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Originally Posted by complete  I think it's spelled "Ju Jitsu" most of the time. |
It is jūjutsu(the first u is actually uu). So it has to be written as ju-jutsu. I just don't understand why people insist on making up different spellings for that.
Jujutsu is jujutsu. It's the right way to spell it. The kanji of "art" is read as jutsu. But since the letter "u" is pronounced a little narrowly,some western people think of it as "i".
And BJJ is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu(It was probably easier to pronounce it that way for the Brazilians)
So, it's Kenjutsu,Ninjutsu,Jujutsu,Aikijutsu etc.....
Not jitsu
Some people even spell Jujutsu as Jijitsu. And that's a whole other word by itself. Jitsu or jijitsu(they're both used with little different nuances) means "truth". So, when you say "Jitsu wa.." you say something like "Actually...".
P.S: There's nothing called Ichikyu. It's Ikkyu. Ok, I've talked enough.