Thank you Jesse! It was a pleasure and an honour having you over. You are a very gifted martial artist and you are doing a great job. Looking forwards meeting you again. All the best.
What a wonderful video. Thank you very much, Eriksson Sensei and Jesse Sensei. The explanation of so many different principles and your demonstration of them in multiple ways is so clear, logical, and inviting. Your intent to educate and not obfuscate is so apparent and appreciated and also matches Jesse's generous approach through his videos across many different arts and styles. The concepts you shared are somewhat familiar yet new at the same time, and your teaching style is concurrently articulate, respectful, powerful, and safe for your partner. Truly masterful and also extremely impressive and compelling. Finally, as a teacher who often utilizes analogies, I greatly appreciate the analogies you utilize to introduce the principles of Yagyu Shingan Ryu and found them exceptionally helpful in bringing concepts to life. Deep respect for what you have both shared here. Thank you. Dan
Thank you Per for showing how a instructor/trainer/sensei truly should act and behave. It's inspiring and wish I lived closer to you (I live close to Kristiansand in Norway). I have been training Jiu-Jitsu International for a lifetime now, together with Karate, and lately some BJJ as well.
I've always wanted to see you do a video on traditional Japanese Jujutsu. Its so rare to find anyone talking about it anymore. You have contributed so much to the martial arts and even though you are dangerous, you smile a lot and you are so humble. Thank you Jesse!
@dusty_dietrich I hope Jesse will do a Judo Vid with the new updated rules. Also would love to hear Oliver thinks of Judo trying to go back to the roots.
I'm so proud of you, Jesse. When Sensei Per Eriksson mentioned the scene in the Karate Kid in Okinawa, I know it must've taken great mental fortitude for you to not mention that it is the birthplace of Karate. Seriously though, great video. Japanese Ju-Jutsu is my favourite martial art, but it's so hard to find schools that teach it these days!
So proud of Sensei Per! He's my teacher & is as humble & open hearted as he comes across in the video :) If you have the opportunity to train in Sweden applications open up 8th of January!
I accidentally ended up in a Japanese JJ school thinking it was BJJ. My second class was striking and I had a brown belt in shotokan and it was awesome to realize I had 33% of the art down lol. Throws, striking, submissions, self defense. It has a bit of everything, now I'm about to grade for my brown belt in JJ after many years of training.
He was great at explaining and demonstrating things, including the importance of footwork. It was interesting how he had to pull up his hakama to show his foot positioning, hakama are well designed to conceal exactly that.
With the exception of large demonstrations held in Japan, there are few videos that specifically introduce the techniques of this style that originated in the northeast region, so even for me as a Japanese person, I found this very interesting.
Jesse, this is one of the best videos you've ever done. Sensei Per Eriksson is so well-spoken and knowledgeable, he reminds me of my old sensei, too. Traditional ju-jutsu is one of those martial arts that's less popular today, but I think unlike some other arts that we will not name, I think it remains one of the most brutally effective martial arts for actual self-defence. So much so, that it's quite inappropriate for the ring (by itself). I wish I had continued training this style.
So hard to find good video about traditional Jujutsu Brutally effective indeed, since it was develop and enhanced in battlefield and if not use proper could mean death
Yes, but actually no. No doubt sensei Eriksson is incredibly knowledgeable and maybe with his level of training he could pull off this style, but I’m pretty sure his students that only do this type of training and without dedicating their life to it, are terrible fighters. No doubt they are good martial artists, but terrible fighters. I have yet to see a style that produced fighters without proper pressure testing. I also have no doubt that these techniques and principles are legit, but maybe due to my narrow mind, i don’t see them being used effectively in a fight against an uncooperative and aggressive opponent. If you already know how to fight (e.g., trained in a combat sport that has sparring in its culture), then you can make some of these work because you know how to handle aggression. My 2 cents, as someone who studied in a traditional ju jitsu school (1st Dan) and then started exploring combat sports (boxing, kickboxing, mma, judo, bjj). All the best!
As a practitioner of muga mushin ryu ju jitsu, I wanted to say thank you for making this video. It is so rare to see japanese jj, and I think it is such a great martial art. The style I practice is slightly different, and I have been lucky enough to be taught by teachers who take a "modern", practical approach to the style. The style seen in the video is still cool, and it's great to see ju jitsu getting attention!!
To build on that, the style our school is a descendent of is juko ryu, which has no grandmaster and focuses on adaptation and evolution of the style while still keeping ideas mentioned in the video. Many teachers (including my own) will have also trained other martial arts and use that knowledge to apply to ju jitsu. Some of my teachers are police and ex paratroopers and use these experiences to adapt the martial art to suit them.
@@martincharnley3288 World Jujitsu Federation? There's a Mushin Jujitsu club in Northern Ireland, one of the affiliated clubs with WJJF Ireland. Also, the Northern Ireland Taijutsu Association branched off from that.
Well, as a decades long Hapkido practitioner, I can certainly see the extreme similarities of this style with regard to the techniques that we called “self defense” techniques. This video was a joy to watch and the techniques beautifully executed with insightful explanations. I also appreciate how this instructor demonstrated the difficulties relating to “full speed “pressure testing” of many techniques. We have many injuries even without what is considered pressure testing these days. And, people cannot go to work with dislocated or broken bones. Thank you so much for not only this video, but all of your videos. They are often the highlight of my day.
I studied Japanese jujutsu. Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu and Yagyu Shigan Ryu, as my main arts are BJJ and Muay Thai, MMA. I studied them to find the origins of jujutsu. Yagyu Shigan Ryu is a mixed martial art by itself, it has such a unique fluidity in striking, heavy, unusual, and rich in volume that it is kinda shocking, considering is jujutsu. The sumo-like wrestling practice was crucial. The stance in Yagyu, the element of fudoshin (immovable spirit/mind) comes from the body for real, it's the basis of wrestling as an internal part. It is the equivalent of the freestyle, roman, folk style we do in the West. All samurai walked this path in the age of great wars. When you disconnect jujutsu from this internal part, becomes ineffective. So they had live resistance training back then. The veterans of the battle just showed the younger inexperienced samurai some "paths" based on their experience in the battlefield to the others. Then the schools started to show up, years later. Like the Okinawan masters mostly didn't spar karate techniques, they likely hadn't this kind of tradition, but they had the tradition of wrestling tegumi, even for fun, all the time, like Yasutsune Azato and Yasutsune Itosu liked to do. So the body mechanics were there, the basis of the fight principles, resistance, the physics. Then kata and bunkai and conditioning, hojo undo, weight training and kata bunkai were sufficient without getting injured by the dangerous techniques. People now try to do these martial arts without the sumo, wrestling, tegumi, etc, and karate with kata is "moves" only, nihon jujutsu is for display, for cultural exhibitions. But if you do wrestling, sumo, or bjj they are effective again. It's the missing element. And striking and grappling arts for traditional martial arts is a misconception, they are mixed. Kung fu, karate, Muay Boran etc, we remove elements and tend to focus on specific parts of the arts and then they become "striking" and "grappling".
I think that by producing content like this you're doing a considerable service not only to the martial arts community, but to the general public as well. Videos like these not only a great introduction to budo and bujitsu philosophy, but a good primer for Japanese art and history as well. I'm sure many people have seen paintings and woodcuts of samurai holding their hands in "funny positions"; now we have a context for the "why" of it. Keep up the great stuff!
I mentioned your channel to my sensei and he said he actually met your father and 150% endorses your content. Small world huh. Keep doing what you’re doing! Hopefully one day our paths will cross
Such a great video! I’m a current student of Sensei Per and can’t recommend the school and the program enough. So many elements of YSr are applicable to every day life; internal strength, posture, and being solid while remaining soft and adaptable. It’s also a very impressive and beautiful martial art!
