Japanese martial art that utilizes a large variety of techniques in defense against an opponent
It depends for its efficiency largely upon the principle of making use of an opponent's strength and weight to disable or injure him, and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a joint, etc
It opposes knowledge and skill to brute strength, and demands an extensive practical knowledge of human anatomy
The Japanese art of self- defense without weapons, now widely used as a system of physical training
a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength