann er

With t he l e ft hand s e iz e t he int e nd e d victim s ’
l e ft wrist while standing at his l e ft sid e and

facing in t he sam e dire cti o n that h e is l o oking .
D raw his l e ft arm t o ward y o u r o wn le ft sid e .
At t he sam e t im e thro w y o ur right arm o v e r

his right arm and th e n unde r t he u pp e r half o f
,
his right arm R e st y o ur right hand o n y o ur

.
abd o m e n S ee t o it that t he insid e O f his l e ft

.
wrist which y o u h o ld with y o ur l e ft hand is

, ,
up N o w pre ss d o wnward against his l e ft

.
,
wrist fo rcing his l e ft arm t o b e nd t he wro ng !
way . N o w y o u can fo rc e t h e victim for

,
ward and he will b e glad e n o ugh t o go wh ere

,
he is o rd e re d t o go If he att e mpts t o hang

.
back i ncreas e t he pre ssure o n and t he pain in

, , ,
his l e ft arm and he will surre nd e r H e can no t

, .
strike with his right hand fo r y o u c o ntro l his

,
m o v em e nts fro m his l e ft sid e .
T he sam e principl e o f causing pain by mak
ing t he arm b e nd t he wro ng way is at t he

!
b o tt o m O f t he bit o f mischi e f kn o wn as t he
d evil s hand shak e
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P h o t o graph NO 25
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mak es t he o p e rati o n o f t he trick cl e ar .

1 14
Ji u -
Ji tsu Co m b a t Tr i c ks
way . By ex e rcising hi s inge nu it y t he s t u
d e n t will b e able t o d evis e many c o mbina t ions,
s eve ral o f which will b e fo und t o impress any

man wh o s e se ns e o f hum o ur in n ot im paire d by
t he fact t ha t t h e j o ke i s o n hims e lf
.
C H AP T E R X I II
C L EV E R J A PA NESE WAY O F EXP O S IN G
S H A MME D UN C O NS C I O USNESS T H E
S H O U L D E R P IN C H AS A M EANS O F DE
F E N C E A HA NDY WAY OF S TO PP I N G A
—
F I GH T IN A SE C ON D AN A TTAC K FR O M
—
BE H I ND TH A T LE AV ES T H E V I CTI M W ITH
O U T D E F E N C E A ND IT S A PP L I CA TI O N T O
,
A B U R G L A R O R O TH ER I N T RUD E R
a sys t em o f c o mbat wh ere s t ra t egy i s as

highly d ev e l o p e d as it i s i n ji u y i ts u it i s t o
'
b e e xp e c t e d t ha t t he stud e nt will hav e t o d e al

with t he p ro blem o f shammin g by h i s o ppo n e nt .
I n d ee d t he ji u ji ts i a n n ev er h esitat es t o sham
,
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wh e n by s o d o i n g he can ga i n a ny advan tage .
T he o nly sha m m ing that i s rega r d e d as b e ing

dish o n o ura ble i s fo r o n e con t e st an t t o p re t e nd
t o s u rren d e r and t h e n t o t a k e i ns t an t a dv a n
,
t age o f t he c essat io n o f hi s pun ishm e n t by

makin g an u n l oc ke d fo r at t ac k up o n his a dv e r
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s a ry. Bu t s h am m e d u nco n scio u s nes s i s a trick

u s
1 1 6 Jiu Ji tsu C o m b a t Tr i c ks
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in which n o surre nd er has b ee n pro claim ed .
I f t he vict o r in a b o ut can b e d e c e iv e d int o

b eli eving that his Victim has b ee n re nd ere d u n
c o nsci o us and if t h e vict o r is lure d thus int o
,
relaxing his vigilanc e it is wh o lly pro p e r t o

,
take advantage O f his carel e ssn e ss .
F o r this r e as o n it O ft e n b e c o m e s n e c essary
t o kn o w wh e th e r an O pp o n e nt is on ly pr et e nd
ing t o hav e b ee n d e prive d o f his s e ns es T he .
m e th o d O f inv e stigating that is sh o wn in ph o t o

graph N o 2 6 is a n ing e ni o us and e ff e ctiv e o n e
.
,
and has t he furthe r e xcus e that it Will re st o re

c o nsci o usn ess in light attacks o f faintin g as
w e ll as in s ev e re attacks o f fe inting
!
.
T he assailant thr o ws hims e lf o n t he gro und

b esid e his adv ersary With t he tips o f o n e
.
finge r t he aggre ss o r j abs t he susp e ct e d pre te n

der lightly and r e p e at e dly in t he s o lar pl e xus ,
while t he inv e stigat o r s o th e r hand is e mpl oy ed

’
in giving t he sh o ulde r pinch T he unre mitting

.
jabs in t he pl exus a r e in th e ms e lv e s e n o ugh t o

fill a shamm e r with a v e ry liv e ly d e sire t o le ap
t o his fe e t and thus d e liv e r hims e lf fr o m t he
n aus e ating ,n e rv e wracking pro dding And

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.
t he pain caus ed by t he s hould e r pinc h com

T he S h o u l der P i n ch II 7
pl e t e s t he pret e nd e r s e arn est d esire t o e scap e

’
furth e r t o rm e nt by surre nd e r .
I t tak e s but v e ry littl e tim e fo r t he stud en t

t o mak e hims e lf mast e r O f this sh o uld e r pinch .
T he thumb is pr e ss e d int o t he fr o n t sid e o f t he

t o p o f t he sh o uld e r whil e t he grip is k e pt by
,
grasping with t he finge rs at t he back o f t he

sh o uld e r A v e ry littl e practice up o n his o wn
.
sh o uld e r will sh o w a ji u ji ts i a n j ust wh e re t he

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sp o t is that is hyp e r s e nsitiv e t o t he pinch with

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t he thumb . B ear in mind that t he ball o f t he

thumb sh o uld dig in at t he p o int wh e re t he
h e ad o f t he upp e r arm j o ins t he scapula .
H aving l e arn e d this sh o uld e r pinch it b e ,
h o o v e s t he stu d e nt t o exp e rim e nt fo r t he pu r

p o s e O f l e arning in ho w ma n y c o mbinati o ns it
can b e us e d with e ffe ct It is us e ful O ft e n in a
.
C linch at cl o s e qua r t e rs causing t he adv e rsary

