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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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, jiujitsu]

Merriam Webster's

also jujutsu or jiujitsu noun Etymology: Japanese j?jutsu, from j? weakness, gentleness + jutsu art, skill Date: 1875 an art of weaponless fighting employing holds, throws, and paralyzing blows to subdue or disable an opponent

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jujutsu Ju"jut`su, n. Also Jujitsu Ju"jit`su, Jiujutsu Jiu"jut`su, Jiujitsu Jiu"jit`su [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 use of an opponent's strength and weight 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.