jujitsu
noun
ju·jit·su
variants
or less commonly jujutsu
or jiujitsu
: an art of weaponless fighting employing holds, throws, and paralyzing blows to subdue or disable an opponent
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But the three to four deeply unserious men who appear each season to drone on about crypto, Joe Rogan, and Brazilian jujitsu will get herded away by the captive audience of their dreams and stop wasting a living, breathing woman’s time.
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Nic Juarez, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Soon after, Pagan, who has a black belt in jujitsu and runs a defense training business, JEM Solutions, entered the picture.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
The two beetles face off in battle, until the first manages to get enough leverage to toss his romantic rival off the stump in a deft display of insect jujitsu.
—Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
The filmmaker arrived in Los Angeles in the early ‘90s, offering to teach jujitsu at a martial arts school in exchange for a place to crash.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Nic Juarez, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2025
Soon after, Pagan, who has a black belt in jujitsu and runs a defense training business, JEM Solutions, entered the picture.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
The two beetles face off in battle, until the first manages to get enough leverage to toss his romantic rival off the stump in a deft display of insect jujitsu.
—Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
The filmmaker arrived in Los Angeles in the early ‘90s, offering to teach jujitsu at a martial arts school in exchange for a place to crash.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Jujitsu.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jujitsu. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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