,
t o wriggl e o u t o r t o draw away fr o m a punish
m e nt s o painful . Whil e t he pinch l e av e s s o m e

s o re n e ss in its wake t he fe at is by n o m e ans a
disabling o n e and it may b e re s o rt e d t o as
,
o ft e n as it is n e e d e d in attack o r d e f e nc e .
Oft e n this pinch can b e e mpl oy e d by its e lf

and n ot in c o mbinati o n I f t he assailant
.
1 1 8 Jiu Ji tsu Co m b a t T r i c ks
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s e cures a goo d grip in this fashi o n k ee ping his ,
o wn b o dy as far away fro m r e turn attack as
p o ssible t he victim is o ft e n fo rce d t o draw

,
back o u t o f striking distanc e .
In ph o t o graph N o 27 a p o ssibl e c o mplica

.
ti o n is sh o wn H e re on e o f t he c o nt e stant s
.
has b e nt swiftly fo rward t o t he gro u nd i n o rder

t o strik e a sharp e dge O f t he hand bl o w against
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his o pp o n e nt s sh i n T he latt e r di v m m g t he
’
.
,
int e nti o n has pro mptly re s o rt e d t o a sh o uld e r

,
pinch that will d e stro y t he effect o f t he hand

bl ow F o r a littl e e xp e rim e nti ng with s ev e re
.
S h o uld e r pinch e s will sh o w t hat this fo rm o f
attack d e priv es an o pp o n ent s arm o f n early all ’
o f its striking p o w e r .
S till an o th e r valu e o f this sh o uld e r pinch will

b e su gge s t e d t o t he investigating stud e nt .
Oft e n in a thro w t he v i c t i m will fall up o n on e

, ,
'
sid e It is a n advant age t o t he aggre ss o r t o

.
hav e his man lying fac e d o wnward In that .
cas e t he sh o uld e r pinch sho uld b e applie d

ro ughly t o t he sh o ulde r o n t he gro und T he .
pain is s o int e ns e that t he victim ro lls o v e r o n

his fac e in o rd e r t o we ake n t he fo rc e o f t he
pinch If he d o e s t he assailant must take
.
T he S h o u l de r P i nch I I9
pro mp t advan t age by kn e e ling with o n e kn e e
in t he back o f his o pp o n e nt and t he o th e r kn e e
acro ss t he back o f o n e o f t he upp e r arms o f
t he pr o s t rat e o n e .
N O W t he wrist O f t he a r m that is s o pinn e d

,
must b e s e iz e d and t he arm fo rce d upward

,
with a stro ng pull As t he upp e r p o rti o n o f

.
t he arm is pinn e d by a kn ee and t he fr o nt ,
sid e o f t he arm is d o wnward t he victim s arm

,
’
is fo rc e d thro ugh that painful pro c ess o f which

s o much has b e e n said t he pro c e ss o f
, be nding
t he wr o ng wa y And t he re sult o f this e x
.
cru ciating t o rm e nt is u nco nditio nal and pro mpt

su rre nd e r o n t he part o f t he n o w h e lpl ess
victim .
St i ll an o th e r way o f taking this sh o ulde r

pinch is fo r t he assailant t o appro ach fro m b e
hind and t o s e iz e b o th his o pp o n e n t s sh o ul ’
d e rs this t i m e placing t he thumbs at t he backs

,
o f t he sh o uld e rs and digging with t he fing e rs
i n t o t he s e nsi t iv e sp o t at t he fro nt o f t he
s h o uld e r . I t is a t o rturing fo rm o f punish
m en t that pro mp ts t he Victim instinctiv e ly t o, ,
kick backward with his h e e ls and t he aggress o r

,
m us t b e o n t he al e rt t o pre v e n t damag e t o his

I 20 Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i c ks
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o wn shins I f this backward kick with t he

.
h ee l is att e mpt e d t he aggre ss o r must pro mptly

acco mplish e ith e r a trip o r a kn ee j ab in o n e o f
t h e victim s kidn e ys
’
Again wh e n this sp o t o n t he fr o nt o f t he
,
sh o uld e r has b ee n l o cat e d s o that t he ji u ji t s u -
stud e nt can strike it u n e rringly it is t o b e ,
b o rn e in mind that it o ff e rs an e xc elle nt p o int

O f attack fo r an e dg e o f t h e hand bl o w T he - - -
.
e ffe ct o f this bl o w is t o lam e t he arm s o much
that t he victim s d esire t o c o ntinu e t he c o nt est

’
in gre atly l ess e n e d .
If e v e r tro ubl ed in a cro wd o r in a narro w ,
passage way by an o bstinat e fe llo w who can

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, ,
but who will n o t giv e y o u an o pp o rtu nity t o

,
go fo rward try t h e e ff e ct o f t he s ho u lde r pinch

‘
fro m b ehind o n b o th sh o ulde rs at t he sam e ,
tim e pushing him ah e ad o f y o u H e will go .
in t he d esire d dire cti o n And t he sam e a p .
pli e s t o any o n e who is t o b e ej e ct e d fro m t he

premis es .
With a go o d nature d fri e nd t he sh o ulde r

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pinch lightly appli e d fro m b ehin d o n o n e

,
sh o uld e r is an amusing way o f fo rcing him

,
t o turn and face y o u In actual c o mbat o f .

,
T he S h o u l de r P i n ch 1 21
c o urs e it is n ev e r an advantage t o mak e an

,
o pp o n e nt fac e
y o u as t he attack if it can b e
, ,
b egun fro m b ehind is much b e tt e r finish e d in

,
that p o siti o n .
I n t he fe at illustrat e d by ph o t o graph N o 2 8 .
we c o m e t o a trick that may b e play e d up o n

an o pp o n e nt fr o m a p o siti o n at his side This .
is an o th e r applicati o n o f b e nding t he arm t he

wro ng way S e iz e his n e a re r wrist with b o th
.
hands At t he sam e tim e thrust y o ur n eare r

.
fo o t in fro nt o f his n e are r fo o t h o o king it, .
H is wrist m ust b e h e ld with t he insid e fo rward .
Wh e n s e izing t he wrist a pre ssure d o wnward

o n his arm f o rc e s him t o b e nd f o rward P ull .
t he arm acro ss y o ur n e are r leg and with t he,
pressure at his captu re d wrist be nd t he arm

backward I f it is wi s lre d t he attack can b e
.
e nd e d in a thr o w tripping his e ngage d fo o t !
and c o mple ting t he w o rk with a wre nch o n his

captu re d arm I f t he victim b e take n pro p erly
.
he cann o t o ffe r any saving c o unt e r and e v e n , ,
with o ut t he thro w he is re duc e d t o pro mpt

