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As other people have said, the amount of grappling that TJF does varies massively from instructor to instructor. Having said that I've yet to hear about them training skills that are fundamental to grappling, such as shooting and sprawling. IMHO the grappling skills of the students at my local BJJ club are in a much higher league than the grappling skills of my local TJF instructors. If you want...

I will be joining a club affiliated with The Jitsu Foundation soon. It looks as though there will be plenty of competition opportunities for jiu jitsu in my area so I look forward to it.

The TJF is a large organisation, and is very controlled and hierarchical. Standards are consistent and relativly high. By shodan a student will be a pretty good fighter and will be an instructor, having taught a club for a year before being allowed to take a shodan grading. Dan level gradings are physicaly and mentally very tough. They can e.g. last a long time, involve live weapons, multimple ...

Quote: Originally Posted by Graham Saying all that it's not my cup of tea. The organisation dominates university jujutsu, and tends to have a strict status hierarchiy. The students seem to put up with instructors who think they are drill seargents. It's generally quite rare to see the status carry on to outside the class. On the ...

Hi does anyone here train at the jitsu club in Sandwich in Kent. It belongs to the Jitsu foundation. I was just wondering if anyone could reccomend it.

Also does anyone know of a ju jitsu club called shims way ju jitsu based in Dover. Thanks. ps. or could anyone reccomend a good ju jitsu club in the Folkestone,Dover,Canterbury area.

So is the general concensus of Jitsu that it's a very good self defence art, but not for grappling? (as said by Graham) I've been looking into my local jitsu club (time allowing) and was HOPING it's a very self defence oriented art. Would I be correct in assuming this?

Most Jitsu Foundation clubs are going to be a mix between traditional martial art + self defense. You should try a class and see how you like it.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wadey So is the general concensus of Jitsu that it's a very good self defence art, but not for grappling? (as said by Graham) I've been looking into my local jitsu club (time allowing) and was HOPING it's a very self defence oriented art. Would I be correct in assuming this? The ...

[quote=Inversion;1435124]The jitsu foundation is very good at what they do, but what they do is somewhat limited. Their main strategy if someone attacks them is to try and throw or lock the attacker, which apparently works some of the time. However there's a few limitations with this: their striking is nowhere near the equal of other arts that emphasise striking more; the compliant aspect to ...