Jujitsu

• O'Sensei Elliot Lyle
• Monday 7:30pm - 9:00pm
• Friday 6:00pm - 8:00pm
• First Class Free

Jujitsu was created by the Japanese samurai caste for hand-to-hand combat. Translated, it means "the soft art". Jujitsu emphasizes the use of leverage and technique to overcome an opponent. It's a comprehensive system of hand-to-hand combat skills: punching and kicking, throws and escapes, weapon defenses, ground fighting, and rolling and falling techniques.

Because of its wide range of skills (striking, grappling, throwing, falling, joint locks and chokes) jujitsu is a very effective form of self-defense. In fact, most of the defensive tactics that are taught to the armed forces and police departments of many countries are derived from jujitsu.

The jujitsu style offered at the Kodenkan Martial Arts Academy is called Matsunoryu Goshinjitsu.

Matsunoryu Goshinjitsu

Our curriculum has many different elements. For example, the techniques and curriculum are based on classical jujitsu; nevertheless, the techniques themselves have been refined to fit the individual, and modernized for our times. In addition, keeping with our progressive approach, techniques from other disciplines that have self-defense value have been incorporated into the curriculum.

In regards to traditional martial arts classes, we maintain a lot of the original Japanese philosophy and etiquette. We believe that the virtues of honor, humility and respect are universal elements for refining character, and traditional martial art schools are admirable at conveying these ideas. However, the class is taught in a friendly atmosphere, which may be contrary to the approach of strict traditional martial art schools.

The friendly tone of Matsunoryu jujitsu and its class structure is the influence of its Hawaiian heritage. In regards to technique, self-defense, and tactics, it follows the simple path of function and utility, not appearance or tradition.