,
su rre nd e r .
This sam e principl e m a y b e appli e d in a

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slightly di ffe re nt fashi o n S e iz e his wrist as

.
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Ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i cks
b e fo re b ut do n ot att em pt t o m ak e t he v i ctim
,
b e nd fo rward I ns te ad rais e y o ur ne are r kn ee

. , ,
pla n t ing i t fi rm ly against t he b ack o f h is upp e r

arm And t he h o ld is much m o re firm ly take n
.
if o n e hand o nly is e mpl oy e d in s e izin g t he

e n e my s w r is t t he o th e r hand gripping at his
’
,
sh o uld e r S om e o f t he e ffe ct o f t he sho ulde r

.
pinch may b e had in gripping t he sh o uld e r .
All th o ught of fu rth e r fight will le ave t he

victim who is s e v e re ly attacke d aft e r t he
m eth o d that is illustrate d by ph o t o graph N o .
29 . T his trick may b e practise d safely e n ough

b etwee n fri e nds em pl oying ligh t bl o ws but it
, ,
is hardly t o b e rec o mm e nde d in actual co mbat

sav e wh ere t he c i rcums t ance s j us ti fy ugly
atta ck .
Bo th arm s o f t he aggre sso r a re use d sim ul

t a n e o u s ly bu t in o rd e r t o e nabl e t he stu d e nt
,
t o ge t at t he id e a pi e c e m e al t he w o rk o f t he
-
arms will b e d esc r ib e d s eparat e ly On e hand .
is j abb e d fairly o v e r t he k idn ey i n t he s o ft ,
part j us t b el o w t h e last rib Th i s a t tack o n

.
t he k i dn ey is d e liv e re d wi th gre at s e v e rity
wh e n act ual c o mbat calls for i t T he j ab may .
b e d e liv e re d wi t h t he finge r t ips o r with t he ,

T he S h ou l der P i n ch 1 23
cl en ch e d fi s t Or i t may b e giv e n v ery effec

.
t i v ely wi t h t he m i ddl e knuckl e o f t he s e c o nd
fin ge r proj e cting from t he cl e nch e d fis t I t is .
highly i m p o rt an t t hat t he b l o w b e s t r uck j us t

a t t he m o s t s e nsit iv e p o in t T he effe c t is t o
.
m ak e t h e vic t im fee l sick all o v e r

!
I t t ake s .
a mbiti o n o u t o f hi m I n any styl e o f att ack

.
a s ev e re kidn e y bl o w has t he sam e e ff e c t ,
u tt e rly weaken in g t he m a n who re c e ive s

it .
T hefo re a rm o f t he o t h er a rm i s s t ruck
-
b ack sm art ly u p o n t he j u gula r S o m e practic e.
m us t b e u nd e rtak e n in o rd er t o mak e this bl o w

e ffe ctiv e t o i ts ut m o st I f t he Adam s appl e
.
’ !
b e stru ck ins t e ad o f t he j ugular t he e ffe ct is

, ,
that m uch t he m o re disast r o us t o t he victim ,
b u t it i s e asie r t o land wi th full forc e o n t he

j u g ular .
T he effe c t o f t his at t ack is o f c o urs e t o , ,
t hrow t he victim backwar d Thus a t t he .

,
m om e n t o f t h e d o ubl e s t riking t he assailan t ,
s h o uld s p ring bac kward and all o w his man t o
s t rik e t he gro u nd T he v ic t i m w i ll b e s o weak

.
t ha t t he assailan t will n o t b e call ed up o n t o

u s e t he ut m o st n i m bl e n e ss in fo ll o wing u p t he
1 24 Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i cks
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attack by re ducing his o pp o n e nt t o c o mpl et e

submissi o n.
T he illustrati o n sh o ws with e xactn ess t he

re lativ e p o siti o ns o f t he t wo c o nt e stants
.
1 26 Jiu Ji ts u C o m bat Tr i c ks
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b u t he who us es it runs t he risk o f smashi n g

t he hy o id b o n e and thus o f d o ing irr e parabl e
,
inj ury t o t he v o cal apparatus and t o t he s wa l

l o wing pro ce ss es As has be e n e xplain e d b e
.
fo re t he bl o w o v e r t he j ugular will answe r

,
e v e ry purp o s e o f d e fe nc e as w ell Bl o ws o n
.
t he t e mpl e s o r j ust o v e r an ea r a r e lik e ly t o

,
result in s e ri o us and lasting brai n inj ury .
E v e n an e dge o f t he hand bl o w at t he base o f

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t he spin e if d e liv e re d with t oo gre at fo rc e is

, ,
like ly t o crippl e t he re cipi e nt fo r life .
But t he m o st dange ro us o f all th e s e bl o ws is

that at t he bas e o f t he skull It may caus e
.
d e ath T he co ncussio n o f t he bl o w m a y re sult

.
in inj u ry t o t he m e dulla o bl o ngata o f s o s e ri o us

a nature as t o s t o p t he acti o n o f t he h e art and
lungs and thus pu t an e n d t o life its elf
, .
N o n e o f th es e dange ro us bl o ws w o uld hav e

b e e n m e nti o n e d by t he auth o r but fo r t he fact
that t he stud e n t in e xpe ri m e nting w o uld b e
, ,
v e ry like ly t o find th e m o u t fo r hims elf and t o

e m pl o y th e m in ign o ranc e o f t he c o ns e qu e nc es .
With this pre mis e we will pass t o t he co nside r

atio n o f t wo tricks that may b e e mpl o y e d in
case s o f extre m e p ers o n a l danger P h o t o graph
.
NO . 30
. A N UG Y B A
L C K- OF- T H E - N E C K B LO W.
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a wo m an is p eculiarly able t o u s e s t rat egy in

t he u s e o f such a trick A m al e assailant
.
w o uld n ot l ook fo r effe ctiv e resis t anc e fro m a

w o man and in t he first fe w s e c onds o f surpris e
,
s he can pr et end shrinking fe ar thro wi n g t he

,
w o uld b e assailant o ff his guard Th en like a

-
.
flash s he can disp o s e o f t he in t rud e r I f s he .
plants her blo ws skilfully and fo rcibly th e re

will b e n o imm e diat e n e ed o f a p o li ce o ffi ce r s ’
pre se nc e T h e re will b e t im e e n o ugh fo r her t o