Har ni normalt hakama på er när ni tränar, eller var det enkom för videon? Det kändes lite knepigt att en stil med så'nt fokus på fötter och ben för positionering och balans döljer lärarens ben, så det blir svårare för eleverna att se vad som händer.
Jesse, I agree with everyone’s comments - impressive video of an impressive instructor with an impressive student. I’d like to make a request for a future video. You have profiled and trained with masters of so many varied disciplines ranging from street fighting to sport oriented styles to lesser-known traditional styles. I think a great video topic would be for you to share what you’ve learned from these experiences. I think many viewers would like to know: How has your training changed? Which techniques/styles have you adopted? How has your personal philosophy towards martial arts changed? Which of your experiences were most impactful to you personally and why? What lessons and insights can you share with us after all of these experiences? Thanks for the video and keep up the great work!
Nothing in martial arts has caught my attention like this has! This is the best demonstration and explanation of martial arts I’ve ever seen! If I had money, I would move to where this sensei is and never leave!
I'm not the guy from the video, but I love Japanese Jujutsu. There might be something similar where you live. Tell me the city and I will look for it, free of charge :)
My old Sensei also used the willow analogy. He also translated "ju" with "soft", but added that soft must also be firm - very much the way you hold a valuable piece of china, soft, as not to brake it, yet firm as not to drop it. BTW: Thanks for many inspiring and thoughtful videos.
Just from listening to the way your old sensei described , he found something very valuable, but perhaps it is not something that could easily be passed on with words.
I find that the translation of 'ju' as soft is biased by its use in opposition to 'go', which is often interprested as 'hard'. I was first offered the translation of 'ju' as 'suppleness' by my sword teachers and the willow example was used to highlight first the flexibility of the branch that allowed it to "go with" the attack of the wind, then the opportunity created by the stored energy to "oppose" the wind and strike back (rather than simply bend then break). 'ju' was explained as this whole ability (to change and adapt) rather than simply being soft (the opposite of hard). Taking this line one can then reinterpret 'go' as the 'inflexible' and 'resisting' nature. Jiu-jitsu is not about being soft, but rather being reflexive and adaptive, taking what is given and giving it back in a focused way (just as Eriksson sensei demonstrated in the shoulder push and responsive strike exercise) and to my limited understanding of karate, this is also it's place in styles such as Goju ryu. I'm sure Jesse can enlighten us better on its correct interpretation in karate.
Timestamps 00:05 - Exploring the ancient Yagyu Shingan Ryu jiujitsu style's unique techniques. 03:15 - Focus on self-awareness and energy connection in Ju-Jutsu. 06:09 - Understanding body mechanics is essential for both self-defense and healing. 09:03 - Understanding body mechanics in Yagyu Shingan Ryu enhances effectiveness in martial arts. 11:50 - Learned techniques for standing and defending in Ju-Jutsu. 14:40 - Ju-Jutsu emphasizes body structure and control over brute strength. 17:05 - Comparing traditional Japanese styles with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu highlights key differences and learning opportunities. 19:18 - The training emphasizes body movement regardless of weaponry. 21:45 - Understanding the importance of internal strength and balance in Ju-Jutsu training. 24:24 - Understanding the principles of Ju-Jutsu and its connection to body movement. 27:08 - Training in Yagyu Shingan Ryu focuses on fluid movement and balance. 29:56 - Training concludes, inviting serious students to join full-time Jiujitsu.
Jesse you are a very wise man finding the true arts without the prejudices most stylists fear in the belief they’ll lose their students. This gentleman is a true teacher thank you to introducing him to a larger audience. Please keep up your good work
It is always gratifying to see how Jesse interacts with an expert in a style different from his own. Always with respect and an extremely didactic approach, even with his combat experience, he manages to ask questions without being arrogant or belittling the other style.
But you can do good quality only with limited students, that is why the jeed kune do schools or good kung fu schools usually only take limited numbers either
it was forgotten, but I got taught atemi before the throw from my instructor and I passed it down to my kids. and I modified it to do some throws in Kumikata, punching the face, push the collarbone, push the neck or anything can be pushed like a punch to get the Kuzushi.
@@TheNEOverse Always a macho man on here🙄 it’s the man in art not the art!! All combat and martial arts have merits!! Try that on Judo Gene Lebell or Yamashita!!
@@idenmajeed1396 I said Judo Atemi-waza. As in Judo striking techniques. I do Judo and compete in it, I respect the art for what it is. What it ain’t is a complete fighting style or even anything worth a damn in striking. My worst Judo lesson was when the coach decided to show us Judo Chops lol.
As a practitioner of a classical Japanese martial art or Koryu Bujutsu, I was very impressed by not only the knowledge of the instructor but Jesse's respect and mature approach to listening and learning what the instructor had to offer. It is this approach to cross training that strengthens our martial arts community. Well done.
This is a wonderful video, and so generous of Eriksson Sensei to share so much of Yagyu Shingan Ryu with Enkamp Sensei and the world. I recognize some of the tanren, which are in the system I study as well. YSR as it is practiced by Eriksson Sensei and his dojo, is the embodiment of how Koryu should be preserved and perpetuated. Thank you.
One like is not enough to distinguish this video! As a lifelong practitioner of Aikido Yoshinkan, I see many similarities with Yagyu Shingan Ryu, as the roots are the same. I really enjoyed watching it! Thanks a lot! OSU!
The whole discussion of pressure tested is something more people need to talk about. This guy is obviously an exceptional teacher with great insight. This was a great video Jesse! Thank you for the content.
I am doing my third year with Per Sensei. The best thing I have done in life. You dont need any prior knowledge of Jujutsu or martial arts. Everyone is welcome! I recommend everyone to consider it.
Thank you Jesse for giving us the opportunity to have a look on this old school, wich both Kano and Ueshiba Sensei did eventually learn. It helps to better understand the evolution of Shin Budo or modern martial arts. I had only witnessed enbu and the problem is, when one don't have the explanation (bunkai), one cannot have an insight of these schools. Now, after this video, it helps a lot to understaand waht could have been playing a role on the process of evolution wich gave at the end the modern Aikido, especially when one have also a deeper comprehension of the Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu. Tak !
I would scrub this teachers dojo for months just to train with him. Gentle instructions, description of why, and an empathetic breakdown of why. Worth millions
Humility and empathy are the way. My Sensei (JJJ) is a kind man who teaches through patience and love; He is also very skilled and I have utmost respect for him. Shihan Eriksson reminded me of my own teacher.
When at 20:00 you mentioned about getting to the bathroom before putting on the Hakama you made me laugh so hard. Because when I used to practice traditional Ju Jutsu in a Koryu too, I had to give a demonstration with my Sensei at a local martial arts event. I wore the Hakama, I got ready but… They delayed everything by an hour. I went for a Cappuccino in the meantime and DAMN! That was a mistake. The rest of the story comprehends a bathroom with a broken door and some weird acrobatic skills, so it needs a friendly meet and a few beers to be told.
I'm humbled and amazed by his skills and how he's able to explain and show why you should do this or that, and what works and what's not going to work. I would so love to train for him for a year or two to catch up on the similarities and differences to the style of ju-jutsu I've been training. A true delight to watch this episode. Thanks, Jesse and Per! 👌
Just wanted to thank both sensei jesse and sensei eriksson for this amazing video. Jesse always delivers an honest and humble approach to every discipline he shows and displays the behaviour of a truly martial artist. Sensei eriksson looks the embodiment of a true old school master, humble and wise. Thanks a lot you both
Wonderful video! I would love to have the opportunity to try traditional Ju Jutsu at least once in my life... It's almost impossible to find it outside Japan or Sweden! Good luck to both of you; you're all doing a great job. Congrats from 🇵🇹 and 🇧🇷
Think this is one of your best videos, Great to see traditional jujitsu content and Sensei Per Eriksson sounds like a font of knowledge and a expert in his craft. Would love to see more of this.
