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AJA Newsletter XXVI, Issue 1 Winter 2003 AJA Newsletter American JuJitsu Association Outstanding Dojo for 2002 According to AJA Membership records, the following dojo have provided jujitsu training to at least 20 students during the course of 2002: White Marsh YMCA Dojo, Baltimore, MD – Wade Susie, Sensei Universal Jujitsu Dojo, Claremont, CA – Linda Della Pelle & Paul Martinez, Sensei Reston Budoshin JuJitsu Dojo, Reston, VA – Bruce H. Jones, Sensei Special points of interest: · Promotions 12 Maru Martial Arts, Towson, MD – Donna Mathews, Sensei · Tournament Results 8 ROC Jujitsu Dojo, Pasadena, CA – Collin Olympius & Jorge Corona, Sensei · Upcoming Events 15 Aiki Jujitsu Dojo, Metarie, LA – Prof. Gene Roos · Contacting the AJA 10 Arlington YMCA Budoshin Dojo, Arlington, VA – Thomas Salander, Sensei The American Jujitsu Association recognizes these dojo and their sensei for their outstanding efforts to perpetuate the Art of Jujistu. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication. The Principle of Following By BOB PRUITT Inside this issue: Traditional jujitsuka of today that the attacker is making a the blow and attempts to cap- face innumerable misconcep- powerful, ki-committed attack. ture the attacking hand, but the tions regarding their art; this is Such a powerful, ki-committed attacker is too fast and retracts The Principle of Following 1 an unfortunate result of the attack is the sort of strike that the strike before the capture is From the Editor 2 large amount of press the grap- would be thrown by a traditional affected. What, then, happens pling martial arts received fol- striking stylist, where the inten- next? Has the blend-and-adhere Board of Directors 3 lowing the inception of mixed tion of the first blow is to end philosophy of jujitsu failed? By martial arts (MMA) events, as the confrontation from the on- no means -- it simply continues. Charity Fright Nights 3 well as the improper assump- set, or an untrained individual For as the blow is retracted, the tions made by brother arts that that is simply trying to remove defender follows it; after all, it is Sel-Defense Through Other Eyes, 4 Other Words are unfamiliar with our ways. your head. How then would a not as if the retracted hand of Yet, no misconceived notion may jujitsuka deal with a snappy, the attacker disappears into a Letters 6 be so frustrating as the frequent tournament-stylized striker? The mysterious nether-region where complaint that jujitsuka expect answer is in the principle of fol- it is hidden from our defender’s Bushido: Fudo 7 to be able to snatch snappy lowing. hands. Rather, the hand is float- punches and kicks from the air. ing and accessible to a follow- Chairman’s Column 11 Envision this scenario--an ag- It is quite true that jujitsuka train ing-minded defender. This is not Loss or Success gressor throws a snappy, lead- to adhere to the striking skills of an earth-shattering, new idea, hand jab at the head of a de- an enemy, but a necessary but one well grounded in the fending jujitsuka. Our hero slips premise of this philosophy is (See Following on page 14) Page 2 AJA Newsletter From the Editor The AJA Newsletter welcomes One of the tasks as editor, work. Today, the US and most of press was unusual, expensive, submissions of articles and especially of a small publication the world recognize copyright as a and took a lot of work to use. proposals. We prefer plain text (.TXT) in electronic format. You like this one, is ensuring that significant tool “to promote the Today, printers are common, may also send articles for there is actually material to progress of science and useful inexpensive, and relatively simple consideration through the publish. Like most organizations, arts.” to use. We have reached a U.S. Postal Service or via fax. there is a small subset that is technological point where perfect We promote that progress by Back issues are available. willing to take up pen or keyboard reproduction of anything in stipulating that an inventor or an and produce something for electronic form is simple and Copyright ã 2003 American Ju-Jitsu author will be compensated for consideration. (Smaller still is the inexpensive. Association. All rights reserved. their work, effectively “getting a Nothing herein contained may be group that does this unsolicited.) piece of the action”. This Haven’t we all received reproduced in any form or by any While we may not publish every means without written permission compensation is for the time, bootlegged copies of movies or original work submitted, we of the American Ju-Jitsu Association. effort, and resources they put in software from friends or always appreciate the to bring the product (book, relatives? Haven’t we made To contact us: consideration and effort of the