.
get her bre at h and t o tak e a parting l o ok in t he

glass b e fo re s et ting o u t in qu es t o f a blu e co at -
.
As mu ch m a y b e said fo r t he si t uatio n that

is sugge st e d by ph o t o graph No 3 1 H e re t he. .
assailant b egins t he attack fro m t he o pp o n e nt s ’
sid e T he firs t m o v e is t o s e iz e t he vict im s '
n e are r wrist W
.
i t h t he hand o f t he a rm that is
farth e r fro m t he victim This wrist is t o b e
.
h e ld in a tigh t gr ip until t he victim i s pro s

trat e T he vic t im sh o wn in t he illus t rat i o n
.
,
at t he m o m en t t hat his wrist was s eiz e d has ,
be nt swiftly fo rward t o s e iz e his o pp o n e nt s ’
le g n ear t he ankl e fo r t he pu rp o s e o f m aki n g

, ,
a thro w This h o wev e r re nders it all t he

.
, ,
e a si e r for t he aggre ss o r t o f o ll o w t he capture

No 3 1
. . AP I
OSS B LE CO MP I ATI N
LC O IN S IMU T AN U ATTA
L EO S CK
.
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In chasing a fugitiv e it must b e always b o rn e

in mind that m e re ly s e izing him is n ot a safe
pro gramm e T he thro w must fo ll o w instantly
. .
E v e n th o ugh he s ee ms a man o f slight physiqu e ,
t he fugitiv e may b e mast e r o f s o m e dange ro us
fighting tricks I f he is m e rely caught and

.
h e ld he is like ly t o mak e u s e o f s o m e trick

W h o s e l e ast e ff e ct will b e t o l e av e t he pursu e r
behind h o p el e ssly humiliat e d o v e r a d e fe at for
,
which he had n o t l o o k e d .
Th e re is an o th e r wa y in which a fugit iv e can

b e st o pp e d fr o m b e hind and it is s o e ffe ctiv e
,
that it is wo rth a go o d d e al o f practice T he .
chanc e s a re that t he pursu e r will b e w e aring

e ith e r a c o at o r a jack e t . As he sprints aft er
t he fl e e ing fell o w le t him strip o ff thi s garm e nt ,
h o lding it in re adin e ss in b o th hands .
At t he instant o f o v e rtaking t he fugitiv e

throw t he garm e nt o v e r his h e ad e nv el o ping
,
it and make t he garm ent fast by gripping it

,
tightly in a h o ld aro und his n e ck T h en as .

,
t h e Victim is dragg e d back t o t he gro und his ,
h e ad is cl o s e ly e nv e l o p e d U nabl e t o s e e any
.
thing his chanc e s o f fighting e ffe ctive ly a re re

,
du c e d t o n e xt t o n o thing .
S to pp i n g a Fu g i t i v e I3 I
I n cas e t he fugitiv e halts and turns qu ickly ,
t ry t o thr o w t he garm e nt o v e r his fac e b e fo r e
h e can pre v e nt t he attack In this p o siti o n

.
,
t o o his inability t o s ee what his assailant is

,
d o ing t o hi m will m ake d e fe nc e much m o re

di ffi cul t .
H o w shall a fu gitiv e b e st o pp e d by a citiz e n

t o ward wh o m he is running ! N in e ty nin e m en -
o u t o f on e hundr e d w o uld und e r th e s e circum

,
stanc e s mak e t he e ff o rt by thrus t ing a fo o t

,
si d e ways and tripping t he fe ll o w But this .
m e th o d has it s dange rs T he writ e r re m e m

.
b e rs a cas e that o ccurre d in S an F rancisco

m o re t han a d o z e n y e ars a go A Chinaman .
,
a ft e r having c o mmitt e d a mu rd e r in t h e str ee t ,
t o o k t o his h ee ls with a h o wling m o b pursuing .
T he mu rd e re r was fl ee t and s e e m e d t o hav e a

,
fair chance o f g e tt i ng away .
U p t he str e e t in t he o pp o sit e dire cti o n t o

,
t hat tak e n by t he fugitiv e cam e a yo ung ,
I talian H e saw t he C hinaman c o ming t o ward

.
him pist o l in hand and with t he m o b be hind

, ,
.
Takin g in t he situ ati o n t he Italian halt e d fo r an

,
i n sta n t th e n as t he Mo ngo l w e nt by thrust o u t

, , ,
a fo o t t o trip ! uick as a flash t he C hinaman

.
I 32 Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i cks
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r aise d his we ap o n and fire d T he b ullet wen t .
in to t he I t alian s leg S w e rving but a foot

’
.
or two , t he C hinaman k e pt on with o u t ha v

in g abat e d his sp ee d fo r a n ins ta n t H ad .
it n ot be e n that a y o u n g man fl eet o f foot

j o in ed t he m o b b ehind and s et a swift pace t he ,
y ell o w c ri minal w o uld hav e go tt e n a way for t he

t im e b e ing .
Of all ways for st o pping a fugit i v e who is

running t o ward y o u is that which is de picted
in ph ot o graph N o 3 2 AS s o o n as y o u catch
. .
sigh t o f t he runn e r mak e u p y o ur mind j ust

What is t o b e d o n e and do it c oo lly T he .
sit uat i o n calls fo r strat e gy C o n t inu e y o ur .
pace t o ward t he fugitiv e n e ith e r slacken ing ,
n o r incr e asing y o ur sp e e d Do n ot s ee m t o .
b e l oo king a t him at all .
I f you ac t t he part we ll t he fugitiv e will n ot

plan any attack up o n y o u H e has j ust go tt en
.
himself in t o tro ubl e and he d o e s n ot wan t any

,
m o re H e s ee s n o thing suspicio us in y o ur
.
c o nduct and ke e ps o n T he wh o le thin g hap

.
p e ns in a few se c o nds .
Jus t a s t he fugitiv e is passing wh en it i s —
t o o lat e fo r hi m t o act against y o u thro w o u t —

S topp i n g a F u gi ti v e I 33
y o ur n e are r arm catching him acro ss t he abd o

,
m en . H o ld o u tightly I n t he sam e instant

.
s wing ar o und s o that y o ur farth e r arm m a

y be
e m pl o y e d in striking him square ly acro ss t he
fro nt o f t he thro at .
T he h o ld at t he abd o m e n has ch e cke d t he

sp e e d o f t he ru n n e r and o f its elf will al m o st
, , ,
s t o p him But t he blo w acro ss t he t hro at

