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Recently changing its name from the Judo Club to the Liberty Scientific Self-Defense Association, a new class in the manly, if somewhat Japanese, art of jiu-jitsu has proved successful enough to keep functioning for the rest of the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Work of Judo Club To Continue Rest of Year | 12/18/1941 | See Source »

...fact, jiu-jitsu is the only sport that teaches the real art of self-defense," said Gardiner. "Boxing and wrestling have degenerated into games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Work of Judo Club To Continue Rest of Year | 12/18/1941 | See Source »

...noted for their painlessness, the Japanese require all school children to learn jiu-jitsu. Almost all members of the Nipponese naval and armed forces are skilled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Work of Judo Club To Continue Rest of Year | 12/18/1941 | See Source »

...third week a course in jiu-jitsn, or judge as this Oriental method of self-defense is also called, is being conducted by Arthur R. Menzies 1G in the Indoor Athletic Building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COURSE IN JIU-JITSU IS OFFERED BY GRADUATE | 2/20/1940 | See Source »

...calls jiu-jitsu "aesthetic dancing" because the contestants move in rhythm, keeping in step. "A wrestler won't keep in step; he'll change his attack. And a jiu-jitsu man cannot work unless his opponent agrees to keep in step...

Author: By Joseph P. Lyford, | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER ? | 2/16/1939 | See Source »

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