Jiujitsu

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jujutsu \Ju"jut`su\, Jujitsu \Ju"jit`su\, Jiujutsu \Jiu"jut`su\,
  Jiujitsu \Jiu"jit`su\ n. [Jap. j[=u]jutsu; j[=u] soft (prob.
     because no weapons are used) + jutsu art.]
     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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jiujitsu \jiujitsu\ n. [Jap., soft technique.]
     a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed
     in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by
     clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength.
  
     Syn: jujitsu, jiujutsu, jujutsu.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jiujitsu
       n : a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed
           in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by
           clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength
           [syn: {jujutsu}, {jujitsu}]