.
s e nds him backward at t he v e ry ins t an t whe n

his sp e e d has b e e n gre atly le ss e n e d T he r e .
s ul t o f this d o ubl e attack is that t he fugitiv e
go e s o v e r b ackward T he ji u y i ts i a n who has

'
re ad this far in t he b oo k with pro fit will kn o w

j ust ho w t o s e cure his man wh e n he has s en t
him t o t he gro u n d .
T he v e ry act o f st o pping t he runn e r wh e n

g o ing at full sp ee d has all but d e stro ye d his
balance I t re qu ires but a littl e m o re o f i m
.
puls e t o carry hi m wh o lly o ff his fee t F all .
up o n him s e curing if fe asibl e a h o ld that will

, , ,
e nabl e y o u t o mak e his arm b e nd t he wro ng !
way !
— and t he fugit i v e will find his caree r
st o pp e d as th o ro ughly a s if he had c o llid e d
with a st o n e wa ll .
C H A P TE R X V
S OME NI C E PR O B LEMS I N ATTAC K AND DE
F EN C E TH A T TH E S T UDEN T CAN S O LV E
W IT H TH E AID O F W H A T H A S B EEN DE
S C RI B ED AND THE HI N T S TH A T AR E NOW
G I VEN
H E stude n t who ha s m as te re d all o f t he
wo rk t hat has b ee n d escribe d in t he fo re
go ing chapt ers will hav e a goo d bas ic kn ow
led ge o i t he m o s t imp o rt ant principl es of
ji u j i ts u What m o re he has t o l e arn will c o m e
’
mainly fro m practice and fro m a train e d O h

s ervatio n that will e nabl e him t o m ak e t he u t
m o st u s e o f what he has l e ar n e d
.
On e can re h e ars e t he tricks giv e n i n th i s

bo o k and he will hav e a goo d th e o ret ical
,
kn owle dge O f t he ancie nt Japan e s e art o f p ro

t eeting hims elf But t he prac t ical kn o wl edge
.
is n ee de d in i t s high e st d egree a n d this can

,
c om e o nly fro m k ee ping up t he wo rk and ,
fro m le arn ing t o u s e e ach t rick with an a gility

t hat is e v e r in creasing
.
I 36 Jiu Ji tsu Co m ba t Tr i c ks
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I t is time n o w fo r t he s t ude nt t o pract is e

, ,
with s o m e o n e who is familiar with Angl o

S axon m eth o ds o f attack T he stud e nt sh o uld .
l e arn all o f t he ways in which he is lik ely t o b e

attacke d T he m o st p o pular fo rm o f attack
.
with an Angl o S axo n is t o let his fist fly -
st raight o u t fro m t he sh o uld e r T his t he .
stude nt kn o ws ho w t o st o p by catching t he fist

and bre aking t he assailant s arm o v e r his
! ! ’
o wn sh o uld e r P ro bably this is t he m o st i m

.
p o rtant single fe at fo r u s e in e nc o unt e ring a

b o xe r T he stud e nt must take pains t o ge t well
.
past t he th eo retical stage in this p e rfo rmance .
H e sh o uld re nd e r hims e lf thro ugh c o nstant ,
practic e l ett e r p e rfe ct in t he u s e o f t he trick

,
-
.
N ev e r b e satisfi e d with t he sp e e d that has b e en

gain e d ! always striv e fo r be tt e r and b e tt e r
sp eed It is well th o ugh t o b e ar in mind that
.
, ,
it is a cardinal rul e in b o xing that a c o unt e r

can b e em pl o ye d if it b e a goo d on e in slightly, ,
l ess tim e than is re quire d for t he assault .
But in practising this trick o f cat ching t he

,
o pp o n e nt s fist do n o t o v e rl o o k t he imp o rtanc e

’
o f t he fe n di n s that may b e mad e wi t h t he

g
e dg e o f t he hand against an assailant s a r m
’
.
No 25
. . TH E D I H A N D H A KE
E V L’S ‘
S .
"
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d e fe nd hims elf O n e is t o e mplo y his e lbo w

.
in a j ab at t he S h o rt ribs o f his assailant .
U sually this bl o w can b e d e liv e re d with gre at

s ev e rity and it can b e land ed at t he instant
,
that t he aggre ss o r has take n h o ld T he o th e r .
m e tho d is fo r t he ji u y i ts i a n t o u s e t he hand
'
that is at his e n e my s back in a kidn ey blo w

’
.
Ve ry o ft e n an al e rt man o n t he d e fe nsiv e can

u s e b o th bl o ws at t h e v e ry instant that t he
aggre ss o r takes t he clinch In that cas e it is

.
c e rtain that t he assailant will n o t make a

thro w It is a fav o urit e trick with s o m e ro ugh
.
and re ady fight e rs t o rush fo rward duck and ,
s e iz e t he int end ed victim with o n e arm thrust

und e r t he cro tch th e n rising with t he victim
,
and thro wing him S o m e tim e s this can b e

m e t by t he agil e j zu ji t s i a n with t he J apan e s e
fo rm o f Chance ry h o ld It can always b e .
c o unt e re d if t he man o n t he d e fe nsiv e is as

,
agile as he sh o uld b e by dro pping b o th hands

,
t he back o f t h e aggr e ss o r s h e ad as he
’
on
ducks thus making it imp o ssibl e for him t o

,
ris e And o n e hand can b e swiftly re l e as e d by

.
t he man o n t he d e fe nsiv e and appli e d t o t he
a ssailant s kidn e y o n t he n e ar e r sid e

'
.
S om e Ni c e P rob l e m s I 39
I t is w e ll t o o fo r t he ji u ji ts i a n t o re m e mb e r
, ,
-
that he sh o uld n ev e r b e satisfi e d with o n e de

fe nsiv e bl o w wh e n t wo o r three can b e us e d in
rapid succ e ssi o n S tudy o u t how many bl ows
.
may b e us e d in swift s e qu e nc e and with dis

c o nc e rting e ffe ct o n t he antago nist S upp o s e .
,
fo r e xampl e that t h e t wo antag o nist s a re in a

,
clinch with th e ir n e are r sid e s cl o s e t ogeth e r .
T he ji u ji ts zan is abl e t o inflict an e lb o w jab in

