(1905) The Fighting Man of Japan: The Japanese School oF Ju-Jitsu

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JAPANESE SCHOOL

OF

JU^JITSU. Chief I list I'll dors

MIYAKE

Mr.

and Mr. TANI.

Iiistnictoi's

EIDA

Mr.

:

:

and Mr.

KANAYA.

Assistant Instructors

Messrs.

:

COLLINGRIDGE, McDONNELL AND HOBDAY. Instructor for Ladies

Miss

The School According

will

:

ROBERTS.

be open for lessons from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

hour of the day there

to the

will

be two or three

or four instructors at work.

The day is do so

divided into lesson periods.

may book

in

advance

(at the

any particular period with any particular

M.

Pupils

who

desire to

School or by telephone) instructor.

ALLERDALE GRAINGER, Secretary.

THE FIGHTING MAN OF JAPAN

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THE FIGHTING MAN OF JAPAN THE TRAINING AND EXERCISES OF THE SAMURAI

F. J.ATE IITH

NORMAN

J.

AND I4TH HUSSARS,

r.ATK

JAPAN

INSTRUCTOR

CIVIL

IN

GOVERNMENT COLLEGES OF

AND MILITARY

IflTH 32 ILLUSTRATIONS

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BRADBURY, AONEW,

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CO. LD., PRINI'KRS,

LONDON AND TONBRIDGE

INTRODUCTION The

author of the following brochure

an old soldier,

is

has been for many years resident in Japan. that country as an instructor in

who

AVhile acting in

some of the leading

colleges,

both military and civilian, he has had what are, perhaps,

making

unrivalled opportunities of

The author has gone

so far as

is,

he

is

The

education.

has led him

heitjiitsii

aware, the

at all deeply into these

and systematic

a thorough

study of the two " noble sciences " of

first

and

jiijutsK.

Occidental

who

two branches of Jaj^anese

from their pursuit

benefit he has derived

to the conviction that

much advantage might

accrue to his native country from the introduction of exercises so admirably calculated to improve the physique and also the

morale of

its

youth and manhood.

young England few,

owing

The

favourite

games

of

are necessarily restricted in practice to the

to the expensive nature of the requisite ajipliances,

the time-expenditure involved, and the cost of preparing the

ground.

The majority can enjoy them only

spectators.

but neither

Lookers on, yy/or«Zr

and looking on

is

it

is

said, see

most

in the rnJr of

of the

game;

nor physique are thereby greatly benefited,

apt to degenerate into a dull pastime unless

relieved by betting.

No

in connection with these

such costly appliances are required

Japanese exercises,

participate, without risk or danger to

with great benefit both to body and vii

life,

in

which

all

can

purse, or limb, but

spirit.

The following

INTRODUCTION brief notes ou

and

Jicnjatsu

the historical

and practical side of jujntsu

make no pretence

to being exhaustive,

having

been written rapidly with the express object of illustrating the general ideas and aims of the Japanese school of jajntsii.

The

author

members

was

unexpectedly

summoned

to

assist

of this school in giving a public demonstration

the art of ju.jutsu in

Great Britain.

The time placed

the of

at his

disposal for writing and issuing the following brochure was limited,

and he claims the indulgence of

its

readers both on

that score and in consideration of the fact that the ground he

has covered has hitherto been practically untrodden.

CONTENTS CHAPTER

I

COMMEXCEIIENT OF JAPANESE MILITARY IIlSTORY

CHAPTER

...

PAGK 1

II

The Education of the Japanese Military and Naval 16

Officers, etc

C!HAPTER "

III

Kenjutsu," or Japanese Fencing

32

CHAPTER IV Japanese Wrestling; JUJUTSU

— Sumo

and Jujutsu

.

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.

.57 anese,

thi)

as a sort of esotei

et

were until

lately

handed

from one great master of the

art to another, and, unlike as in the case of stimn, there are

many art,

schools or styles of JKJKtsii.

and

mean

in the feudal

It is essentially a militar}'

days instructions in

part in the education of a

KO-IIATA-UOKI, UK

••

young

it

it

was going

to

become one

place,

and

at present it is

of the Mikado's subjects.

under various names, such l-('i)ipn

For some

sanitimi.

LEG-l'U J>L THliOW

time after the abolition of the feudal system

for the future prospects of

formed a no

of the

many

it

lost arts,

looked as

if

but happily

Japanese manhood a revival took

extremely popular among JiijutnK is -as

known

all

to the

classes

Japanese

Judo, yunuira, taijutsK, JiOfiusokn,

and haliuda, but jndo, jujutsu and jiatrara are the 69

THE FIGHTING MAN OF JAPAN terms most commonly used.

which

it

Considering the high esteem in

has always been held,

books there are upon

it,

and

it is

still

really wonderful

there are have not dealt as fully with

Such books,

it

as they

or rather pamphlets, as have dealt with

generally so done from the particular standpoint of

many

schools of

jiiJiitHK,

and there

is

as

might have.

KATA-SUKASHI, A SIDE-SLIP FOLLOWED BY A NECK-GKIP

of the

what few

more wonderful that such

it

have

THROW

some one

absolutely no

doubt the originators of certain new schools have made history to suit their

doubt that, while

own purpose.

hofiii^oLti

Still,

little

and koiipo were originally two

distinct arts, the former the art of seizing art

there seems

and the

of fiaiuinfi victory hy pliduci/, the two were

70

latter the

afterwards

JAPAN KSE WKESTLINC undue

this is gained without any

hardeuin