Definition of Jujitsu
The martial art of Jujitsu has evolved throughout the years. It developed in Edo, Japan, in the early seventeenth century. It was created under the Tokugawa shogunate, which sought to prevent conflict by enforcing stringent regulations on the usage of firearms. In addition, Fujiwara Seika, a prominent educator of the Japanese period, propagated Neo-Confucianism, a school of thought that saw weaponry as essentially ornamental. During this period, hand-to-hand combat as a means of self-defense flourished, and new strategies for dealing with unarmored opponents were created. When Carlos Gracie first attended a Jujitsu exhibition, he was a teenager. Interested, he began to study the art. Later, he received instruction from the master Mitsuyo Maeda and gradually rose through the ranks. Gracie eventually created an academy where he taught several forms of martial arts. Unfortunately, Gracie also urged his opponents to compare their abilities to his. The difficulty persisted for decades...