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Jiu-Jitsu
Alberta Self Defence has descended directly from Goshin-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu so here is some background information. Goshin-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu is composed of 5 Japanese words - Go, Shin, Ryu, Jiu and Jitsu. As with many Japanese words these have many translations, since the meaning of Japanese words often depends on the situation they are used in. Go means the five virtues of a warrior, according to Bushido. It also represents the five steps to a technique, which are - Exit or Talk, Distract, Move in, Take down and Hold down. Lastly it can be interpreted as hard techniques or movements. Shin when combined with Go, creates "Self-Defence". Ryu is a term used to indicate a style or lineage. Jiu is often translated as "Gentle" or "Pliable" and Jitsu to "art". These two word when put together, become the "Way of Flexibility" just as Go and Jiu, when put together become the blending of hard and soft Movements When all of these words are put together, they come to mean "The blending of Hard and Soft, Flexible, Self-Defence Techniques". The Goshin-Ryu Jiu-Jitsu Kanji - To understand the Kanji we must first define the term: Kanji are characters that correspond to a word and by combining these characters, more words are created.
The Kanji here consists of five characters and a Symbol. The top two characters mean Jiu-Jitsu and the lower three mean Bushido. The symbol is the central figure and carries many meanings, the first being the blending of "In" and "Yo".
As some may know, the In-Yo is the Japanese counterpart to Yin-Yang (characters shown as opposites eternally chasing one another). However, where Yin and Yang are always in harmony, in balance. the Japanese believe that light is always greater than dark (as indicated by the dark circle being smaller than the light circle. Here however, In and Yo have merged, representing the coming together of opposing aspects, much as there are opposing aspects within our art which come together to create a technique (for example compression and extension - Opposite principles, yet when combined they create a joint lock, both principles necessary for the end result). Now blended, the traditional black and white combine to become Red - The colour of both joy and anger in the East, life and danger in the West. The symbol consists of five points of intersection, a visual reference to the meaning of "Go". Finally, this symbol can be traced to the founder of our system, Sensei Kevin D. Lintott, as he is the one who created it and defined it's multiple meanings. It has become part of the Lintott history and much as a family crest is the visual representation of one's roots, this is a visual representation of our School's founder and Chief Instructor.
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