whats the difference between judo and jujitsu?

Answer 1

The first two posts are more or less correct with respect to the historical relationship between judo and jujutsu. (I prefer this spelling. Hope you don't mind.)

A couple of corrections: "atemi waza", the striking techniques that are not allowed in judo competitions but exist in the art's kata (yes, there are kata in judo), are derived from jujustu rather than karate.

Also, it is a common misconception that the "ju" of judo and jujutsu means "gentle". It actually refers to softness, or, even better, fluidity. While mordern judo completely focuses on the so-called "external" or "hard" aspects of martial arts, there was a time when judoists and jujutsu stylists were more aware of the internal fluidity required to truly understand "the martial way". (To quote Bruce Lee, "Be like water, my friend.")

Given that traditional Japanese jujutsu schools are relatively rare in North America, and that one is much more likely to be exposed to Brazilian jujutsu, its likely as well that your question refers to the latter. Brazilian jujutsu was developed after a Japanese judoist emigrated in the middle part of the last century to Brazil. There, he taught judo to Carlos Gracie who developed what he learned into his own martial art and called it jujutsu. The Gracie family later popularized their jujutsu in North America through the first UFC tournaments.

From a technical standpoint, Brazilian jujutsu focuses much more on ground techniques than judo, which in contrast gives equal or more attention to throwing techniques. As for traditional Japanese jujutsu, they can vary greatly in terms of technique and training methods. Some are similar to judo. Others, like Daito Ryu Jujutsu, look more like aikido. (Actually, this is because aikido was derived mostly from Daito Ryu.) Some utilize a lot of striking techniques and can look a lot like karate.

Aside from such historical and technical differences, I will only add that judo is an Olympic sport of which there is a recognized international headquarters located in Japan. Jujutsu is much more fragmented, and cannot offer quite as much opportunities for competition.

Answer 2

karate is stand up fighting some schools do have some ground game but not many taek wond do is hi kick speed over power but kinda like karate a little more fancy in moves judo has few kicks and many throw it came from jujitsu because there was a need for a less aggressive art Ok this is the best Hap Ki Do my art it takes the best of all, it has take won, jujitsu like move and aikido type throw

Answer 3

Judo ends with the word "do" this means "the way of" while jujitsu end with "jitsu" which means "the application of".
Judo is a sport adaptation of a martial art that the samurai practiced. ( also, Judo did not have any striking prior to Funakoshi bringing karate to main land japan which he taught at the Judo dojo where it gained in popularity)
Jujitsu is an actual martial art intend for self defense applications.
This is not to say one is better than the other. Just different.

Answer 4

I study judo and i can tell you that Judo was innovated from juijuitsu by a man named Kano jingaro who trained his students in a form of juijitsu that did not have the full intentions of killing this new form was now called the gentle way obviously because of the way they fought in tournaments you get a standing grip of the person and throw the opponent fully on his back for 1 point or "ippon" and then use chokes or armbars if the opponent lands on his butt to make his tap out...
Where juijitsu is a sport is this plus many more complicated techniques.

Answer 5

Jujitsu includes strikes while Judo does not.

Answer 6

Jujutsu is a traditional Japanese martial art practised by samurai, who didn't want to learn strikes or kicks as they would not be useful against an opponent wearing armour. It means literally "the gentle art"; however, it was common for samurai to sustain fatal injuries and die in the dojo. Jigoro Kano founded Judo (the gentle way) intending it to be a safer, more scientific martial art and sport.

Answer 7

To put it the simplest possible way:

judo- Mainly throw, trip, and sweep

jujitsu- Mainly positioning, lock, and chokes

However many of them borrow a couple of techniques from eachother. It's pretty hard for untrained eyes to tell different between both.

Answer 8

In my opinion Roo gave a terrific answer.

Unfortunately the sportification or even just opinion out there is that Judo is all throws and sweeps etc, when that is a just a part of Judo. Where people believe Jujitsu is all mat work.

Let's look at each one. Traditional Japanese Jujitsu focuses more on stand up than both Judo and Brazilian Jujitsu, they have strikes, kicks, like most other martial arts and focus on acts of defending ones self against sword attacks, and an unarmed opponent, with quick finishes on the ground. Jujitsu is really more of a hard style than Judo or BJJ, through the throwing principles (which is only a part of traditional jujitsu) and mat work from Jujitsu were derived from classical jujitsu.

Judo combines both the stand up, (throwing, countering, using opponents body weight and balance against them) with the mat work, (chokes, positions, pins, joint locks). In fact some schools of Judo focus more on the matwork to appease the BJJ crowd, where other schools focus on competitions and throwing.
Judo is fairly aggressive on the mat, as you are generally given very little time without progress in competition. However depending on the school, most Judo places spend at least half of the time sparring on the mat.

Brazilian Jujitsu derived exactly how Roo described above. BJJ focuses more on matwork, spending more time there and very little time in stand up. The Gracies have honed it to a fine science, and people are just now catching up the curve and beating Gracies at their own game, though they are still some of the best in the world. They do some limited work on take downs, most of which are Judo incorporated (there is usually a lot of cross training between the two, a lot of Judo players take BJJ, and vice versa) but their area is in on the ground, that is what they specialize in.

All three, BJJ, Jujitsu, and Judo all use a Gi. Though some traditional JuJitsu varies slightly by using a hakama, the wide pleated trousers used by Samarai in feudal japan, and still wearing a Gi top.

So in short:
Jujitsu- Harder style, some use of weapons, some disarms, a mixture of throws, locks and chokes, with striking involved as well. Focuses more on stand up, with limited matwork used a means of finishing. Typical attack would be defending an attack, delivering retailatory strikes, gaining position, throwing, and applying a quick lock on the opponent.

Judo- Form of jujtisu that focuses more on the off balancing, (kazushi-waza) throwing (NageWaza) and mat work technique.(NeWaza) Ideally time is divided between matwork and stand up. Typical attack, close distance in reaction to strikes, gain a dominant control over your opponent, throw him, and enter the ground with him where a pin, joint lock, or choke is executed.

Brazilian Jujitsu- Form of Judo/Jujitsu, though honestly develops more from Judo than anything else. Limited time is spent training stand up, most of it is focused entirely on the ground. Great ground practitioners and submissions, they are willing to spend a large part on the ground and work from various positions. Typical attack, close in on opponent, shoot in for a double leg takedown or a trip, gain position and submit your opponent.

Each has their strengths and weaknesses, but all three are very similar, they just focus on different areas. Japanese Jujitsu focuses on the war time actions, strikes, weapons, etc. Judo focuses on throws, off balancing and mat work. BJJ focuses on matwork, with limited stand up.

Hope that is a good addition to what Roo said, in my opinion he was dead on. There are a ton of misconceptions about each one of those arts out there. Again, all 3 use a gi. All three use submissions and chokes, and all three use throws and take downs to some extent, it is just where the focus lies. Personally I like all three, and think all three are viable. I have studied each to some extent, and continue to study them.

I love BJJ and Judo, Japanese Jujitsu is a little more formal, but fun as well.

Answer 9

here's a website that will tell you more about the history and styles.. it will give you better detailed and correct information than what you might find here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujitsu

hope these help, it's better to get from these sites that way you know the information is verified..

~*smilez*~

Answer 10

judo is with a gee only and you stand up and throw each other, where jiu-jitsu is more positioning and submissions, jiu-jitsu is much more realistic for a real fight.