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Answer for the clue "Self-defence method without weapons ", 8 letters:
jiujitsu

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Word definitions for jiujitsu in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength [syn: jujutsu , jujitsu ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of jujitsu English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
jiujitsu \jiujitsu\ n. [Jap., soft technique.] a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength. Syn: jujitsu, jiujutsu, jujutsu.

Usage examples of jiujitsu.

He trained in classic, rather old-fashioned jiujitsu, and he played rugby with the international side against the sons of the British taipans with an effectiveness that bordered on brutality.

Imposed to popular huzzas as a class tax, the income tax was gradually turned into a mass tax in a jiujitsu turnaround.

I asked him, by the way, if, he knew jiujitsu, because his arms looked powerful.

Karate, judo, boxing, jiujitsu, wrestling-not one of the formal schools of unarmed combat prepares a man for the special problem of suddenly catching a sack of bricks that has fallen out of a third story window.

I had heard he came from a martial family and had learned both ninja and jiujitsu tactics from his father.