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Answer for the clue "Japanese wrestling ", 7 letters:
jujitsu

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Word definitions for jujitsu in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also ju-jitsu , 1875, from Japanese jujutsu , from ju "softness, gentleness" (from Chinese jou "soft, gentle") + jutsu "art, science," from Chinese shu, shut .

Usage examples of jujitsu.

The expected signal would bring enough men from The Shadow to deal directly with Yeddo and the jujitsu crew.

For a moment, I thought he was going to apply a jujitsu leg lock and try to break something.

The idea behind so-called mixed martial arts, or MMA, is to pit against each other a combination of traditional martial disciplines: boxing, jujitsu, judo, karate, kempo, kung fu, Muay Thai, sambo, wrestling.

It was on a trip to Fort Bragg for some additional training that he sat in on a jujitsu class.

While karate used mostly feet and hand strikes, and judo used mostly holds and throws, jujitsu combined both and then added knees, elbows, head butts, choke holds, submission holds, and even a few more.

Rapp began training in earnest, eventually spending several months in Brazil learning Gracie Jujitsu from the grand master himself, Helio Gracie.

Over the years he added some Thai boxing to his regimen, but for the most part he focused on Gracie Jujitsu, eventually earning a third-degree black belt.

He also struck his blows with the edge of his hand, after the way of a jujitsu man.

Grinning from the doorway of the room was the Japanese jujitsu expert.

As The Shadow neared the head of a stairway, a door popped open and from it sprang another Jap whose crouch indicated that he knew jujitsu quite as well as did Ishi.

He gave me a jujitsu treatment, and next I knew that rope was around my neck.

His guns were away, for The Shadow knew they would be useless in a cramped fight with jujitsu experts.

It came when he had sprawled some of the jujitsu men between himself and the window and was twisting away from others, in a forward direction.

As one, three sprawled jujitsu fighters came up to meet The Shadow, all supplying the same throw, in unison.

The Family Warriors spent years being instructed by one of the Elders, a former Warrior, in karate, kung fu, jujitsu, savate, and diverse other styles of martial combat.