One thing Karate is not derived from ju jitsu, it came from Okinawa after which it was japanized and some styles combined ju jitsu with okinawan karate
originaly JJ was ment for samurai who lost their weapons, therefore strikes in JJ are simple and always aimed at points not protected by the armor
Same is true for Kenjitsu, there for instance they strike the armpit and inside of the arm where kendo stikes the protected parts
Karate is not a Martial Art in the sense that true martial arts were used on the battlefield(that's what Martial means) it was practiced by nobleman and okinawan variant of the samurai but not for the battlefield
The Ju of Ju jitsu and judo probably mean more like soft as oposed to hard weapons than soft techniques
yielding to overcome is a great principle but I still ask myself if it works if there is a 30-50 kg(or even more) weight difference
Why else are there weight divisions in judo?
As long as it was japanese angains japanese there wasn't trhat much weight difference but in a global village this is totally different
Doesn't say it doesn't help just that it doesn't matter as much as in japanese fudal times
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