The Last Traditional Jiujitsu in Indonesia

The original ancient Japanese martial art called jiujitsu that which was originally owned only by the samurai and the nobility at this time can be studied by the anyone, one of them in the country of Indonesia.

Jiujitsu traditional fighting techniques consist of dings, locks, punches, kicks, attacks the human weak points. In the traditional Jiujitsu no rules in combat, the goal is only one cripple and kill the opponent. So the cheating techniques included in training materials, such as eye gouges, kicking genitals, the hair and faulting at the joints - joints vital.

The technique is very effective to knock out your opponent quickly, so use a samurai sword jiujitsu when losing against their enemies. Traditional Jiujitsu techniques began to realize that the effectiveness of this technique was developed and spread all over the world in countries including Indonesia.


Traditional Jiujitsu was first established in Indonesia by Bp. Ferry Soneville in 1950 under the name Jiujitsu Club Indonesia (JCI). Bp. Soneville also assisted by Bp. M.A. Affendi and some other martial art expert at starting his college. This college until now (2007) is still active under the leadership of Bp. Prayitno, a senior Martial Arts who had long lived in Australia and studied under the guidance of Mr. Jan de Jong, a direct disciple of grandmaster Minoru Mochizuki.

JCI first established in Jakarta, to this growing twig as in Yogyakarta and Klaten. In 1960 and 1980 JCI had a heyday with many members. But starting early 1990 Martial - martial arts such as taekwondo, karate and kung fu began plumetted Indonesia. With the beauty of the beautiful art like taekwondo kicks began to attract public attention began to shift the position of Indonesia and JCI.

Finally, JCI began to decline in the organization, coupled with the emergence of a new stream that has mixed Jiujitsu local martial arts such as flow Iji (Jujutsu Institute of Indonesia). Stream - the new stream with a different technique to more traditional JCI as a new flow is already in the mix mortar with local martial arts and created a competitive sports.

Then coupled with Royce Gracie (Brazlian Jiujitsu) won the UFC, Jiujitsu Traditional increasingly displaced. Because the more people know it is a ground fighting Jiujitsu. Whereas in the traditional stand up and ground must be balanced for the master to the battle.

Currently JCI especially in Yogyakarta only a few scholars who still hang of it. I worry that someday this country Jiujitsu Traditional Indonesia is no longer his successor. Therefore, let us as martial artists care for this ancient fighting technique that is not extinct ...

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