. Review of reviews and world's work. y our phy-sicians. A Japanese policeman, who must be amaster of the Kano methods, does not summon anambulance surgeon when he has a drowning manto restore to life. He employs kuatsu^ which isfar more effective than the battery and othermethods known to the medical fraternity. The question has often been asked, To whatextent is jiu-jitsu understood in Japan? Itwould be far from the truth to claim that everyadult Japanese male is an adept. Nearly every Japanese understands moi-e or less of jiu-jitsu,just as most American boys pick up somethingof boxing. Ther
. Review of reviews and world's work. y our phy-sicians. A Japanese policeman, who must be amaster of the Kano methods, does not summon anambulance surgeon when he has a drowning manto restore to life. He employs kuatsu^ which isfar more effective than the battery and othermethods known to the medical fraternity. The question has often been asked, To whatextent is jiu-jitsu understood in Japan? Itwould be far from the truth to claim that everyadult Japanese male is an adept. Nearly every Japanese understands moi-e or less of jiu-jitsu,just as most American boys pick up somethingof boxing. There are undoubtedly more realadepts at jiu-jitsu in Japan than there are thor-oughly expert boxers in this country ; the pro-portion of Japanese males who are reasonablyproficient in jiu-jitsu is much higher than theproportion of American males who are fairlywell versed in boxing. Some of the simplerfeats of kuatsu are almost common property inJapan. These statements, of course, Iefer to theindustrial population, every man in the armed. Assailant strikes with left fist and follows with right. Thejiu-jitsu man catches assailants left and right wrists asthey are sent at him, and twists around the assailantsright, at the same time twisting assailants right hand andarm hack of assailant, and easily throws him hackward. forces of the government being required to bean adept in the Kano, or official, jiu-jitsu. In our press, lately, much reference has beenmade to the fact that the Annapolis cadets areto be taught Jiudo—something vastly superiorto jiu-jitsu. It would be a trifle more accurateto refer to jiudo as highly scientific, or more ad-vanced, jiu-jitsu. Professor Kano called hisnew system j/udfl before its adoption l>y his gov-ernment as the official system. THE JAPANESE ART OF JIU-JITSU. 205
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