invention, disk, etc.) to the them? Maybe it is time to authors. [email protected] market. Without the reexamine this in a broader ' voice: 703-243-0206 Occasionally, we receive compensation most of these context. As martial artists one something else. It may be a copy developers would have less approach is echoed in the Ê fax: 703-243-0204 of an article from a magazine, a incentive to do the work to begin admonishment many of us - AJA Newsletter chapter from a book, or even a with. Many simply would not have received the first time we stepped c/o Thomas Salander web page that the submitter the resources. Even under the on the mat: just because we can, 519 North Livingston Street Arlington, Virginia 22203- wanted to see republished here. current system the developer is does not mean we should, and 0222 Sometimes it is the submitter’s taking a risk that there will with greater capability comes own work, sometimes it isn’t. In actually be a marked for their greater responsibility to use that either case, we usually must product – a passion for the capability for the greater good. It Submission deadline for the next issue is June 1, 2003 reject the offer. The reason: subject will only take most people is true that we are playing catch- copyright infringement. so far. The public provides up with the technology. Many Reproduction of material without feedback. An author whose first people simple do not know that written permission of the book languishes in the clearance copying an article, photo or disk is copyright holder is illegal. bin will find it difficult to publish illegal or why. Many others know Quotations for education and volume 2, regardless of how but choose their own self-interest review, such as in Scott enthusiastic he or she may be. over social responsibility. Is this 200 years ago few Anderson’s article on page 4, are the attitude we want to teach to All this applies not only to the next permitted within certain limits. our students? Is this the attitude people had any Gothic novel or paper clip Any person or any group – a dojo we want to foster when practice replacement wannabe but also to practical dealings or the AJA, for example – can be takes our neck only millimeters training materials available to us held liable for stretching or from being snapped? It is with copyright. A as martial artists. Just within the ignoring these limits. precisely this selfish might- AJA several instructors have taken printing press was makes-right approach that caused United States copyright is older the time and expense to publish JuJitsu to fall into disrepute after unusual, expensive, than the Bill of Rights, being books, video and other resources. the Miji reformation. To this day embedded in the Constitution: No one is getting rich off these and took a lot of JuJitsu in Japan is still associated “Congress shall have the power … materials, and sometimes just with thugs and hoodlums rather work to use. to promote the progress of recovering out-of-pocket expenses than the higher moral aspirations science and useful arts, by is problematic. Certainly as of Budo. securing for limited times to martial artists we want to support authors and inventors the these efforts wherever we can. One student put it this way: Why exclusive right to their respective would someone copy an But there lies the problem. While writings and discoveries.” The instructor’s material? That is no the law has always reflected the concept is even older, starting different than going over to the higher societal need, 200 years with the increased use of printing sensei’s bag next to the mat and ago few people had any practical presses and evolving along with stealing a book. dealings with copyright. A printing our ability to reproduce any given XXVI, Issue 1 Page 3 AJA Board of Director Meeting Participating BOD members: George Kirby, tournament expenses. Nor may it be used 4. AJA Allied Directors Walt Lenoir, Ron Sekulich, Marc Tucker, to subsidize or compensate guest Wade Susie and Karen Curley. The proposal for the additional staff instructors or judges. Final details will be position of National Tournament worked out by the AJA President, Director Those not able to participate: Dennis Coordinator was not passed. and Regional Directors. McCurdy, Tony Maynard, Gene Roos and Bill Fromm. George Kirby’s proposal that the BOD The proposal that AJA BOD officers, except allocate $1000 per region on an annual past presidents, must be reappointed and Proposals were made and passed by basis to subsidize national competitions accept unanimous vote of BOD members present for member participating in freestyle reappointment every four years passed by for the new staff competition passed by unanimous vote of unanimous vote of all present. The positions of: BOD present.
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