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Show HANDS AND FEET are the only students and waiting for a foot to Inlands amidl Some fight with guns, some with knives, and some without any weapons at all except for their hands and feet. Ju-Jitsu is a system of fighting without weapons. The object is to cripple or possibly kill the antagonist. an-tagonist. The modern sport of judo is derived from it. The origin of ju-jitsu can be found in the distant days of Japanese history. The Kojiki, 8th century, gives an account of a fight to death between two mythical demigods. This fight Is claimed by both ju-jitsu and sumo (a Japanese form of wrestling, closely linked with Shinto in the past) to be the origin of all barehand fighting and wrestling systems in Japan today. From the middle of the 12th century cen-tury to about 1600 was an age of warriors war-riors and almost continuous warfare between the many clans throughout Japan. The warrior was a kept man, whose sole purpose in life was to fight for his lord. The samurai (warrior) ; c a c-i r? weapons for these martial arts greet his hand is Ivan Gardiner, class developed and mastered the many forms of fighting with the sword, knife, spear, bow and arrows and with bare hands to prepare for an occasion when the warrior would have to- fight without the aid of weapons. An early form of barehanded fighting was known as Kumiuchi. Little Lit-tle is known about it except that it consisted of some forms of holds with blows from the hands and feet. The technique was passed on to the masters' pupils; the best of them in turn opened their own schools. Ju-jitsu is a name, which covers many systems of fighting, each school having its own jealously kept secret principles and specializing in particular methods against the sword, spear and knife or against another barehanded fighter. Ju-jitsu's Ju-jitsu's peak was in the 17th and 18th centuries during the period of peace enforced by the Tokugawa family, who forcibly closed off Japan from X, v . ' v. jr left, at Uintah High School in Vernal. fieell the rest of the world for about 250 years. Some influence came from China in the form of Kempo in the middle of the 17th century, but it is doubtful whether this greatly influenced in-fluenced the later development of ju-jitsu. ju-jitsu. Japan underwent a remarkable transformation from a completely feudal society to an industrial one during the next 50 years following the entry into Tokyo bay of U.S. Commodore Com-modore M.C. Perry in 1854. The samurai were officially abolished as a class during the great upheaval. Jigoro Kano, who studied in several of the ju-jitsu schools, decided it would be a great loss if all the martial arts were to disappear, founded in 1882, his own school, known as Kodokan Judo. He made his system entirely a sport, and it could be practiced by anyone with the maximum of benefit and the minimum risk of injury. J aire only weapons Judo is a fast, aggressive sport. Its techniques can be grouped into standing stan-ding techniques (throws) and groundwork techniques (holds, arm locks and neck locks). A win in a contest is scored by throwing the opponent with force, intention in-tention and control so both his feet leave the mat or by holding him on his back, under control, for 30 seconds; a submission is obtained by locking the elbows or applying pressure to the sides of the neck by means of the wrists. The contest lasts from 5 to 20 minutes, depending upon the status of the match concerned. Standards of skill for both sexes are shown by the color of the belt, which is worn by the competitor. The standards are divided into two main sections: kyu, which means student and dan or leader. Judo expanded rapidly. It was adopted by the Japanese ministry of education for use in all schools' sports t i -1 f ito r MARTIAL ARTS instructor Jeff Taniguchi, left, demonstrates the proper way to attack an opponent with the hands during a class in the Uintah High School wrestling room. programs. All government services soon followed suit. It was an established part of the Japanese sporting life by the 1930s. The sport began to spread to other countries, but a larger international expansion took place after World War II. Virtually Vir-tually every country in the world had its judo association affiliated to the International Judo federation with its headquarters in Tokyo by the 1960s. There are world championships as well as many other international competitions at various levels including in-cluding Pan-American and Olympic games. Only in systems of Aikido and Karate can be seen the shadows of the old ju-jitsu methods. Aikido is a system of self -defense founded in the Hth century and is closely linked now with judo because of some very similar basic principles. Karate is a system of barehanded, offensive fighting founded in Okinawa in the 17th century. The training basically entasis severe hardening of body extremities-hands, fists, elbows, feet, heels, knees, etc.. by repeatedly linking solid materials, posts, walls, land. In this way these toughened parti become weapons end are I capable of smashing or maiming an opponent. Originally, karate (empty hand) is known to have been developed by the unarmed populace as a method of attack at-tack on and defense against, armed Japanese aggressors in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, based on techniques devised from the 6th century Chinese art of Chuan-fa ( Kempo ). It was transmitted to Japan in Die 1920s by Funakoshi Gichin, the founder of modern karate, this method of combat com-bat was further refined and organized organiz-ed into a sport with competitive rules. Shotokan, Wado-ryu. Gojuryu. Shito-ryu and Kyokushinkai are the five major schools of karate in Japan. Each school places a different emphasis on speed and power, The military form of Tae kwan-do with 9 dans is a former sporting form of karate. Kur.g fu is believed to have originated In Nepal or Tibet but was adopted within Chinese temples vs. India. A Community School Program of martial art (i being taught bv Jvff Taniguchi at t'inlah ll.Kh .hool, Taniguchi U a teacher at I'mUh H :gh School. i |