Thank you for finally doing some traditional Koryu jujutsu, as a life long karateka and a Shindo Yoshin Ryu practitioner this was a true complete pleasure to watch and saw many principals that parallels the style I practice... Sensei Eriksson is so skilled, he understands body dynamics, and connection on such a deep level. This is undoubtedly the best video you have ever done!
Jesse - Congratulations on your series and bringing excellent teachers like Sensei Eriksson to our attention. Your openness to learn and explore is admirable. After 55 years of training/teaching, I am rarely impressed with most so-called 'Masters'. On the other hand, you continue to source out outstanding practitioners we can all admire. Well done!
What has always intrigued me about basically all systems, a thing that gets highlighted by your surveying so many, is the shared vocabulary/concepts. Things like being hard/soft, body alignment for your power or opponent manipulation, etc... It is easiest to notice when you cross compare many systems from a single country because the metaphors and analogies tend to be shared but each system takes a foundational concept and filters this shared vocabulary through their perspective and it leads to wildly different techniques and training methods. The sensei here spoke/taught in a way that very much reminded me of my old Shorin Ryu sensei but from the outside looking in, a casual observer would say those are very different martial arts. But to circle back to an analogy you use all the time, it is ultimately just many different starting points all on the same mountain.
Such a nice video format. It is so nice to just watch a private lesson given by a grandmaster to another professionell martial artist. No big edits et cetera. Love this kind of video so much. You can get so much insights
I have been waiting for classical Jujutsu, and it was worth the wait. This teacher is dropping so much diamonds (information). Sport martial arts has dominated too much of the self defence spectrum; sports martial arts has its place.
I practice Japanese Jiu Jitsu Yoseikan Aikido, Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu myself, he explains it one hundred percent, body mechanics, off-balancing, direction are the most important things of all. I really enjoyed watching the video, how two martial artists who know what they're doing philosophize and make comparisons! Very good video Jess, I'd love to see more of this!!!
It would be nice to see Eriksson Sensei post videos on his youtube channel. It seems like he has so much to teach that those of us far from Sweden could benefit from.
This sensei is so great! Even I would signup if lived near by. Thank you Jesse for this quality of a video again. And a big thumbs up to Per the Sensei in this one
a real master of the art. Thank you, Jesse. The sliding bamboo technique is extremely effective. Even the sword technique. You are very good Jesse, you grasped some movement very quickly. Great video and great teaching as always.
Excellent and a bit ironic. You've traveled all over the world to learn about various martial arts and then you find this man, a treaasure, in your own backyard. These are the kin d of videos you make that I most enjoy. Thank you.
I remember doing Japanese Jiu Jitsu at school. It was an extracurricular activity. I was so excited because I was going to be learning a grapple style martial art. I was looking forward for more lesson after the first and second one, but the instructor had an accident and had to take a rest. We can't learn for a while
Winced at that double lock drop. Such control. Amazing to see advanced implementations of what we do in Wado. Och jag måste tackar er för att ni delar så mycket med världen.
Per is legit in all ways. The best part might be his skill in traditional art. Personally of course his mix version of bjj is more of a interest for myself. Take the best and useful parts of the old and mix with the modern approach. There is true efficency. The past and history is what and why we're what we are today. Never forget. Osu!
hi jesse, i don't do martial arts, but i love the way how you share its philosophy about body, movement and and its mind. i love to learn anything about the flow and its strength. i started climbing two years ago and i also swim for many years. i'm sure i can learn a lot from it and i'm kind of hungry for this kind of philosophy :)
Thanks a lot Jesse. I love how you show true interest in knowing all styles and sharing with all of us. I know you made a video about aikido with Rokas, but that doesn't represent the reality. I'd suggest you expand on that as an idea for a future video. I am a practitioner (shodan) of Iwama Ryu Aikido or Takemusu Aikido, and this one shows the roots of our style. As a practitioner, it is interesting how Ueshiba merged his experience in chinese martial arts to evolve this linearity towards a bit more circular approach. We keep the martial approach with old school training. I recommend you contact Ethan Weisgard sensei in Copenhagen, wich is a wonderful sensei and excellent communicator. You also have Ulf Evenas sensei in Sweden. You will be surprised how different Iwama Ryu is from main Aikikai, closer to this JJJ Ryu. Keep the good work!!
Does Sensei Per Eriksson have any other videos? YOU asked great questions and demonstrated really well, but I'd like to see/hear more from Mr. Eriksson, hopefully with you accompanying?
I practice Yawara Ju Jitsu myself. It's amazing how diffirent the sports are and both are called Japanese Ju Jitsu. Really enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing.
For some reason in judo world people dismiss kata a lot. Even though it can be a great addition to your normal judo training sessions as some extra technique work. And doing the katas ritual like, trying to get to perfection and full control and perform the coreography with your partner has so much value (in my opinion) for being able to focus much more on the shape and timing of techniques, also techniques you do less. Even if it's not competition patterns, drilling and becoming familiar with similar patterns and circumstances does carry over in your athletic vocabulary. And to be frank, this looks like the self-defense kata in judo that you're supposed to perform for your 2nd dan black belt if I recall the requirement levels right. No wonder if this is the specific Japanese Jujutsu that was adapted to become judo. Also I really like how he explains the "rounding" concept, the same is often mentioned in judo in terms of throws where you don't have to force your opponent into anything if they already make a circle out of their body for whatever reason. Just that jujutsu has so many more techniques that probably make you less vulnerable as you attack, due to the adaptation where Kano and then judo as a sport removed more injurious fighting methods. It's really interesting to watch this and get a view on the fundamental differences in philosophy and how similar base can change radically depending on which limitations you restrict the actions with. Like the control he showed with leg was a lot like kouchi gari/gake, and the following technique where he practically climbed the leg are both a lot like judo, yet you aren't allowed to do the latter due to the risk to the opponents body (e.g. knee joint). It would be so much fun learning this side of the story alongside judo. I wouldn't compare them, japanese jujutsu, bjj, judo in a way of which is the best or so. More on the lines of how you put it, what can you learn from each other. I would do japanese jujutsu for similar reasons as judo, but even more focus on understanding the body, being in control of my own and other person's body with respect, have a great meditation in performing it. Pressure testing can be fun and serve purpose if it's relevant to your goals. However you can be perfectly happy and balanced individual doing these for your mind and keeping your body in shape. Personally I wouldn't even dream of performing japanese jujutsu specific attacks on someone in self-defense, even though it can be very effective, due to not wanting to cause unnecessary damage that can be life altering and follow them for the rest of their life (like even just messing up your knee or elbow once in judo/bjj practice can be). But the diligent practice of the japanese jujutsu kata could be extremely beneficial to mind space and feeling both self-efficacy and responsibility to limit your actions. One of the most fun things about judo in my experience has been learning the movement and forced movement, slightly tangenting on how he described applying his japanese jujutsu knowledge to bjj. The way you notice your partner tense up and resist hard the moment you try to forcefully make them move some way. Yet when you move sort of fluidly, just sort of guiding their way by moving yourself and "allowing" them to find a more preferrable position and finding their "weak" directions, it's fascinating how willfully they submit to where you want to make them go. I'm a relatively big guy and I've been swung around by small girls who weren't strong for their size like I weighed nothing after they learned to use their body and found the directions and movements that are advantageous. I've watched a couple