Welcome to the Aiuchi Jiu Jitsu Association

Aiuchi jiu jitsu is a ‘gendai’ or modern style of Japanese jiu jitsu. We focus on self-defence rather than sport. Most of what we do is standing - looking at defences from kicks, punches, grabs and various weapons. We want to avoid or disarm an attack and escape. 

We spend a lot of time on ‘situational’ self defence - looking at common or likely attacks and how we might defend ourselves against those. As a consequence you will see many techniques that might be familiar from other martial arts or other types of jiu jitsu - for example locks that you might have seen in aikido, throws from judo or groundwork from Brazilian jiu jitsu. 

We try to use an opponents strength and momentum against them rather than meeting force with force. We are not seeking to teach you how to be an MMA champion or cage fighter or to defend against a trained fighter. Fighting needs a very different strategy to self-defence.