-
t he e n e my s sh o rt ribs ! this may b e fo ll o w e d

’
!
like a flash with three o t h e r m o v e s a fi n ge r —
tip j ab in t he s o lar pl e xus an e dge o i t he hand

,
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bl o w u nd e r t he p o int o f t he chin and a slanting ,
e dg e o f t he hand bl o w o n t he f o re h e ad
- - -
T he .
e n e my who re c e iv e s all o f th e s e styl e s o f attack
in t he spac e o f s o m e three s e c o nds will n o t fee l

lik e fighting any m o re that day It is w e ll .
w o rth t he stu d e nt s while t o practis e this s e

’
q u e n c e a n d t o d e vis e as many m o r e as he can

,
by int e llige n t practic e o f what he has l e arn e d

i n o th e r fe ats In e sp e cial t he stude nt sh o uld
.
re m em b e r t o fo ll o w t he s o lar pl e xus j ab always

-
,
wh e n practicable with an e dge o f t he hand

,
- - -
bl o w u nd e r t he p o int o f t h e chin In this cas e .
it is always t he thumb sid e o f t he hand that

1 40 Jiu Ji tsu C o m ba t Tr i cks
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is used , t he thumb b e ing fo ld e d acro ss t he
palm .
In ro ugh and tu m bl e clinch es it i s a fav o urit e

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t rick t o u s e t he kn ee against t he cro tch or t he

abdom en and if t he ji u ji ts i a n p erm it s h im self
,
-
t o b e caught unaware s in this fashi o n he is all
bu t sure t o b e d e fe ate d Wh e n a c linch is t o

.
b e m ad e always swing o n e sid e o f t he b o dy

,
t o ward the assailant ke e ping t he n earer leg in

,
such p o sitio n that t he aggre ss o r cann o t land

wi t h his kn ee e ith e r in t he cr o tch o r in t he
abd om en This knack can b e acquired wit h a
.
li t tl e p racti ce T his p o siti o n has t he adde d

.
advan t age o f e nabling t he ji u ji ts i a n t o u s e his

-
o wn kn ee wh e r e his e n e my has n ot t ake n a
s i m i lar p re cauti o n .
I n s om e parts o f E uro p e it is a fav o urit e

t rick i n be ginning a n impr o mptu figh t fo r t he
, ,
aggress o r t o lift on e arm in a d e fe nsive p o s iti o n

and t o try t o driv e t he ste e l fe rrule of h is u m
bre lla or can e int o his antago nist s abdom e n ’
.
This nast y trick is n ot by any m e ans unkn o wn

in th is co unt ry Y e t t he d e f e nc e agains t this
.
fo rm o f at t ack is an e asy o n e calling m ai nly ,
for w ell d ev e l o p e d agility

-
Tak e a sid e s t ep
.
-
club trick And in ge n e ral t he p o lice man s

.
, ,
’
m e th o d o f ridding hims e lf o f his t o rm e nt o r is

applicabl e in e v e ry cas e o f b e ing s e iz e d fro m
b ehind exce pt in t he cas e o f t he h o ld that
,
is illustrat e d in ph ot o graph N o 2 2 Wh e re .
t he ji u ji ts i a n is hims e lf t he assaila n t fro m

-
behind he is advis e d t o e mpl o y this latt e r

fo rm o f h old in e v e ry instance wh e re it can b e
us ed .
Wh e n attacke d w ith a straight o u t kick o f -

,
co urs e t he m e th o d o f d e fe nc e sh o uld b e t o
catch t he c o ming fo o t j ust back o f t he heel ,
j e rk t he fo o t upward and s e nd t he aggre ss o r

,
o v e r o n his back But this styl e o f kick is s o

.
e asily m e t and c o unt e r e d that it is s e ld o m a t
t empt e d i n re al c o mbat .
I t will re pay t he s t ude n t we ll who has go n e

thus far t o study o u t all p o ssibl e fo rms o f attack
that a re o utsid e o f ji u ji ts u and t o study n e xt
-
,
what t he m o st e ffe ctiv e kind o fji u ji t s u c o unt e r

-
w o uld b e With t he gro undw o rk o f J apan e s e

tricks that has b e e n giv e n t he stud e nt who d o e s
t he m o st thinking and practising will b e t he
m o st fo rmidabl e O pp o n e nt fo r t he stud e nt has

,
re ach e d a p o int n ow wh e re he can and sh o uld

S om e N i c e P r ob l e m s 1 43
b e c o m e his own instru ct o r e v e r watchful and

—
al e rt in practic e and ev e r re m e mb e ring that

,
thro ugh practic e t he p e rfo rmanc e o f eve ry fe at

sh o uld b e a s s ec on d n a t u re
.
C H A PT E R X V I
F I N I S HIN G T O U C H ES IN TH E J A P A N ESE SCI
E N C E O F A TTAC K AN D DEFE N C E A SUM—
M A RY O F TH E B ES T FE A T S FO R W O ME N
T o PR AC TI SE AN D T o USE A T N EED
F IN AL CAU TI O N S T o TH E S T UDE NT WH O
W O ULD B E EXPER T IN J I U J IT SU -
T is in acquiring t h finishing t uch es

e o of t he
anci e nt art that t he stud e nt sh o ws wh e th e r

o r n o t he is naturally fitt e d fo r e xp e rt w o rk in
ji u j i t s u
'
. E ve ry fe at that he p e rfo rms is base d

o n s o m e natural law and t he ext e nsi o n and
,
p e rfe cti o n o f t he fe at d e p e nd up o n t he stu

d e nts ability t o o bs e rv e natural laws and t o
’
apply th e m .
F o r e xampl e wh e n striking d o wnward with

,
an e dge o f t he hand bl o w t he stud e nt sh o uld

- - -
disco v er that t he bl o w is b o th m o re e asy a n d

m o re e ffe ctiv e if t he w e ight o f his b o dy b e
add ed t o t he impuls e T h e n a littl e th o ught
.
will S h o w t he ji u y i t s i a n that by springing

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1 44
-
athle tic wo man has b egun t o d ev e l o p a h ealth

ful int e rest in t he light e r wo rk o f bo xing and
wrestling and s o it is natural that S he sh o uld
,
co ntinu e her e ducati o n in t he matt e r o f physi

cal e nc o unt e r and be c o m e s o m e thing o f an
,
e xp e rt in ji u j i t s u It was in L o nd o n that
‘
wo m e n first fe ll in wit h this ide a and Japan ese ,
instruct o rs b ecam e sudd enly in grea t d e mand .
T he craz e quickly cr o ss e d t he o c e an and in ,
t he U nit e d S tat e s t o day th e re a r e n o t a fe w