of videos of Shintaro Higashi talking about judo, bjj, wrestling etc in a more rough and real life fight situation how the change of context totally changes what you can (and can't) do. Like he/you described that turn throws are very risky for yourself in many cases exactly because you turn your back. It can work, but it has to be a rather specific situation, you can't just decide to do a turn throw, it has to unravel in the events and actions you observe and are a part of. Like if your opponent gives you momentum, lack of stability and potentially rounding the body, you can do the turning arm throw - they are already voluntarily going that way, they probably can't quite use the other arm etc to stop it from happening. Although turn throws are risky in judo too if you just decide to do a turn throw without setting it up and forcing your opponent to fall into it, professionals for sure don't want to let each other throw but end up being thrown anyway. And an anecdotal word on how judo and japanese jujutsu definitely differ in ways he described, the risk of injury when done fast. We were practicing just a regular sideways foot sweep with my partner in judo some months ago and something went wrong and we ended up in almost the situation where he had your arm and leg locked up on the ground. Just that my leg was between his folded leg. We both almost injured our knees due to two bodies falling on the tatami in that setting. Great shearing forces. I think what saved me from missing training after that was that I had been training my squats at the gym, trying to reach that 2x bodyweight squat and introducing resiliency to injury to leg tissues. I definitely felt it forcing my knee but luckily my knee stood the test. Instead of "soft" I've heard "ju" translated as "gentle" as well, it could probably be translated to something like "yield". Like a steel yields in its elastic range and returns to its former shape as the stress disappears. I feel like martial arts share so much "philosophy" with mechanical engineering in many ways. Or bladesmithing. You want the steel to be very hard so it doesn't get dented and keeps its sharpness or just doesn't deform in use and you do that by hardening it, but you also don't want it to be just very hard - it becomes very brittle and will shatter right away if you pass its limit. So you temper it to give it some "softness" back as in you make it tough so it will yield without breaking. You end up with something that will not break easily, and as it starts to fail, it will not shatter to pieces but slowly yields and eventually deforms. In general I like these nature references, because as long as you have spent a bit of time in the nature (and hopefully have for your own health), you will understand the phenomenon that is being described. In a very simple manner. What a truly enjoyable video. Especially living in Finland and it being the first days of January, seeing that red rural house and still green nordic nature makes my heart warm up. The warm up is almost like yoga practice, having done some yoga that included that halfway squat knees open, it's brutal after just a moment. All December I was out of judo practice due to school and this video really makes me want to practice my movement, tai sabaki, shintai like ayumi ashi, tsugi ashi and similar stuff that you can just do on your own and focus on moving smoothly in balance.
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Easily one of the most interesting videos you’ve ever made, Jesse. I’m not a Karateka nor a JJ practitioner, I’m a Shen She Quan Kung Fu student. And that makes it all the more fascinating. Pretty much every concept Sensei Per elaborated upon is in what I study in my own system. Brilliant stuff!!!
I really like this episode. Ive trained in Tae Kwon Do, and 2 different styles of Hapkido, Tiger Shark Hapkido, and Elite Combat Hapkido. Even though Hapkido is a Korean Martial Art it is a combination of Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, Small Circle Jiu Jitsu basically Japanese Jiu Jitsu so this is very educational for me. I wished there were more places in this Country that teaches this style because I would definitely sign up.
The person that created Hapkido, learned Japanese Ju jutsu when he was working for a Japanese Martial Arts master, when Korea was under Japanese rule. So Hapkido main roots are Japanese actually.
This might be my favourite episode yet. So many things clicked with my own training and this way of looking at the body just makes so much sense. Thank you for your work Jesse.
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What’s best - BJJ or JJJ? 🥋
BJJ!
This is my first time hearing of JJJ I'm excited to learn what it is through this
Mma
It depends on user
@AdityaPawar-t8ul agree
Thank you Jesse! It was a pleasure and an honour having you over. You are a very gifted martial artist and you are doing a great job. Looking forwards meeting you again. All the best.
What a wonderful video. Thank you very much, Eriksson Sensei and Jesse Sensei. The explanation of so many different principles and your demonstration of them in multiple ways is so clear, logical, and inviting. Your intent to educate and not obfuscate is so apparent and appreciated and also matches Jesse's generous approach through his videos across many different arts and styles. The concepts you shared are somewhat familiar yet new at the same time, and your teaching style is concurrently articulate, respectful, powerful, and safe for your partner. Truly masterful and also extremely impressive and compelling. Finally, as a teacher who often utilizes analogies, I greatly appreciate the analogies you utilize to introduce the principles of Yagyu Shingan Ryu and found them exceptionally helpful in bringing concepts to life. Deep respect for what you have both shared here. Thank you. Dan
Thank you very much for your kind feedback.
Thank you Per for showing how a instructor/trainer/sensei truly should act and behave. It's inspiring and wish I lived closer to you (I live close to Kristiansand in Norway).
I have been training Jiu-Jitsu International for a lifetime now, together with Karate, and lately some BJJ as well.
@pereriksson7914 i wish you open too him whats the meaning of spirit
I loved watching this, and I really admire the physical skills and the knowledge of a Ju Jutsu Master.
I am a Kyokushin black belt.
Osu, from Norway
I've always wanted to see you do a video on traditional Japanese Jujutsu. Its so rare to find anyone talking about it anymore. You have contributed so much to the martial arts and even though you are dangerous, you smile a lot and you are so humble. Thank you Jesse!
My Favorite episode to date!!!
Absolutely! 👊👊✊✊👏👏👌👌
@dusty_dietrich I hope Jesse will do a Judo Vid with the new updated rules. Also would love to hear Oliver thinks of Judo trying to go back to the roots.
I studied under a few people who studied under Seishiro Endo Sensei, aikido, I love the beautiful soft, yet scarily effective style..
Same! every time I search for Japanese Jiu Jitsu it always comes up with BJJ. Now we at least we get something from the algo!
I'm so proud of you, Jesse. When Sensei Per Eriksson mentioned the scene in the Karate Kid in Okinawa, I know it must've taken great mental fortitude for you to not mention that it is the birthplace of Karate.
Seriously though, great video. Japanese Ju-Jutsu is my favourite martial art, but it's so hard to find schools that teach it these days!
So proud of Sensei Per! He's my teacher & is as humble & open hearted as he comes across in the video :)
If you have the opportunity to train in Sweden applications open up 8th of January!
LOL 😂
oh no! Jesse didnt get to say it "The Birthplace of Karate!" 😆
I accidentally ended up in a Japanese JJ school thinking it was BJJ. My second class was striking and I had a brown belt in shotokan and it was awesome to realize I had 33% of the art down lol. Throws, striking, submissions, self defense. It has a bit of everything, now I'm about to grade for my brown belt in JJ after many years of training.
@@malingadea668🙏🏼!
This teacher is amazing not only in his ability in his art but his ability to explain the how and why? I would love him to come back again Jesse!
He was great at explaining and demonstrating things, including the importance of footwork.
It was interesting how he had to pull up his hakama to show his foot positioning, hakama are well designed to conceal exactly that.
I think of all the Senseis featured on this channel, he's second only to Master Ken.
Per Eriksson is amazing, he should be in movies. Has perfect everything, voice, look, attitude, everything.
He reminds me of the actor, Terence Stamp.
@@billyandrew Good call.
The Sensei's voice is so calming and comforting! So nice to hear
And then he hits you.....Bam
With the exception of large demonstrations held in Japan, there are few videos that specifically introduce the techniques of this style that originated in the northeast region, so even for me as a Japanese person, I found this very interesting.
@@sogawa7 Sugoi!! 😄
I am one of the lucky to study under Sensei Per. It's a great privilege to be a part of the Karlskoga YSR community. Thank you Jesse for this video ❤
Lucky you.
Such a rare opportunity.
Envious.
Osu.
