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Goshinryu Jujitsu

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Shihan Brown put all the great techniques in one book and provides thought provoking insights into self-defense.
Realistic and to the point.

I have never had the art Self Defense explained to me so pefectly. Although Shihan recommends newcomers to seek instruction, a begginer would walk away from this book with a definite mental base in Self Defense. It's Jujitsu made easy!!!

This book is a compact manual of self-defense jiujitsu. It is naturally ordered into a realistic pattern by defense-priority and combat-range -- towards self-defense applications. As the author states, it covers neo-classical techniques -- proven in modern application. In particular, some of the author's practical experience has involved dealing with various belligerent folks in Jacksonville, North Carolina, nearby Camp Lejeune -- a main USA Marine base -- as well as other real-life encounters in security situations.

Yet, the actual named techniques are stated to originate in Old Japan -- with other experience of the author blended-in. In particular, I note the consistant usage of a Bando Snow Tiger guard with semi-facing and side-facing Karate stances. Like positions occur in many proven self-defense oriented martial arts -- and re-discovered in recent mixed martial arts full-contact sparring. In addition, the few Karate-like strikes chosen are practical ones with many applications.

There are similar modest ordered groups of grappling techniques -- throws, holds, locks and chokes -- some of which appear to be Judo-like. Judo, itself, derives from older Jujutsu, and was newly proven on streets and battle-fields -- even against other Jujutsu styles -- before the more recent sports-competition point-winning phase. It is not by chance that armed forces, security and police [world-wide] have consistantly picked "Combat Judo" for self-defense, control and arrest.

The whole style of "Goshinryu Jujitsu", appears to be much like part of the "Taiho-Jutsu" of the modern Japanese Self-Defense Forces and Police -- which, itself, is [mostly] a similar blend of combat-proven neo-classical Jujutsu. This is a fine un-pretentious book on victory-via-adapting +++

The techniques described are too heavily influenced by judo & karate to be true jujitsu but its still a worthwhile read.