This is not a Print!
This "Jujitsu / Jujutsu" calligraphy symbol scroll is created by the disabled artist.
Approximate Measurements:
Length of Silk Scroll: 48.2" (122cm)
Width of Wooden Scroll Roller: 18.6" (47cm)
Japanese kanji / Traditional
Chinese Characters
Simplified Chinese Characters & pinyin
Jujutsu (柔術, jūjutsu) listen (help·info),
("jujitsu") literally meaning the "art of softness," or "way of yielding" is a collective
name for Japanese martial art styles including unarmed and armed techniques. Jujutsu
evolved among the samurai of feudal Japan as a method for defeating an armed and
armored opponent without weapons. Due to the ineffectiveness of striking against
an armored opponent, the most efficient methods for neutralizing an enemy took the
form of pins, joint locks, and throws. These techniques were developed around the
principle of using an attacker's energy against him, rather than directly opposing
it.
Jujutsu was first developed by the Samurai. The term "jūjutsu" was not coined until
the 17th century, after which time it became a blanket term for a wide variety of
grappling-related disciplines. Prior to that time, these skills had names such as
"short sword grappling" (小具足腰之廻, kogusoku koshi no mawari?), "grappling" (組討 or
組打, kumiuchi), "body art" (体術, taijutsu), "softness" (柔 or 和, yawara), "art of harmony"
(和術, wajutsu, yawarajutsu), "catching hand" (捕手, torite), and even the "way of softness"
(柔道, jūdō) (as early as 1724, almost two centuries before Kano Jigoro founded the
modern art of Kodokan
jūdō).
Talented Disabled Calligraphy
Artists create this 'Jujitsu / Jujutsu' calligraphy artwork scroll!
When I first saw a person without
hands who could not only write but also became a good calligrapher, I was shocked.
Disabled artist, Mr. Wang, has
sat in a wheelchair more than 30 years after a catastrophic accident during fieldwork
left him paralyzed from the waist down. Master Wang was gracefully moving and pausing
his brush that can be mesmerizing, and there is one of his artworks on display here.