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Did I see correctly that you are practising in a church? That feels very, very fitting!
Jesse, this is one of the best videos you've ever done. Sensei Per Eriksson is so well-spoken and knowledgeable, he reminds me of my old sensei, too. Traditional ju-jutsu is one of those martial arts that's less popular today, but I think unlike some other arts that we will not name, I think it remains one of the most brutally effective martial arts for actual self-defence. So much so, that it's quite inappropriate for the ring (by itself). I wish I had continued training this style.
So hard to find good video about traditional Jujutsu
Brutally effective indeed, since it was develop and enhanced in battlefield and if not use proper could mean death
Yes, but actually no. No doubt sensei Eriksson is incredibly knowledgeable and maybe with his level of training he could pull off this style, but I’m pretty sure his students that only do this type of training and without dedicating their life to it, are terrible fighters. No doubt they are good martial artists, but terrible fighters. I have yet to see a style that produced fighters without proper pressure testing. I also have no doubt that these techniques and principles are legit, but maybe due to my narrow mind, i don’t see them being used effectively in a fight against an uncooperative and aggressive opponent. If you already know how to fight (e.g., trained in a combat sport that has sparring in its culture), then you can make some of these work because you know how to handle aggression. My 2 cents, as someone who studied in a traditional ju jitsu school (1st Dan) and then started exploring combat sports (boxing, kickboxing, mma, judo, bjj). All the best!
@@redpuppy101Good take
I think this is one of your most important episodes. Absolutely fantastic.
It was interesting and crazy I never expected to finally see a form of original japanese jujutsu
Never expected? Eh?
@@TerriblyNice_Not NOBODY expects the Japanese Inquisition.
@@MarcIverson 😂
in Sweden
As a practitioner of muga mushin ryu ju jitsu, I wanted to say thank you for making this video. It is so rare to see japanese jj, and I think it is such a great martial art. The style I practice is slightly different, and I have been lucky enough to be taught by teachers who take a "modern", practical approach to the style. The style seen in the video is still cool, and it's great to see ju jitsu getting attention!!
To build on that, the style our school is a descendent of is juko ryu, which has no grandmaster and focuses on adaptation and evolution of the style while still keeping ideas mentioned in the video. Many teachers (including my own) will have also trained other martial arts and use that knowledge to apply to ju jitsu. Some of my teachers are police and ex paratroopers and use these experiences to adapt the martial art to suit them.
@Adam-gn8gm That's wise.
@Adam-gn8gmdo you train in the Uk? I train Juko Ryu Jujitsu
@@martincharnley3288 I do
@@martincharnley3288 World Jujitsu Federation? There's a Mushin Jujitsu club in Northern Ireland, one of the affiliated clubs with WJJF Ireland. Also, the Northern Ireland Taijutsu Association branched off from that.
This is amazing. Very high level traditional Ju Jitsu. The fact that he is also a BJJ black belt is also impressive. Beautiful dojo. A rare find.
There is one in America equivalent, Chapel Hill Quest, instructor is high level taijutsu and also has BJJ black belt under exquisite Roy Dean lineage
Well, as a decades long Hapkido practitioner, I can certainly see the extreme similarities of this style with regard to the techniques that we called “self defense” techniques. This video was a joy to watch and the techniques beautifully executed with insightful explanations. I also appreciate how this instructor demonstrated the difficulties relating to “full speed “pressure testing” of many techniques. We have many injuries even without what is considered pressure testing these days. And, people cannot go to work with dislocated or broken bones. Thank you so much for not only this video, but all of your videos. They are often the highlight of my day.
As a fellow Hapkido practitioner, I thought the same!
Yes, because hapkido has its origins in Japanese koryu jujutsu.
I studied Japanese jujutsu. Hontai Takagi Yoshin Ryu and Yagyu Shigan Ryu, as my main arts are BJJ and Muay Thai, MMA. I studied them to find the origins of jujutsu. Yagyu Shigan Ryu is a mixed martial art by itself, it has such a unique fluidity in striking, heavy, unusual, and rich in volume that it is kinda shocking, considering is jujutsu. The sumo-like wrestling practice was crucial. The stance in Yagyu, the element of fudoshin (immovable spirit/mind) comes from the body for real, it's the basis of wrestling as an internal part. It is the equivalent of the freestyle, roman, folk style we do in the West. All samurai walked this path in the age of great wars. When you disconnect jujutsu from this internal part, becomes ineffective. So they had live resistance training back then. The veterans of the battle just showed the younger inexperienced samurai some "paths" based on their experience in the battlefield to the others. Then the schools started to show up, years later. Like the Okinawan masters mostly didn't spar karate techniques, they likely hadn't this kind of tradition, but they had the tradition of wrestling tegumi, even for fun, all the time, like Yasutsune Azato and Yasutsune Itosu liked to do. So the body mechanics were there, the basis of the fight principles, resistance, the physics. Then kata and bunkai and conditioning, hojo undo, weight training and kata bunkai were sufficient without getting injured by the dangerous techniques. People now try to do these martial arts without the sumo, wrestling, tegumi, etc, and karate with kata is "moves" only, nihon jujutsu is for display, for cultural exhibitions. But if you do wrestling, sumo, or bjj they are effective again. It's the missing element. And striking and grappling arts for traditional martial arts is a misconception, they are mixed. Kung fu, karate, Muay Boran etc, we remove elements and tend to focus on specific parts of the arts and then they become "striking" and "grappling".
Thank you for the info that is very interesting
I think that by producing content like this you're doing a considerable service not only to the martial arts community, but to the general public as well. Videos like these not only a great introduction to budo and bujitsu philosophy, but a good primer for Japanese art and history as well. I'm sure many people have seen paintings and woodcuts of samurai holding their hands in "funny positions"; now we have a context for the "why" of it. Keep up the great stuff!
I mentioned your channel to my sensei and he said he actually met your father and 150% endorses your content. Small world huh. Keep doing what you’re doing! Hopefully one day our paths will cross
Such a great video! I’m a current student of Sensei Per and can’t recommend the school and the program enough. So many elements of YSr are applicable to every day life; internal strength, posture, and being solid while remaining soft and adaptable. It’s also a very impressive and beautiful martial art!
Har ni normalt hakama på er när ni tränar, eller var det enkom för videon? Det kändes lite knepigt att en stil med så'nt fokus på fötter och ben för positionering och balans döljer lärarens ben, så det blir svårare för eleverna att se vad som händer.
@@c99kfm Hej! Är också elev hos Per Sensei. Och nej, till vardags tränar Sensei utan hakama :)
you are fortunate to be able to train with him! An excellent koryu and teacher!
Jesse, I agree with everyone’s comments - impressive video of an impressive instructor with an impressive student. I’d like to make a request for a future video. You have profiled and trained with masters of so many varied disciplines ranging from street fighting to sport oriented styles to lesser-known traditional styles. I think a great video topic would be for you to share what you’ve learned from these experiences. I think many viewers would like to know: How has your training changed? Which techniques/styles have you adopted? How has your personal philosophy towards martial arts changed? Which of your experiences were most impactful to you personally and why? What lessons and insights can you share with us after all of these experiences? Thanks for the video and keep up the great work!
Nothing in martial arts has caught my attention like this has!
This is the best demonstration and explanation of martial arts I’ve ever seen! If I had money, I would move to where this sensei is and never leave!
I'm not the guy from the video, but I love Japanese Jujutsu. There might be something similar where you live. Tell me the city and I will look for it, free of charge :)
My old Sensei also used the willow analogy. He also translated "ju" with "soft", but added that soft must also be firm - very much the way you hold a valuable piece of china, soft, as not to brake it, yet firm as not to drop it. BTW: Thanks for many inspiring and thoughtful videos.