,
-
,
wo m e n who a re capable o f h o lding th e ir o wn

in co mbat with m en .
Seve ral o f t he fe ats that t he auth o r has de

scribed i n t he pre s e nt v o lum e may b e le arn ed
readily by wo m en a n d sh o uld b e us e d by the m
,
.
at any tim e o f n ee d and in t he abs e nce o f the ir

natural pro t e ct o rs T he e dge o f t he hand bl o w
.
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o v e r t h e j ugular is o n e that is e asy o f acquir e
m e nt by wo me n T he h o ld that is s e cured by
.
b e nding t he arm up b ehind t he back is an o the r

fe at that sh o uld b e practis e d by wo m e n T he .
c o m e al o ng and in fact man y o f t he a pp li

,
"
, ,
cati o ns o f be nding t he arm t he wro ng way

a r e o f e sp e cial valu e t o wo m e n who do n ot
think it b e n e ath th e ir dignity t o b e abl e t o de

Fi n is h i n g T o u c h e s 1 47
fe nd t h em se lv e s a t a pinch And ev ery wo man

.
who feels t he slight e st int e re s t in t he subj e ct

s h o uld p e rsuad e h e rs e lf t o p r ac t is e r ep e at e dly
a t t he t ri ck o f s t o pping and ca t ching a n assail
a n t s fis t and o f bre aking t he att a cking arm

’ !
o v e r her sh o uld e r .
And esp e cially effe ctiv e for w o m e n a re t he

j abs t hat m a y b e d e liv e re d wi t h e ith er e lbo w
i n t he sh o r t r i bs o f an o pp o n e n t o r in t he s o ft
,
par ts j us t b e l o w I f a wo man is anno ye d by a

.
fe llo w who st e ps u p t o he r sid e in a cro wd e d

stree t i t d oe s n o t c o m e am i s s t o kn o w ho w t o
giv e him an e ffe ctiv e e lb o w j ab in t he s o lar
ple xus o r in t he abd o m e n T he wo man who
.
c a n do this n e a t ly wi ll sav e h e rs e lf fro m fu rth e r
ann oyanc e .
Any o f t he h o lds o r thro ws tha t have bee n

e xpla i n e d i n th e s e pag e s will b e o f s e rv i c e t o
t h e w o m a n who finds an intrud er i n her h o m e
a t a t i m e wh e n it s natu ral mal e p ro t ec t o rs a r e
away Bu t as t he ave rage Ame rican w o man

.
,
o f athl e t ic t e n d e nci e s is still a t rifl e backward
i n t he d e s i r e t o l ea rn t hro ws s he will c o nt e nt
h e rs e lf at pre se nt with mast e r in g a few h o lds ,
a n d b e sat isfi e d with this m e t h o d o f s e curing

1 48 Jiu Ji tsu C om b a t Tr i c ks
-
an intrud e r H e re is a simpl e h o ld that will

.
s e rv e fo r t he d e te nti o n o f a thi e f o r ins o le nt

rascal until her crie s bring a p o lice man o r a
n e ighb o ur
F o r t he purp o s e o f practic e stand at t he le ft
,
sid e o f t he practic e o pp o n e nt and a little t o

,
t he r e ar at t he sam e tim e T he int e nd e d Victim

.
sh o uld stand with his arms hanging naturally

at his sid e T he stud e nt thrusts he r l e ft arm
.
be twee n his l e ft arm and t he b o dy and at a ,
p o int bare ly ab o v e his e lb o w H e r l e ft arm i s

.
fo rce d h o riz o ntally acro ss his back .
N o w at t he sam e instant her right hand

, ,
p o unc es up o n his right e lb o w and that arm is

,
fo rc e d o v e r t o wards his le ft H er l e ft hand

.
s e iz e s his right arm j ust ab o v e t he e lb o w Whil e ,
her l e ft e lbo w h o o ks with his l e ft e lb o w T he .
hand that is re sting fo rcibly o n his right e lbo w

fo rce s this right arm o v e r t o wh e re it can b e
s e iz e d
.
It is e asy t h e n fo r t he wo man assailant t o

, ,
h o ld t he victim s arms b ehind his back with he r

’
l e ft arm and hand and her right hand still o n

,
his right e lb o w kee ps his right arm in plac e .
In additi o n s he is able t o re le as e he r right

,
1 50 Ji u -
Ji tsu Co m ba t Tr i c ks
In t he fi rs t plac e do n o t b e e ager t o l earn

,
t o o m uch a t t he o uts e t On e fe at m as ter ed

.
, ,
is wo rt h a half d o z e n that a re bu t half le arn ed

- -
.
I t is far b ett e r in t he be ginn i ng t o t ak e up

, ,
but o n e t rick and t o k ee p a t t ha t until t he

,
p e rform ance o f it is natu ral and eas y for t he

s t ude nt Th e n dev o te t he sam e am o unt o f
.
e ffo r t t o a s e c o nd trick Wh e n t he two a re

.
well m as t ered practis e th e m al t e rnat ely du ri ng

,
a few bo u t s t h e n adding a third and aft er a

, , ,
few days m o re a fo u r th trick

, This m ay s eem .
t e di ous t o t he stude nt bu t i t will repay hi m

,
well wh e re he will m ee t o nly w i t h ul t i m ate

disapp oi n tm en t if he giv e s way t o t he rat h er
nat u ral im puls e t o pick up a t l eas t a d oz en
feat s during t he first bo u t o f pract ice .
P atie n c e st eadin e ss t h o ro ughn e ss pay h ea vy

, ,
d ivid e nds in t he study o fji u ji ts u Fo u r y ears .
i s t he av era ge l e ngth o f tim e d ev o t e d t o t he

s t udy o f t he a rt in a Japan es e s c h o o l .
Car e m us t b e t ak e n n o t t o ca rry t he effort t o

t he we aryin g p o int in any on e p r a c t i c e b o u t .
T he b o dy may n ot su ffe r bu t ji u y i ts u in it s
'
, ,
best dev el o p m en t is subtl e and craft y and t he

, ,
ac t i ve m i nd can b e tire d v ery e as i ly Wh en .

