Definitions for "Jujitsu"
Keywords:  martial, jujutsu, jitsu, clever, gentle
same as jujutsu.
The Japanese art of self-defense without weapons, now widely used as a system of physical training. It depends for its efficiency largely upon the principle of making clever use of an opponent's strength, weight, and movements to disable or injure him, and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a joint, etc. It opposes knowledge and skill to brute strength, and demands an extensive practical knowledge of human anatomy.
(also spelled Ju-Jitsu,JiuJitsu, JiuJutsu) "Gentle art." The correct spelling is "Jujutsu" as standardised in 1946 when the Monbusho (Japanese Ministry of Education) began the task of simplifying the language. At this time, and as late as the Second World War, some 50,000 characters were used in Japanese dictionaries, and the knowledge of at least 4,000 was required to read newspapers. In 1946, the Monbusho issued a list of 1,850 "Appropriate Use Characters" called Tôyô Kanji. In 1981, Tôyô Kanji was replaced by 1,945 Jôyô Kanji "General Use Characters".