That’s the way ☯️
Just from listening to the way your old sensei described , he found something very valuable, but perhaps it is not something that could easily be passed on with words.
@@Llucius1 It's not. I half explain and half showcase when displaying the Principle to someone who's a Novice.
We went by Soft is grappling and Hard is striking.
I find that the translation of 'ju' as soft is biased by its use in opposition to 'go', which is often interprested as 'hard'. I was first offered the translation of 'ju' as 'suppleness' by my sword teachers and the willow example was used to highlight first the flexibility of the branch that allowed it to "go with" the attack of the wind, then the opportunity created by the stored energy to "oppose" the wind and strike back (rather than simply bend then break). 'ju' was explained as this whole ability (to change and adapt) rather than simply being soft (the opposite of hard). Taking this line one can then reinterpret 'go' as the 'inflexible' and 'resisting' nature. Jiu-jitsu is not about being soft, but rather being reflexive and adaptive, taking what is given and giving it back in a focused way (just as Eriksson sensei demonstrated in the shoulder push and responsive strike exercise) and to my limited understanding of karate, this is also it's place in styles such as Goju ryu. I'm sure Jesse can enlighten us better on its correct interpretation in karate.
Timestamps
00:05 - Exploring the ancient Yagyu Shingan Ryu jiujitsu style's unique techniques.
03:15 - Focus on self-awareness and energy connection in Ju-Jutsu.
06:09 - Understanding body mechanics is essential for both self-defense and healing.
09:03 - Understanding body mechanics in Yagyu Shingan Ryu enhances effectiveness in martial arts.
11:50 - Learned techniques for standing and defending in Ju-Jutsu.
14:40 - Ju-Jutsu emphasizes body structure and control over brute strength.
17:05 - Comparing traditional Japanese styles with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu highlights key differences and learning opportunities.
19:18 - The training emphasizes body movement regardless of weaponry.
21:45 - Understanding the importance of internal strength and balance in Ju-Jutsu training.
24:24 - Understanding the principles of Ju-Jutsu and its connection to body movement.
27:08 - Training in Yagyu Shingan Ryu focuses on fluid movement and balance.
29:56 - Training concludes, inviting serious students to join full-time Jiujitsu.
Get this man a medal! Timestamps in 4 hours? Your a gentleman and a scholar
Good comment
Mindblowing! Everything about Sensei Eriksson is so amazing. He's calm, strong, fast....his bodylanguage is so impressive!
Jesse you are a very wise man finding the true arts without the prejudices most stylists fear in the belief they’ll lose their students. This gentleman is a true teacher thank you to introducing him to a larger audience. Please keep up your good work
He hasn’t dropped in ages.
So happy to see you posting again❤❤❤
This took 4 weeks to make 😅
Wow you were working that whole time. Respect that Jesse👌
@@KARATEbyJesseThank you!
It is always gratifying to see how Jesse interacts with an expert in a style different from his own. Always with respect and an extremely didactic approach, even with his combat experience, he manages to ask questions without being arrogant or belittling the other style.
Jesse, you've outdone yourself with this one! (One of) Your best video ever.
Sensei Per Eriksson is so full of knowledge and wisdom. He doesn't shy away from passing the knowledge. That is a true sensei worth learning from.
Thank you for your nice words, appreciated!
My former shiatsu teacher! Coolest most humble guy and a good teacher. Such an honour to have been his student! Bästa Per! 🙏🏼
Thank you very much. It is a blessing having good students such as yourself. All the best!
I envy his students he is top tier - so impressive man
My friend got him as hes teacher😎
You can become a student!
But you can do good quality only with limited students, that is why the jeed kune do schools or good kung fu schools usually only take limited numbers either
The uppercut style punch is passed also in Judo, its part of the atemi/self defense part of it that most Judo schools don't even know neither teach.
it was forgotten, but I got taught atemi before the throw from my instructor and I passed it down to my kids. and I modified it to do some throws in Kumikata, punching the face, push the collarbone, push the neck or anything can be pushed like a punch to get the Kuzushi.
@@anton8267 That's awesome. With atemi Judo becomes much more effective for street and the techniques can be easier executed.
@@vasileios6301 No Judo atemi-waza is rubbish and inferior to boxing or things like Combat Sambo and Kudo.
@@TheNEOverse Always a macho man on here🙄 it’s the man in art not the art!! All combat and martial arts have merits!! Try that on Judo Gene Lebell or Yamashita!!
@@idenmajeed1396 I said Judo Atemi-waza. As in Judo striking techniques.
I do Judo and compete in it, I respect the art for what it is. What it ain’t is a complete fighting style or even anything worth a damn in striking. My worst Judo lesson was when the coach decided to show us Judo Chops lol.
As a practitioner of a classical Japanese martial art or Koryu Bujutsu, I was very impressed by not only the knowledge of the instructor but Jesse's respect and mature approach to listening and learning what the instructor had to offer. It is this approach to cross training that strengthens our martial arts community. Well done.
Not to be confused with Wagyu Shingan Ryu, which is school of ninjutsu for cows, high in the mountains. Also known as Mu-jutsu.
The entire comment was great, but that final mu-jutsu broke me.
@@DennisKwasnycia It’s a rare style… or medium-rare if you ask me 🥩
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You nailed it. 😅😅😅
Its the martial art you need for high-steaks situations!
This is a wonderful video, and so generous of Eriksson Sensei to share so much of Yagyu Shingan Ryu with Enkamp Sensei and the world. I recognize some of the tanren, which are in the system I study as well. YSR as it is practiced by Eriksson Sensei and his dojo, is the embodiment of how Koryu should be preserved and perpetuated. Thank you.
One like is not enough to distinguish this video! As a lifelong practitioner of Aikido Yoshinkan, I see many similarities with Yagyu Shingan Ryu, as the roots are the same. I really enjoyed watching it! Thanks a lot! OSU!
The whole discussion of pressure tested is something more people need to talk about. This guy is obviously an exceptional teacher with great insight. This was a great video Jesse! Thank you for the content.
I am doing my third year with Per Sensei. The best thing I have done in life. You dont need any prior knowledge of Jujutsu or martial arts. Everyone is welcome! I recommend everyone to consider it.
Thank you Jesse for giving us the opportunity to have a look on this old school, wich both Kano and Ueshiba Sensei did eventually learn. It helps to better understand the evolution of Shin Budo or modern martial arts. I had only witnessed enbu and the problem is, when one don't have the explanation (bunkai), one cannot have an insight of these schools. Now, after this video, it helps a lot to understaand waht could have been playing a role on the process of evolution wich gave at the end the modern Aikido, especially when one have also a deeper comprehension of the Daito Ryu Aiki Jujutsu. Tak !
Aiki as it is / was supposed to be. One of your best videos. Thanks!
Incredibly interesting. As a practitioner of Aikido in Japan for 25 years, I can see so many similarities and some subtle differences.
In every kata, there is a dynamic interaction where "tori" is the individual executing the technique, while "uke" is the one receiving it.
What a great way to start the year. 30 minutes of pure martial arts gold.
Thank you 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it! Deep bow 🙏
Jesse is so humble and shows much humility in accepting all the teacher's teachings all the time. Great martial artist
ooof the ‘humble’ fetish is very strong..
I trained Japanese Jujitsu as a teenager! One of the best martial arts ever!
In the 1980s it was very popular in the UK
Lucky you. ❤
I would scrub this teachers dojo for months just to train with him. Gentle instructions, description of why, and an empathetic breakdown of why. Worth millions
Luckily you can do that! Apply to the school!
Thank you very much for your kind words.
Humility and empathy are the way. My Sensei (JJJ) is a kind man who teaches through patience and love; He is also very skilled and I have utmost respect for him. Shihan Eriksson reminded me of my own teacher.
