About Us

We train in Ikiyōyō Ryu Bujutsu which is rooted in traditional Jujitsu and Bujitsu. These are the combat arts of ancient Japan.

(Jujitsu is also sometimes spelled: Jiujitsu, Jiu-jitsu, ju-jitsu, ju-jutsu or jujutsu and with older names like: kumiuchi, taijutsu, yawara, wajutsu, yawarajutsu and  torite),

These combat arts include a wide range of:

• striking,

• locking,

• kicking

• and throwing techniques.

We also learn to use traditional weapons like:

• the katana,

• bo,

• jo,

and

• hanbo.

The club in Chorlton was founded in 2000 by Jacob Kyoshi. He was a newly qualified black belt then, but he is now an 8th Dan. Jacob had studied jujitsu and bujutsu as well as having a background in karate and tanbo jutsu. He is also a qualified teacher.

Jujitsu 柔術, (or Ju Jitsu, or Jiu Jitsu, or Jujutsu ~ take your pick) can be translated in many ways: flexible, supple, or yielding method/technique/art might be the most appropriate. It is mostly associated with unarmed techniques (or those using smaller or secondary weapons)

Bujitsu 武術 (or Bujutsu) means military method/technique/art “The term refers to specialisations of the combat arts developed prior to 1600 primarily practised  by the military class (bushi or samurai) for the battlefield to kill other professional warriors. Techniques were brutal, straight-forward and effective, tested and refined through centuries of battlefield experience.”1

Bujutsu and Jujitsu are “Jitsu”, all about the science and practicality of combat rather than the more meditative “Do” forms, which are more interested in sport applications or spiritual practice. So, for example we train in Iaijutsu (the art of drawing and killing with the sword) rather than Iaido (the practice of attaining spiritual harmony through the perfection of the drawing of the sword) The techniques may seem similar, but the attitude and  practical emphasis are different.

1 from Bujitsu by Christopher Caile Fighting Arts.com