Fi n is h i n g T o u c h e s I 51
t he fa tig u e p o i n t fo r t he brai n is re a ch ed all ,
furth e r prac t i c e i n t hat b o ut is d e trim ntal t

e o
t h s t ud e nt s prac t ice Twe n t y minut es in a

’
e .
da y is e n o ugh tim e t o d e v o t e t o practic e if ,
t he s t u d e n t s m ind b e k e p t k ee nly o n t he al e r t
’
.
T he prac t ic e b o ut sh o uld n ev e r las t l o nge r

t han a half a n h o ur .
I f it can b e b o rn e in m in d a t all t im e s t ha t
, ,
t he b o ut s h o uld b e e v e n m o r e o f a m e n t al t han
a physical drill th e n t he b e st r e sults wi ll b e

,
o b t ain e d
. I n ji u ji ts u e xtrem e discipline o f
-
t he m i n d i s b o t h a re qu ir e m e n t and a r esul t .
TH E END
J I 75 0
Ji u -
Ji t eu i s the J ap an es e m e ho t d of P ys h ic al
ainin g
Tr .
Ji ll -Ji m! has b een p racti s e d b y t he J ap a nes e

fo r 25 00 ye ars .
Ji u -
Ji t s u m e ans m uscl e b rea k i n g .
Ji u Ji t s u is easi ly l e arnt
-
.
Ji u -
Ji t e u l
he p s t he we k t o m a as ter t he s tron g
.
For fu rther i n form a ti on s ee H . I RVING HA NCOCK S

'
ti m e y l b k oo ,
Ja p a n e s e P h y s i c a l
Train in g
(Jl u j l t s u )
n
u mo w h it 1 9 full p age i llustra tion s

-
n et
(p ostage 1 0 c ) .
P a ll M a ll Ga z ette m a k es thes e p o i n t s i n i ts revIew

thi s m os t pp t
o or u ne b k
oo
A wor k t h a t e v e r y o n e s h o u ld m a k e a p oi n t o f
r ead i n g .
A t e xt -ho ok p os s e s s i n g m u c h 0! t h e lu c ln e t lon
of a goo d n ov e l .
No o n e Is l lk e ly t o r ea d t h e fi r s t c h a pt e r wi t h
o u t b e co m i n g fi r e d w i t h e co n s u m i n
g des i r e
t o go r i gh t t h r ou gh t h e hoo k " .

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iu i ts u C om b a t

Illu tr t d with Thirty tw

T is bu t a few y e ars a go that jzu y zts u wa s u n

nam e is u nde rs t oo d v e ry ge n erally i n E ngi i sh,

lit t le kn o wle dge o f this stran ge art has c o m e t o

p ec t e d t hat jz u y zts u will b e as w ell u n d e rs t oo d

c o mpris e all that is e ss e ntial in jzu jz t s u for

purp o s es o f p e rs o nal e nc o unt e r M u ch that

wo uld b e o f int e re st o nly u nd e r J apan e s e c o n

With o ut d o ubt i t will b e u rge d that s o m e o f

page s a re in t he language o f t he ring fo ul

But ﬁghting is an ugly busin e ss fro m t he nature

m e ans that brings vict o ry is j ustiﬁabl e It may

m e nts fo llo wing d e fe at T he lace rati o ns and

c o ntusi o ns that fo ll o w ﬁ s t i c u ﬁ s a r e unkn o wn in

b e c o nsid e re d a disgrac e t o t he vict o r

f i lm whil e st e rn w o rk is t he ess e nc e o f p o lit e

n e ss ! it is aim e d t o sh o w a bully t he fo lly o f

T he gre at e st charm o f all ab o ut zu z ts u is '

that it d o e s n o t call fo r t he e mpl o ym e nt o f

able t o vanqu ish his stro nge r but unv e rs e d

D aily practic e in this n o v e l physical wo rk

and fo r gre at physical e ndurance T he Japan .

e s e s o ldi e r sail o r and p o lic e man tak e a c o m

p u ls o ry g o v e rnm e nt c o urs e in j zu jzt s u T he

physical p e rfo rmanc e s o f t he J apan e s e in th e ir

tra ining kn o wn t o t he w o rld .

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t he Sho ld u er — H o w t he Vi c to r y m ay b e F llo o wed

u p wi th Th a row in Eith r e of the Thr C ee a s es

No . 1 . O NE OF T H E S IMP LE S T FORM S OF T R H O W- OFF

NO . 2 8.S TR A ININ G ARM ST P AN As A O TO F I G T IN G

S T R E N G T H E N TH E H ANDS FOR A TTAC K ,

with o ut any pre li m inary t rainin g Y et it is .

e qually t ru e t ha t n o t s o goo d r e sults a re s e

fo undatio n O f we ll train e d muscl e s and with

o th e r parts O f t he b o dy pr o p e rly pre pare d fo r

t he tasks that a r e t o b e e xact e d O f th e m .

yz u jzz s u d o e s n o t d e mand m uscular d e v e l o p

w ell and v e ry n e arly abs o lut e ly e ss e ntial t o

p o ss e ss n e rv es and muscl es that a re e sp e cially

t o t he d e mands that a re put up o n th e m by t he

p e culiariti es O f t he J apan e s e styl e O f p e rs o n al

far great e r e xactn e ss .

b o xe r e asily and S ignally It fo ll o ws th e re

f o re that t he bl ow must hav e b o th sup e ri o r

sp e e d and eff ect .

What th e n a r e t he m e th o ds O f pre liminary

training that giv e th e s e advantage s It has .

b ee n p o int e d o u t in my previ o us wo rks o n this

int o t he m o st s e rvice abl e c o nditi o n Just as .

jz u jzt s u has b ee n mad e t o e v o lv e int o at l e ast

a half d o z e n distinct th o ugh cl o s ely r elat e d

sch oo ls o f e x e cuti o n s o th e re a re many di ffe r

b o dy is t o b e pre pare d S o m e t e ach e rs i zu

jz ts u giv e n o pre liminary gymnastic w o rk but

pro c ee d at o nc e t o t he practic e o f t he fe ats o f

practic e in this wo rk t o giv e t he muscl es t he

again hav e th e ir o wn s p ecial syst e ms o f gym

n a s t i c s and th e s e latt e r whil e di ff e ring in f o rm

a r e all bas e d up o n and m ee t t he sam e r e qu ir e

In t he thre e v o lum e s that t he auth o r has

training acc o rding t o Japan e s e m e th o ds th e re