THE ORIGINS OF JU-JITSU IN FRANCE-CONTRIBUTION TO COMPARISON OF THE JAPANESE AND THE FRENCH BASED SYSTEMS, BASING ON LITERATURE OF THE TURN OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES Cover Image

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THE ORIGINS OF JU-JITSU IN FRANCE-CONTRIBUTION TO COMPARISON OF THE JAPANESE AND THE FRENCH BASED SYSTEMS, BASING ON LITERATURE OF THE TURN OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES

Author(s): Marcin Walendowicz, Wiesław Kisiel
Subject(s): Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Security and defense
Published by: Wyższa Szkoła Bezpieczeństwa Publicznego i Indywidualnego “Apeiron” w Krakowie
Keywords: Jiu-jitsu;french box;defense systems;martial arts;physical culture;

Summary/Abstract: The origins of Ju-jitsu is a breakthrough in France 1904/1905 year where there was a collision between two systems of combat: Japanese ju-jitsu and French boxing. The idea of Ju-Jitsu its entry into Europe began with the first historic show of fight in the London branch of the Bank of Tokyo, Takashima Shigahi 29 April 1892 year. With time wandering around Europe come to France and clashed with the strong native French boxing system having its rich historical past tradition dating seventeenth century. This is shown visually in print, in the second half of the nineteenth century, thanks to the ingenuity of Joseph Charlemont "father" of the French method of combat, cleverly combining several European systems into one coherent system based combat: English boxing, savate and stocks A careful analysis of its source, the nineteenth-century materials J. Charlemont, La Boxe Francaise father, Traite Theorikue et Pratiqe from 1877 and records the son of Ch. Charlemont Le Jiu-Jitsu en Europe au XVII siècle, La Vie au Grand Air in 1905 even gives a contribution to the overall comparison of pre-and systems-Japanese jujitsu, boxing French system, giving the possibility of a further, in-depth study of the historical and philosophical that such a rich range of issues.

  • Issue Year: 2/2013
  • Issue No: II
  • Page Range: 167-182
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish