Is Japanese Jujitsu good self defense?

Question

I spent a year taking Jujitsu, then quit. The one thing I couldn't get past was who complicated it was. Joint locks are fine; however, you have to be able to manipulate someone into position in order to apply them. Any Jujitsu people out there? What do you think?

Answer 1

Some styles of Jiu-Jitsu are more complicated than others and it takes a while to learn how to do that as well as master other aspects. If you watch a master he will go from one technique to another very easily and sometimes executing several techniques in just a 10-15 second period and these techniques are in a logical order and performed as his opponent moves, shifts and tries to counter or evade techniques. So the master is taking advantage of the situation sometimes as much as manipulating or maneuvering his opponent. This only comes after you have mastered a number of individual techniques and some of their variations as well as the counters for them fully and completely. The point that I am trying to make here is that I am sure some of these masters had problems learning their art and all that is involved with mastering it. I would take another look at it with a fresh set of eyes and see if maybe your approach to it was not quite what it should have been. A year is not really much time especially if you are only working out a few times each week for only an hour or so to learn how to do this.

Answer 2

I take Jujutsu on and off along with Karate. I think that it's good self defense, but in all fairness toward other martial arts so is everything else. Jujutsu is the practice of manipulating others (that's how ya get 'em into the joint lock =P).

Answer 3

It all really depends on who is attacking you and the context of the altercation.

According to the fine folks at Blauer tactical the primary initiation attacks in the U.S. are the round house punch and the tackle. Are you comfortable that you can you handle those with ease? If not look elsewhere.

Answer 4

if you ask me.. it is.
its the 2nd deadliest type of self defense.