Comments on: History of Jujitsu http://www.martialartinfo.net/jujitsu/history-of-jujitsu-21 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:33:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John Clarke http://www.martialartinfo.net/jujitsu/history-of-jujitsu-21/comment-page-1#comment-2 John Clarke Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:00:23 +0000 http://www.martialartinfo.net/jujitsu/history-of-jujitsu-21#comment-2 "In the time of Emperor Tokugawa in the 17th century, jujitsu gained prominence, but became forbidden when Emperor Melse regained control over the country. Halfway the 20th century, there was the restoration of Meiji and the ban on jujitsu was lifted during that time. Soon after this the martial art form became very popular and widely practiced." Emperor - Tokugawa Ieyasu was anointed shogun in 1603 by the reigning emperor. At no time did any of the Tokugawa (as the period is called, likewise Edo Period) shoguns take the title emperor, however members of the Tokugawa line were married into the royal family, with offspring later becoming emperor. The veracity of the rest of the historical information is highly questionable, yet I shall refrain from exerting too much energy indulging this ignorance. “In the time of Emperor Tokugawa in the 17th century, jujitsu gained prominence, but became forbidden when Emperor Melse regained control over the country. Halfway the 20th century, there was the restoration of Meiji and the ban on jujitsu was lifted during that time. Soon after this the martial art form became very popular and widely practiced.”

Emperor – Tokugawa Ieyasu was anointed shogun in 1603 by the reigning emperor. At no time did any of the Tokugawa (as the period is called, likewise Edo Period) shoguns take the title emperor, however members of the Tokugawa line were married into the royal family, with offspring later becoming emperor. The veracity of the rest of the historical information is highly questionable, yet I shall refrain from exerting too much energy indulging this ignorance.

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