We will discuss the biting, gouging, poking and grasping techniques that are used in Jujitsu.  These techniques were implemented in order for the attacker to have an advantage of their opponent.

Since their opponent would use ways that were undesirable, the attacker had to counter with techniques that could overpower the opponent.  They were considered a defense for the attacker against the opponent.

Biting

The target spots for biting are the ears, nose and fingers.  This technique can be used for            attacks such as bear hugs.  Biting can also be used where a person can attack their        opponent’s face, hand or fingers.

Gouging

Gouging is a poking technique that attacks the eyes or genital areas of the body.  This    distracts the opponent and causes them great pain.  This technique is used as an attack            method of when one is defending themselves from an opponent.  When a person gouges        an attacker’s eyes, they can control their opponent’s balance.

Poking

When you are poking, you target the pressure points of the eyes.  This is good to use to defend yourself against grabs from your opponent.  It can also be used for grappling         purposes.  If the opponent is winning over you, it can be used as a defense mechanism.            With poking, you would use your fingers and knuckles.

Grasping

With the grasping method, you can attack the groin or any sensitive area of the body.  In           order to apply this technique, you can distract your opponent by causing pain.  The areas            affected by this include the ears, hair, nipples, and skin.

Atemi is when you strike the pressure points or psychological areas of an opponent.  What this does is the opponent cannot move around to strike back.  Atemi is used to strike the body so that it will trigger a psychological reaction.  It can also be used to distract an opponent and causes the opponent to try another technique.

Takedown

A takedown is when an opponent is dragged to the floor using the attacker’s body weight.  They can also be taken to the floor if their attacker uses a strike against them.  The legs of the opponent are such where they cannot move.  The opponent gets floored using brutal force.  The balance may be broken by tricking the motion of the opponent.  With takedowns a lot of strength is used from the body and when the balance is broken, it’s just broken.  There is no skill to it.

With the different styles of jujitsu, there are various ways that the techniques are applied.  Here are some of the applications and how they are applied to this sport:

Rolling

A forward shoulder roll involves rolls using the palm-down and palm-up method.  A backward should roll requires landing on your hip on the far side, in the palm down method.

Arm Bars

When performing an arm bar technique, some use a “hand open” method.  Others simply use their fist.  With both techniques, there is supposedly increased power.  However, it has been proven that the closed fist method provides more of an advantage.  This helps to prevent fingers from having an accident or getting snagged in the process.

Wrist Locks

Wrist locks use the bottom three fingers without the index finger.  Other methods use the top three fingers without the pinky.  Both methods have the same effect to not block the wrist of the opponent with this technique.

Grappling

The difference with grappling is if the style of it is considered a sport or is it a need for training for self-defense purposes.  Both are legit, and there is some overlap with the training.  However, there will be differences.  With the self-defense portion, there are factors in regard to the position of grappling.  With the sport, the main focus is to get up and away as quickly as you can.