Finally, a video on traditional japanese Ju Jutsu. It's hard to find any high quality material on this.
I agree
This blue eyed samurai is absolutely amazing. What a privilege to have such a lesson.
When at 20:00 you mentioned about getting to the bathroom before putting on the Hakama you made me laugh so hard. Because when I used to practice traditional Ju Jutsu in a Koryu too, I had to give a demonstration with my Sensei at a local martial arts event. I wore the Hakama, I got ready but… They delayed everything by an hour. I went for a Cappuccino in the meantime and DAMN! That was a mistake.
The rest of the story comprehends a bathroom with a broken door and some weird acrobatic skills, so it needs a friendly meet and a few beers to be told.
I like how he is also a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu as well. This man is a rare jewel
I'm humbled and amazed by his skills and how he's able to explain and show why you should do this or that, and what works and what's not going to work. I would so love to train for him for a year or two to catch up on the similarities and differences to the style of ju-jutsu I've been training. A true delight to watch this episode. Thanks, Jesse and Per! 👌
You can at Karlskoga Folkhögskola 🫡
Totally enthralled with this video. The technical moves were exceptionally explained. I applaud it's making. 👍
Just wanted to thank both sensei jesse and sensei eriksson for this amazing video.
Jesse always delivers an honest and humble approach to every discipline he shows and displays the behaviour of a truly martial artist.
Sensei eriksson looks the embodiment of a true old school master, humble and wise.
Thanks a lot you both
Wonderful video! I would love to have the opportunity to try traditional Ju Jutsu at least once in my life... It's almost impossible to find it outside Japan or Sweden! Good luck to both of you; you're all doing a great job. Congrats from 🇵🇹 and 🇧🇷
Thank you for a nice and encouraging comment! All the best.
Think this is one of your best videos, Great to see traditional jujitsu content and Sensei Per Eriksson sounds like a font of knowledge and a expert in his craft. Would love to see more of this.
I love seeing something different like this. That guy is scary and at peace at the same time! Love the moves and knowledge involved. Keep it up Jesse!
"I'm quite sure you're stronger than me."
Bro has wrists like Cambell's Soup cans. He's not fooling anybody with that humility. 😄
humble bragging at its best lol
Let’s just say that this sensei is strong enough to get the job done! Lol
A part 2 of this would be awesome ❤😊
He is a real deal, thank You Jesse for showing this
Best video EVER!!!! So many pearls of wisdom here.
Thank you for finally doing some traditional Koryu jujutsu, as a life long karateka and a Shindo Yoshin Ryu practitioner this was a true complete pleasure to watch and saw many principals that parallels the style I practice... Sensei Eriksson is so skilled, he understands body dynamics, and connection on such a deep level. This is undoubtedly the best video you have ever done!
Jesse - Congratulations on your series and bringing excellent teachers like Sensei Eriksson to our attention. Your openness to learn and explore is admirable. After 55 years of training/teaching, I am rarely impressed with most so-called 'Masters'. On the other hand, you continue to source out outstanding practitioners we can all admire. Well done!
The way Master Per Erickson speaks is so calming I almost fell asleep. I hope to one day achieve this level of calm and confidence.
Sensei Per is amazing. He explains everything so beautifully!!
What has always intrigued me about basically all systems, a thing that gets highlighted by your surveying so many, is the shared vocabulary/concepts. Things like being hard/soft, body alignment for your power or opponent manipulation, etc... It is easiest to notice when you cross compare many systems from a single country because the metaphors and analogies tend to be shared but each system takes a foundational concept and filters this shared vocabulary through their perspective and it leads to wildly different techniques and training methods. The sensei here spoke/taught in a way that very much reminded me of my old Shorin Ryu sensei but from the outside looking in, a casual observer would say those are very different martial arts.
But to circle back to an analogy you use all the time, it is ultimately just many different starting points all on the same mountain.
You're understanding the Basics of the concept. 👊👊🙏🙏
Such a nice video format. It is so nice to just watch a private lesson given by a grandmaster to another professionell martial artist. No big edits et cetera. Love this kind of video so much. You can get so much insights
I have been waiting for classical Jujutsu, and it was worth the wait. This teacher is dropping so much diamonds (information). Sport martial arts has dominated too much of the self defence spectrum; sports martial arts has its place.
Great video. We need arts like this covered more.
Im impressed by this sensei! His knowledge is truly to be appreciated.
I practice Japanese Jiu Jitsu Yoseikan Aikido, Judo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu myself, he explains it one hundred percent, body mechanics, off-balancing, direction are the most important things of all. I really enjoyed watching the video, how two martial artists who know what they're doing philosophize and make comparisons! Very good video Jess, I'd love to see more of this!!!
That is a great practice ! It is always nice to me to see "internal" notions explaned in a non-chinese martial art, it is so rare...
It would be nice to see Eriksson Sensei post videos on his youtube channel. It seems like he has so much to teach that those of us far from Sweden could benefit from.
This sensei is so great! Even I would signup if lived near by. Thank you Jesse for this quality of a video again. And a big thumbs up to Per the Sensei in this one
Thank you!
a real master of the art. Thank you, Jesse. The sliding bamboo technique is extremely effective. Even the sword technique. You are very good Jesse, you grasped some movement very quickly. Great video and great teaching as always.
Excellent and a bit ironic. You've traveled all over the world to learn about various martial arts and then you find this man, a treaasure, in your own backyard. These are the kin d of videos you make that I most enjoy. Thank you.
Coolt att detta finns i Sverige och att man till och med kan gå kurser med honom på folkhögskola! Crazy! Underbar video, som alltid!
I remember doing Japanese Jiu Jitsu at school. It was an extracurricular activity. I was so excited because I was going to be learning a grapple style martial art. I was looking forward for more lesson after the first and second one, but the instructor had an accident and had to take a rest. We can't learn for a while
Sorry to hear 😫
@KARATEbyJesse 👍. It sucks, but nothing I can do 😅
Yeah, its a lot of fun. Back then yanagi ryu brought me to learning chinese flexible weapons. Keep at it you never gonna regret it
Winced at that double lock drop. Such control.
Amazing to see advanced implementations of what we do in Wado.
Och jag måste tackar er för att ni delar så mycket med världen.
Five minutes into the video I had to start over, this time taking notes for my students tonight. What an amazing Sensei!
This was a fantastic display. The sensei is obviously very skilled and powerful, yet humble.
Per is legit in all ways. The best part might be his skill in traditional art.
Personally of course his mix version of bjj is more of a interest for myself.
Take the best and useful parts of the old and mix with the modern approach. There is true efficency. The past and history is what and why we're what we are today. Never forget.
Osu!
Most masters are just 'masters' in title. This guy just by the way he talks and holds himself, he's a real master.
hi jesse, i don't do martial arts, but i love the way how you share its philosophy about body, movement and and its mind. i love to learn anything about the flow and its strength. i started climbing two years ago and i also swim for many years. i'm sure i can learn a lot from it and i'm kind of hungry for this kind of philosophy :)
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It's fascinating and... my favourite word... it's LOGICAL.
Sensei Eriksson is legit. This was awesome.
Brilliant. The footwork takedown around 15mins reminded me of some monkey kung fu approaches!
Thanks a lot Jesse. I love how you show true interest in knowing all styles and sharing with all of us. I know you made a video about aikido with Rokas, but that doesn't represent the reality. I'd suggest you expand on that as an idea for a future video. I am a practitioner (shodan) of Iwama Ryu Aikido or Takemusu Aikido, and this one shows the roots of our style. As a practitioner, it is interesting how Ueshiba merged his experience in chinese martial arts to evolve this linearity towards a bit more circular approach. We keep the martial approach with old school training. I recommend you contact Ethan Weisgard sensei in Copenhagen, wich is a wonderful sensei and excellent communicator. You also have Ulf Evenas sensei in Sweden. You will be surprised how different Iwama Ryu is from main Aikikai, closer to this JJJ Ryu. Keep the good work!!
