Taijutsu
Taijutsu is a term used in Japanese martial arts to refer to unarmed fighting techniques. The word combines tai, meaning body, and jutsu, meaning technique or art, and is often translated as "body techniques" or "unarmed fighting."
Taijutsu encompasses a broad range of close-quarters methods, including strikes (atemi), throws, pins, joint locks (kansetsu
In practice, taijutsu serves as the unarmed component of various traditional Japanese disciplines. In jujutsu schools
Historically developed in the Edo period and earlier as the unarmed arm of battlefield and civilian defense
Related topics include jujutsu, ninjutsu, and aikido, all of which use taijutsu concepts to teach movement,