Taiho-Jitsu

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Taiho-Jitsu and American Taiho-Jitsu is a form of Ju-Jitsu.

The system is designed to be street applicable, and was created for law enforcement in Japan, England and the United States; It has and is also used by airline security, bodyguards and civilians alike.

"Taiho-Jitsu is practiced both standing and with ground applications, against armed and unarmed attacks, against single or multiple attackers" and utilizes "strikes, kicks, joint-locks, baton, rope-tying, hand-cuffing, weapons retention, and verbal commands."[1]

A well know practictioner and teacher in the U.S. is Alan Cunningham.

In the UK, the foremost authority is Sensei Brian Eustace and founder of the British Taiho Jutsu Association (BTJA). Sensei Eustace (9th Dan Taiho Jutsu, 7th Dan Aikido, 2nd Dan Judo) is a former police sergeant and instructor who was responsible for establishing the taiho jutsu system that was taught to British police for a number of years.