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Jujutsu 柔術
Jujutsu , literally meaning the "art of softness" or "way of yielding" is a collective name for Japanese martial artsstyles including unarmed and armed techniques. Jujutsu evolved among the samurai of feudal Japan as a method for defeating an armed and armored opponent without weapons. Due to the ineffectiveness of striking against an armored opponent, the most efficient methods for neutralizing an enemy took the form of pins, joint locks, and throws. These techniques were developed around the principle of using an attacker's energy against him, rather than directly opposing it.
There are many variations of the art, which leads to a diversity of approaches. Jujutsu schools may utilize all forms of grappling techniques to some degree (throwing,trapping, jointlocks, holds, gouging, biting, disengagements,stricking, and kicking). In addition to jujutsu, many schools taught the use of weapons.
Samurai 侍
Samurai is the term for the military nobility of pre-industreal Japan. "In Chinese, the character 侍 was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau. In both countries the terms were nominalized to mean "those who serve in close attendance to the nobility," the pronunciation in Japanese changing to saburai." According to Wilson, an early reference to the word Samurai appears in the kokinshu the first imperial anthology of poems, completed in the first part of the tenth century. By the end of the 12th century, saburai became synonymous with bushi almost entirely and the word was closely associated with the middle and upper echelons of the warrior class. The samurai followed a set of unwritten rules called the Bushido.
Ninja 忍者
In Japanese history, a ninja is a warriorspecially trained in a variety of unorthodox arts of war. These include assassination, espionage(Spying), scouting, and other martial arts.
The exact origin of the ninja is a matter of debate. There is some speculation of Chinese influence. It is known that ninja appeared in 14th century Japan, and remained active from the Kamakura to the Edo period.
Kunoichi くノ一
Kunoichi (くノ一) is the term for a female ninja or practitioner of ninjutsu.(ninjutsu, a form of martial arts fighting.)
