jujitsu

ju·jit·su also ju·jut·su or jiu·jit·su or jiu·jut·su  (j-jts)

n.

An art of weaponless self-defense developed in Japan that uses throws, holds, and blows and derives added power from the attacker's own weight and strength.

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[Japanese jjitsu : j, soft; see judo + jitsu, arts (from Middle Chinese zhwit).]

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jujitsu, jujutsu, jiujutsu [dʒuːˈdʒɪtsuː]

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Martial Arts (other than Judo & Karate) & Combat Sports) the traditional Japanese system of unarmed self-defence perfected by the samurai See also judo

[from Japanese, from jū gentleness + jutsu art]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

jujitsu - 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 jiujitsu, jujutsu martial art - any of several Oriental arts of weaponless self-defense; usually practiced as a sport; "he had a black belt in the martial arts" Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

Translations

jujitsu [dʒuːˈdʒɪtsʊ] N → jiu-jitsu m

jujitsu

n → Jiu-Jitsu nt

jujitsu [ˌdʒuːˈdʒɪtsuː] n → jujitsu m

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jujitsu [ˌdʒuːˈdʒɪtsuː] n → jujitsu m