Ju-Jitsu International Federation

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Ju-Jitsu International Federation
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Also known asJJIF
Date founded1977 (as EJJF)
Arts taught Modern Ju-Jitsu
Ancestor arts Ju-Jitsu
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The Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) is an international sport federation founded in 1998 after the expansion of the European Ju-Jitsu Federation (EJJF) for the propagation of the modern competitive sports version of Jujitsu, also known as Sport Ju-Jitsu.

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As a member of the General Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF) and the International World Games Association (IWGA), the JJIF represents Sports Ju-Jitsu worldwide. The JJIF is currently the only Jujutsu/Ju-Jitsu organization recognized by the GAISF and IWGA; Ju-Jitsu under JJIF rules is a part of the World Games [1] and World Combat Games. [2]

History

The Federation commenced as a coalition of three countries' associations. In 1977, delegates form Germany, Italy and Sweden founded the European Ju-Jitsu Federation (EJJF). As the number of member Nations increased, in and out of Europe, in 1987 the Federation changed its name to International Ju-Jitsu Federation (IJJF) and the original European nucleus of the Federation became the first Continental Union (EJJU) of the IJJF. Following a series of changes of its Statutes and a change to its membership structure, in 1998, the IJJF decided to change its name to the Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF). [3]

In the early 1990s the IJJF became a provisional member of the General Association of International Sport Federations (GAISF), member of International World Games Association (IWGA – part of the Olympic Movement together with the IOC) and affiliated to the Sport for All Federation (FISpT). During the 1998 GAISF Congress the JJIF obtained full membership status.

Ju-Jitsu under JJIF rules has been an event at the World Games since the 1997 World Games in Lahti, Finland.

  1. 1977: European Ju-Jitsu Federation (EJJF)
  2. 1987: International Ju-Jitsu Federation (IJJF) / European Ju-Jitsu Union (EJJU)
  3. 1998: Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF)

The JJIF is a member of GAISF and IWGA, and both organizations are in close cooperation with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The organisation is striving to establish Sports Ju-Jitsu as an Olympic event in the future. [4]

Regions

All 112 nations in the year 2022:

RegionNameAbbreviationMembersLinks
Europe Ju-Jitsu European Union [de] JJEU35 [5] [6] [7]
Asia Ju-Jitsu Asian Union JJAU37 [8] [9]
Oceania--4 [10]
Africa Ju-Jitsu African Union JJAFU16 [11] [12]
America United Society Ju-Jitsu Organization UPJJ20 [13] [14]

Events

World

European Championship

EditionStartEndCountryCitySources
40May 26, 2022May 28, 2022Israel [15]

Asia

EditionYearCountryCitySources
12016Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan
22017 [16]
32018 [17]
42019 [18]
52021 [18]
62022 [19]

Traditional Jujutsu and Sport Ju-Jitsu

Different schools (ryū) have been teaching traditional jujutsu in Japan since the 15th century. The JJIF is not a governing body for any of these schools of traditional Japanese jujutsu – the JJIF does not exercise authority over traditional Japanese jujutsu Koryu styles, which are often instead headed by leaders who claim leadership from unbroken lineages of transmissions from different Japanese ryū, with some of them hundreds of years old.[ citation needed ]

Rather, the JJIF was founded as an international federation solely for governing Sport Ju-Jitsu, a competitive sport derived from traditional jujutsu.

Executive committee

NameRoleCountry
Panagiotis Theodoropoulos [20] PresidentFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Abdulmunem Alsayed M. Al HashmiPresident of Asian UnionFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Nuvin ProagPresident of African UnionFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Robert PercPresident of European UnionFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Miguel Angel PercocoPresident of Panamerican UnionFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Séverine NebieAthletes representativeFlag of France.svg  France
Faisal AlkitbeAthletes representativeFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Margarita P. Ochoaappointed Board memberFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Medha Goodaryappointed Board memberFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Georgiy KukoverovHonorary Vice PresidentFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
Tomo BorissovHonorary Vice PresidentFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Igor LanzoniHonorary Vice PresidentFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Joachim ThumfartDirector GeneralFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Luc MortelmansDirector FinanceFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Toni DahlHead of Entourage CommissionFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark

Committee Fighting System

NameRoleCountry
Dana Mihaela Mortelmans [21] Sport Director Fighting SystemFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Ralf PfeiferHead Referee Fighting SystemFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Seyed Amir Khoshbin MembersFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
Patrik TremelMembersFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Andreas KuhlMembersFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Jonathan CharlotMembersFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Jose DominguezMembersFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Michael PiaserMembersFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Licaï PourtoisMembersFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Rules of Sport Ju-Jitsu

JJIF currently regulates three different types of competitions at the international level: the Duo system', Fighting system and Ne Waza. [22]

Duo

The former is a discipline in which a pair of Jutsukas (Ju-Jitsu athlete) from the same team show possible self-defence techniques against a series of 12 attacks, randomly called by the mat referee from the 20 codified attacks to cover the following typologies: grip attack (or strangulation), embrace attack (or necklock), hit attack (punch or kick) and armed attack (stick or knife).

The Duo system has three competition categories: male, female or mixed, and the athletes are judged for their speed, accuracy, control and realism. It is arguably the most spectacular form of Ju-jitsu competition and it requires great technical preparation, synchronicity and elevated athletic qualities.

Fighting

With a different approach, the Fighting System is articulated in a one-on-one competition between athletes. The system is divided in several categories according to weight and sex

(Male categories: −55 kg, −62 kg, −69 kg, −77 kg, −85 kg, −94 kg, +94 kg; Female categories −48 kg, −55 kg, −62 kg, −70 kg, +70 kg).

The actual competition is divided in three phases (Parts): Part I sees the jutsukas involved in distance combat (controlled attacks with arms and legs and atemis of various nature – punches, strikes and kicks). Once a grab has been made the Fight enters Part II and hits are no longer allowed.

The jutsukas try to bring one another down with various throwing techniques (and points are given according to how "clean" and effective the action was). Also – despite being uncommon – submission techniques as controlled strangulations and locks are allowed in part II.

Once down on the tatamis (mats) the match enters its Part III. Here points are given for immobilisation techniques, controlled strangulations or levers on body joints that bring the opponent to yield.

The winner is the Jutsuka who has accumulated most points during the fight. Automatic victory is assigned to the Jutsuka who gets an "Ippon" (clean action, full points) in all three parts. This type of competition requires timing, agility, strength and endurance.

Newaza(bjj)

In Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the associated competition discipline is called Ne-Waza, which is a fairly new discipline in the official JIF competition program. It was included in 2010, and established in the World Games 2013 in two initial categories (men -85kg and women - 70kg). From 2014 the competition is held in 10 weight divisions:

Female: -49kg, -55kg, -62kg, -70kg, +70kg

2019 the number of female categories was increased:

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