What's the difference between judo and ju-jitsu?

Question

I know that ju-jitsu has "Part 1" which has some basic strikes, but aside from that, is there any difference between judo and ju-jitsu?

Answer 1

Well now, I'll explain this to you, having being in judo for only about nine years is still enough time to know some basic differences between the two. Judo was derived from jujitsu some time in the late 1890's i believe, by Master Jigaro Kano, there were many reasons behond why he did this, the most humourous one was that he was so much shorter than his opponents in tournament, and he would usually fail against these larger opponents in the striking aspect (in actuallity there is a great deal of striking in jujitsu, i hope you're not comparing brazillian jujitsu and judo or else i am giving you the wrong instruction haha, well acutally brazillian jujitsy is easy to explain, it's all of teh groundwork of judo with leglocks and a few other techniques that are banned in tournament, yeah, so brazillian jujitsu was taken from judo which was taken from real jujitsu) the rules of a jujitsu tournament for a win were either you a) Knocked the opponent unconsious b) put them is a submissive position where they gave up by either a verbal response or a tap, or c) threw the opponent so that they landed on thier back. So there was a good deal of striking in jujitsu, but it wasn't sparring neccisarily for every technique was made for either a knockout, a submission or a throw, or any combination of the two (submissions that cause a knockout, or a throw that causes a broken arm, be inventive and you can begin to see how these things fit together) So as it was Jigaro Kano's opponents were using striking against him because it was obvious that that was his weakness, blah blah, i've been over this too many times. Jigaro Kano took the throwing and the submissive techniques, devised more throws, removed some of the more dangerous and barbaric techniques out, and that was the basis for judo. Jigaro Kano spent his entire life developing judo with his three top students (sorry i can't remember thier names right now) but since then it has slowly been developed through many cultures and what not and is now the judo you see today. I hope i answered your question, if not that's ok, you killed a couple of minutes on my way out the door to boxing. I still find it hard to believe that you thought the two were almost the same... ok i'll kill some more time, i'll jog instead of walk because i'm not a little b itch haha. the name of judo means "the gentle way", after judo tournaments started becoming popular, jujitsu tournaments were beginning to be seen as barbaric and judo took a massive jump in popularity. in my personal opinion judo is a martial art in every sense, in fact i believe that it is judo where the "art" in martial arts comes from, it is the second most popular sport in the world (the first being soccer) it was the first martial art ever allowed in the olympics (boxing and kckboxing are sports, not martial arts, although it is closer to a martial art than any other sport really, it should have it's own genre with roman greco wrestling.)

Answer 2

The difference is the do and the jitsu.
Do means way. Jitsu means something... I think martial or combat, practical. This does not mean that Judo is not practical.
Judo is more of a sport but doesn't necessarily have to be taught that way. Ju-jitsu is suppose to be much older back in the times of the Samurai or at least have roots. You get Judo from Jitsu.
Best of luck.

Answer 3

Ju Jitsu is mostly concerned with submission and using strikes directed at vital organs/targets. Judo is akin to greco roman wrestling in which the object is to take an opponent off their feet and onto the ground.

Answer 4

Jujitsu is a "koryu"-literally old school, that is a classical Japanese martial art intended for warfare. If a Samurai happened to be disarmed jujitsu was intended for his personal defense. The do suffix indicates that judo is a modern martial art, or "gendai budo". Jitsu means combat, and do means way. Ju means passive, as in using your opponents strength against him.

After the Meiji restoration in 1869 ended the Samurai class the classical martial arts were developed into modern martial arts to keep them relevant. Hence kenjutsu begat kendo as there was no more need to actually kill people with swords. So the potentially lethal moves, eye gouges etc. were dropped from jujitsu to create judo. Aikido was also developed from jujitsu. Karatedo has no classical antecedant.

Answer 5

JuJitsu is based from Judo, but in Judo, if my memory serves me correctly; you cannot use strikes to weaken the opponent, whereas Jujitsu can use only a limited amount of strikes so you can get into position for a pin or submission, Judo works strictly for no strikes much like greco roman wrestling to get a submission or pin.

Answer 6

ju-jitsu has been around longer and it takes more physical training,trust me i know

Answer 7

ju-jitsu is what Neo does in the Matrix.....

Answer 8

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju_jitsu

(another one you should read)...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_jiu_jitsu