The term “jujutsu (jiu-jitsu) appeared in Japan in the XVI century as a general name for all types of close combat without weapons and so-called” apprentice “weapons. It consists of two words. The word “ju” means “soft, flexible, pliant, malleable,” and “jutsu” is translated as “technique, a way.” So, jiu-jitsu is a soft, pliable, or technique “. It is not about exchanging gentle caresses. Techniques Jiu-Jitsu what may seem anything but soft or nezhnymi.Ponyatie gentleness is to be understood so that the master gives the onslaught of the enemy until, until he turns into a trap, and then draws the action enemy against it. Explaining the main principle of Jiu-Jitsu: “to go to win,” teachers have resorted to such expressions as that “branch bent under the weight of snow so far, while not throw it,” and that “flexible willow straightens after the storm, and the mighty oak is defeated. (more…)