jitsu denotes jutsu spelled wrong by foreigners.
a japanese word "spelled wrong" in english.. the irony.
jitsu denotes jutsu spelled wrong by foreigners.
a japanese word "spelled wrong" in english.. the irony.
a japanese word "spelled wrong" in english.. the irony.
gaidojutsu
gai - chicken, slang for prostitute.
gaijin - foreigner
do - way
jutsu - technique, method, skill, trick
so,
looking at it in the right would be.
Way of the Foreigner, using jutsu as an additive in order of increasing conspicuousness
or
The Fighting Way of the Foreigner,
using jutsu to describe fighting in general.
yeah, heh.
It's just a difference in the romanisation. eg. jiu-jitsu = jujutsu.
It's also kinda funny how judo is always spelled with a "ju" in english but jiu-jitsu is (almost) always spelled with a "jiu" even though they're the same syllable in japanese.
although if gaidojutsu is supposed to be correctly worded, it would either have to drop the -jutsu or -do. and more properly swap -jutsu- with -jitsu, which denotes a combat-oriented fighting system, while -do denotes a philosophical based fighting system
My favorite will always be Ju-Box-Fu. Really.
iirc the spelling "Jiu" was first done by the gracies to make sure that people would know that it's their jiu jitsu. AFAIK, no one used Jiu before the gracies.
Hey do you speak Japanese?
That's weird... in Chinese, "gai" also means chicken and is a slang for prostitute.
iirc the spelling "Jiu" was first done by the gracies to make sure that people would know that it's their jiu jitsu. AFAIK, no one used Jiu before the gracies.
I have some infos of Gaidojutsu.
It is created in 1992 by Greg Jackson. He once practiced traditional arts like Aikido, Taekwondo, Judo, etc. His parents encouraged him to do Aikido which they thought of it as a "peaceful art." However, Greg kept fighting with thugy kids in neighborhood who are mostly spanish and are good at boxing. He said he mostly ended up boxing or grappling with them. He complained to his mom that no one would grab is wrists in street fight, thus Aikido being useless. He then tried wrestling and found that wrestling is an effective style. As mentioned, he opened his school in 1992, teaching Gaidojutsu- combination of wrestling with basic judo locks. The then incorporated other styles like kickboxing. After 1993, he realized that bjj is effective, thus studied it to incorporate that as well. MMA itself also had impact on further upgrading Gaidojutsu. Greg Jackson intended this to be self defense system, but his students kept fighting in mma events and such. Up to 2000, he taught commoners and law enforcement officials. Then he turned his school into MMA school-Jacksons Submission Fighting.
He wrote a book with techinique photos. Recommending everyone to check it out.