Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
jiu-jutsu .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
jujitsu .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
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Examples
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The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.
Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012
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The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.
Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012
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The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.
Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012
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The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.
Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012
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Mixed martial arts enables fighters to draw on a range of combat disciplines, including jiujitsu, Muay Thai, wrestling, boxing and kickboxing.
Living a Dangerous Dream Sophia Hollander 2011
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The Bishops' attack and the administration's jiujitsu maneuver came a scant week after public outcry supporting Planned Parenthood after anti-choice leaders at the Komen Foundation threatened to cut funding for PP's breast health care services.
Ellen R. Shaffer: Who Won? We Will Ellen R. Shaffer 2012
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The Palestine papers help Abbas in the diplomatic jiujitsu
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Retina dance company's La Lutte, choreographed by Filip van Huffel, sees Steven Martin and Matthew Slater locked into a struggle which is part jiujitsu duel, part desperate search for identity.
Alonzo King Lines Ballet; Retina dance company, Collisions, Juliet Aster 2010
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Telles trains about 10 hours a week and competes occasionally in Brazilian jiujitsu matches.
Mixed martial arts students go head-to-head for good health 2010
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His fighter training program combines two main disciplines: Muay Thai, or Thai boxing, and Brazilian jiujitsu.
Mixed martial arts students go head-to-head for good health 2010
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