In the new millennium most people have only heard of Brazilian Jujitsu. The combative art of Jujitsu is actually over 2,000 years old. It began in Japan and is the parent art of Judo, Aikido, Brazilian Jujitsu and Ketsugo Jujitsu.

Jujitsu was practiced by the Japanese Samurai and roughly translates into the art of gentleness. Originally, Jujitsu was exclusively weapons based and the art was strictly used for killing and crippling opponents on the battlefields. An amazingly sharp sword known as the katana and a powerful dagger known as the tanto were two well-known weapons of the Samurai.

For centuries the Samurai dominated Japan with their unparalleled Jujitsu skills. When imperial rule was restored the service of the Samurai was no longer needed and Jujitsu became a forgotten art. The rapid transformation in Japan’s landscape was difficult for many Samurai who knew no other life besides intense Jujitsu training and battlefield combat.

In the 1880’s a Jujitsu master named Jigoro Kano invented Kodokan Judo. Judo was a sport adaptation of the combative art of Jujitsu. Judo enabled practitioners to spar and throw one another at full speed without the injuries and fatalities of Jujitsu. Kano promoted Judo around the world as a fitness regimen and a form of self-defense.

Jigoro Kano sent his top student, Mitsuyo Maeda, to Brazil in the early 1900’s to help spread Judo. Maeda taught Judo to Carlos Gracie who developed and perfected the grappling and ground submissions for no-holds-barred competitions. To this day Gracie or Brazilian Jujitsu is one of the most dominant martial art styles in various full contact tournaments.

Morihei Ueshiba, a former Jujitsu master, created Aikido known as the way of harmony. Aikido, like Judo, was a sport adaptation of Jujitsu. Aikido promoted spiritual development by teaching students to blend with their opponent’s force to capitalize on powerful principles of momentum and leverage. On an esoteric level Aikido taught practitioners to cultivate their internal ki and to aspire to become one with humanity and the universe.

In the 1950’s Harold Brosious created Ketsugo Jujitsu by combining his extensive knowledge of various systems of Jujitsu with concepts from Boxing, Wrestling, Judo, Aikido, Karate, and Hand-to-hand combat. Brosious taught Ketsugo Jujitsu to the Navy Frogmen who were the predecessors to the Navy Seals. Ketsugo Jujitsu advanced even further when martial arts phenom, Peter Freedman, developed an accelerated learning system for martial arts in the 1980’s. To this day many students and clients of Freedman’s system of Ketsugo Jujitsu often exclaim that Freedman opens up their minds and allows them to learn more about martial arts in a matter of months than they have learned studying martial arts for decades.

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Sensei David Weinberg, 3rd Degree Black Belt and Instructor of Freedman’s Method Ketsugo Jujitsu, Reiki Master, Certified Personal Trainer, and Integrative Flexibility Specialist
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