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JUTSU
A Japanese suffix denoting 'skill' or 'art'. In martial terms it denotes classic combat weapons skills, for example, ken-jutsu; ju-jutsu, and so on.
Fighting method withthe bugel, arts of war,rather than with sporting or aesthetic values, which are generally linked to the do(way) methods developed in Japan after the mid-1 8th century. Some of the more popular were karate-jutsu, kenjutsu, aiki-jutso, and jujutsu; these were the antecedents of karate-do, kendo, aikido, and judo. Also spelled jitsu.
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