KANO JUJITSU

That ain't no typo! According to John Danaher in his introduction to MASTERING JUJITSU, jiu-jitsu, jiujitsu, jujitsu, and ju-jutsu were all widely-used and accepted anglicizations of the Japanese term at the time when Jigoro Kano incorporated his art. And, as the common practice at the time was for a martial arts instructor to name his school and NOT the style of martial art taught there (all martial arts schools at the time were "jiujitsu" schools, i.e. Goju Ryu jujitsu, Nanba Ippo-ryū jujutsu, etc.), many people simply disregarded the term "Judo" and instead referred to the style taught at the Kodokan as Kano jujitsu. 

It is interesting to note that it was this same phenomenon at work when Carlos Gracie Sr., endeavoring to open a school teaching the style he had been taught by Mitsuyo Maeda, opened the original Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy (Jiu-Jitsu being the common anglicization of the term in Brazil at that time), meaning a Jiu-Jitsu Academy run by the Gracies, and NOT an academy teaching a style known as Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. It was only later, through the influence of many pioneers including Helio Gracie, and the constant refinement demanded by Vale Tudo contests and endless randori, that a style began to emerge from Maeda's teachings that was specific to the Gracie Clan.

A tree was planted in Tokyo in 1882, and today we Jiujiteiros lie in its shade, swing from its branches, eat its fruit. It is with profound gratitude to Master Jigoro Kano that we offer this design.

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