Fujin Goshin no Maki

Fujin Goshin No Maki

One of the legacies of Prof. Henry Seishiro Okazaki's teaching career was his insistence that everyone be given access to the ability to defend themselves. To this end, and sometimes in defiance of his own countrymen, Prof. Okazaki opened up his Jūjutsu school to men and women of all races and national origin. Indeed, it was his teaching of Jūjutsu to women for which he penned his famous 1929 book, The Science of Self-Defense for Girls and Women. In this book, Prof. Okazaki expressed his feelings, "I cannot keep this art to myself for I wish to teach girls and women how best to protect themselves should they ever be so unfortunate as to be attacked."

This list of techniques shown here (which appeared at the end of the mokuroku of Prof. Bud Estes) is one of several auxiliary courses that appear in the Danzan-Ryū Jūjutsu system. In this list are techniques which come from other lists, such as Yawara and Kiai no Maki. There are also some techniques which are unique to this list.

1.	Katate Hazushi “A”	Single hand escape one
2.	Katate Hazushi “B”	Single hand escape two
3.	Morote Hazushi	All hand escape
4.	Ryōte Hazushi	Both hands escape
5.	Kataeri Hazushi	Single lapel escape
6.	Ryōeri Hazushi	Both lapel escape
7.	Momiji Hazushi “A”	Red maple leaf escape one
8.	Momiji Hazushi “B”	Red maple leaf escape two
9.	Momiji Hazushi “C”	Red maple leaf escape three
10.	Ushiro Daki Nage	Rear embrace throw
11.	Mae Daki Nage “A”	Front embrace throw one
12.	Mae Daki Nage “B”	Front embrace throw two
13.	Mae Daki Hazushi	Front embrace escape
14.	Futari Tori Hazushi	Two person seizure escape
15.	Genkotsu Otoshi	Fist drop
16.	Osaegami Nage	Pinning hair throw
17.	Akushu Kote Tori	Handshake wrist seizure
18.	Akushu Ude Tori	Handshake arm seizure
19.	Akushu Kotemaki Tori	Handshake wrist winding seizure
20.	Katate Tori “A”	Single hand seizure one
21.	Katate Tori “B”	Single hand seizure two
22.	Imon Tori	Clothing crest seizure
23.	Daki Kubi Tori	Embracing neck seizure
24.	Yubi Tori Hazushi	Finger seizure escape
25.	Yubi Tori	Finger seizure
26.	Moro Yubi Tori	All finger seizure
27.	Ryōte Tori	Both hand seizure
28.	Tekubi Tori	Wrist seizure
29.	Hagai Tori	Pinion seizure
30.	Shōtō Hibara Hazushi	Knife spleen (side) escape
31.	Shōtō Kata Hazushi	Knife shoulder escape
32.	Shōtō Tsukkomi Hazushi	Knife thrusting escape
33.	Tanjū Mune Hazushi	Pistol chest escape
34.	Tanjū Gan Hazushi	Pistol eyeball escape
35.	Tanjū Hibara Hazushi	Pistol spleen (side) escape

Note 1: Descriptions are not provided for these techniques.

Note 2: At one point in time, a variation of this list known as Ladies Yawara was taught. It contained many of the above techniques and some which do not appear above.

Note 3: This list is one of several courses that Prof. Okazaki taught to specific groups of people who did not take his complete Jūjutsu system. Besides the women's course, Prof Okazaki had special courses for police and military personnel. These courses are not considered to be part of the core curriculum of Danzan-Ryū.

This page maintained by George Arrington.

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