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2. The creation oljudo is commemorat- 3. Techniques of the Tenshin Shin'yo School ofjujutsu
are one of the sources ofjudo techniques.
ed by a memorial stone in the garden of
the Eishoji.
into a complex art taught by the masters of a number of schools.
In my youth I studied jujutsu under many eminent masters. Their vast
knowledge, the fruit of years of diligent research and rich experience, was of
great value to me. At that time, each man presented his art as a collection of
techniques. None perceived the guiding principle behind jujutsu. When I
encountered differences in the teaching of techniques, I often found myself
at a loss to know which was correct. This led me to look for an underlying
principle in jujutsu, one that applied when one hit an opponent as well as
when one threw him. After a thorough study of the subject,I discerned an
all-pervasive principle: to make the most efficient use of mental and physical
energy. With this principle in mind, I again reviewed all the methods of
attack and defense I had learned, retaining only those that were in accordance
with the principle. Those not in accord with it I rejected, and in their
place I substituted techniques in which the principle was correctly applied.
The resulting body of technique, which I namedjudo to distinguish it from
its predecessor, is what is taught at the Kodokan.
The wordsjujutsu andjudo are each written with two Chinese characters.
The ju in both is the same and means "gentleness" or "giving way." The
meaning of jutsu is "art, ptactice," and do means "principle" or "way," the
Way being the concept of life itself. Jujutsu may be translated as "the gentle
art," judo as "the Way of gentleness," with the implication of hrst giving way
to ultimately gain victory. The Kodokan is, literally, "the school for studying
the Way." As we shall see in the next chapter, judo is more than an art of
attack and defense. It is a way of life.
To understand what is meant by gentleness or givingway,letus say a man
is standing before me whose strength is ten, and that my own strength is but
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