Taiho-Jitsu

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Taiho-Jitsu and American Taiho-Jitsu is a form of Ju-Jitsu.

The system is designed to be street applicable, and was created for law enforcement in Japan, England and the United States; It has and is also used by airline security, bodyguards and civilians alike.

"Taiho-Jitsu is practiced both standing and with ground applications, against armed and unarmed attacks, against single or multiple attackers" and utilizes "strikes, kicks, joint-locks, baton, rope-tying, hand-cuffing, weapons retention, and verbal commands."[1]

A well know practictioner and teacher in the U.S. is Alan Cunningham.