Does Sensei Per Eriksson have any other videos? YOU asked great questions and demonstrated really well, but I'd like to see/hear more from Mr. Eriksson, hopefully with you accompanying?
I practice Yawara Ju Jitsu myself. It's amazing how diffirent the sports are and both are called Japanese Ju Jitsu. Really enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing.
The best i see this year. Thank you.
So inspiring, and so amazing what a calm person the teacher seems, even though he could probably snap your bones at any time. Really amazing
As someone who have been taught by Per it's very nice to see this video, He's an amazing teacher in both Yagyu Shingan Ryu and BJJ
For some reason in judo world people dismiss kata a lot. Even though it can be a great addition to your normal judo training sessions as some extra technique work. And doing the katas ritual like, trying to get to perfection and full control and perform the coreography with your partner has so much value (in my opinion) for being able to focus much more on the shape and timing of techniques, also techniques you do less. Even if it's not competition patterns, drilling and becoming familiar with similar patterns and circumstances does carry over in your athletic vocabulary.
And to be frank, this looks like the self-defense kata in judo that you're supposed to perform for your 2nd dan black belt if I recall the requirement levels right. No wonder if this is the specific Japanese Jujutsu that was adapted to become judo. Also I really like how he explains the "rounding" concept, the same is often mentioned in judo in terms of throws where you don't have to force your opponent into anything if they already make a circle out of their body for whatever reason. Just that jujutsu has so many more techniques that probably make you less vulnerable as you attack, due to the adaptation where Kano and then judo as a sport removed more injurious fighting methods. It's really interesting to watch this and get a view on the fundamental differences in philosophy and how similar base can change radically depending on which limitations you restrict the actions with. Like the control he showed with leg was a lot like kouchi gari/gake, and the following technique where he practically climbed the leg are both a lot like judo, yet you aren't allowed to do the latter due to the risk to the opponents body (e.g. knee joint). It would be so much fun learning this side of the story alongside judo. I wouldn't compare them, japanese jujutsu, bjj, judo in a way of which is the best or so. More on the lines of how you put it, what can you learn from each other.
I would do japanese jujutsu for similar reasons as judo, but even more focus on understanding the body, being in control of my own and other person's body with respect, have a great meditation in performing it. Pressure testing can be fun and serve purpose if it's relevant to your goals. However you can be perfectly happy and balanced individual doing these for your mind and keeping your body in shape. Personally I wouldn't even dream of performing japanese jujutsu specific attacks on someone in self-defense, even though it can be very effective, due to not wanting to cause unnecessary damage that can be life altering and follow them for the rest of their life (like even just messing up your knee or elbow once in judo/bjj practice can be). But the diligent practice of the japanese jujutsu kata could be extremely beneficial to mind space and feeling both self-efficacy and responsibility to limit your actions. One of the most fun things about judo in my experience has been learning the movement and forced movement, slightly tangenting on how he described applying his japanese jujutsu knowledge to bjj. The way you notice your partner tense up and resist hard the moment you try to forcefully make them move some way. Yet when you move sort of fluidly, just sort of guiding their way by moving yourself and "allowing" them to find a more preferrable position and finding their "weak" directions, it's fascinating how willfully they submit to where you want to make them go. I'm a relatively big guy and I've been swung around by small girls who weren't strong for their size like I weighed nothing after they learned to use their body and found the directions and movements that are advantageous.
I've watched a couple of videos of Shintaro Higashi talking about judo, bjj, wrestling etc in a more rough and real life fight situation how the change of context totally changes what you can (and can't) do. Like he/you described that turn throws are very risky for yourself in many cases exactly because you turn your back. It can work, but it has to be a rather specific situation, you can't just decide to do a turn throw, it has to unravel in the events and actions you observe and are a part of. Like if your opponent gives you momentum, lack of stability and potentially rounding the body, you can do the turning arm throw - they are already voluntarily going that way, they probably can't quite use the other arm etc to stop it from happening. Although turn throws are risky in judo too if you just decide to do a turn throw without setting it up and forcing your opponent to fall into it, professionals for sure don't want to let each other throw but end up being thrown anyway.
And an anecdotal word on how judo and japanese jujutsu definitely differ in ways he described, the risk of injury when done fast. We were practicing just a regular sideways foot sweep with my partner in judo some months ago and something went wrong and we ended up in almost the situation where he had your arm and leg locked up on the ground. Just that my leg was between his folded leg. We both almost injured our knees due to two bodies falling on the tatami in that setting. Great shearing forces. I think what saved me from missing training after that was that I had been training my squats at the gym, trying to reach that 2x bodyweight squat and introducing resiliency to injury to leg tissues. I definitely felt it forcing my knee but luckily my knee stood the test.
Instead of "soft" I've heard "ju" translated as "gentle" as well, it could probably be translated to something like "yield". Like a steel yields in its elastic range and returns to its former shape as the stress disappears. I feel like martial arts share so much "philosophy" with mechanical engineering in many ways. Or bladesmithing. You want the steel to be very hard so it doesn't get dented and keeps its sharpness or just doesn't deform in use and you do that by hardening it, but you also don't want it to be just very hard - it becomes very brittle and will shatter right away if you pass its limit. So you temper it to give it some "softness" back as in you make it tough so it will yield without breaking. You end up with something that will not break easily, and as it starts to fail, it will not shatter to pieces but slowly yields and eventually deforms. In general I like these nature references, because as long as you have spent a bit of time in the nature (and hopefully have for your own health), you will understand the phenomenon that is being described. In a very simple manner.
What a truly enjoyable video. Especially living in Finland and it being the first days of January, seeing that red rural house and still green nordic nature makes my heart warm up. The warm up is almost like yoga practice, having done some yoga that included that halfway squat knees open, it's brutal after just a moment. All December I was out of judo practice due to school and this video really makes me want to practice my movement, tai sabaki, shintai like ayumi ashi, tsugi ashi and similar stuff that you can just do on your own and focus on moving smoothly in balance.
Easily one of the most interesting videos you’ve ever made, Jesse. I’m not a Karateka nor a JJ practitioner, I’m a Shen She Quan Kung Fu student. And that makes it all the more fascinating. Pretty much every concept Sensei Per elaborated upon is in what I study in my own system. Brilliant stuff!!!
I really like this episode. Ive trained in Tae Kwon Do, and 2 different styles of Hapkido, Tiger Shark Hapkido, and Elite Combat Hapkido. Even though Hapkido is a Korean Martial Art it is a combination of Tae Kwon Do, Aikido, Small Circle Jiu Jitsu basically Japanese Jiu Jitsu so this is very educational for me. I wished there were more places in this Country that teaches this style because I would definitely sign up.
The person that created Hapkido, learned Japanese Ju jutsu when he was working for a Japanese Martial Arts master, when Korea was under Japanese rule. So Hapkido main roots are Japanese actually.
This teacher seems to have synthesized more into practical teaching than any other from your videos. Powerful!
This might be my favourite episode yet. So many things clicked with my own training and this way of looking at the body just makes so much sense. Thank you for your work Jesse.
This might be one of my favorite interviews yet. Hopefully we can get a part two eventually.
Wow! Great episode, and what an amazing skilled teacher he is!
I really enjoyed this one. I've been seeking knowledge on Japanese Jujutsu and it's many forms. Hopefully there will be a part 2.
This instructor is a wonderful teacher.
What an impeccable demonstration! I would happily study jjj or bjj with the instructor.