About Us: It's important to understand the differences between Japanese Jujutsu, Brazilian Jiujitsu, European Jujitsu and American Jujitsu.  It's quite a different art depending on where and whom one learns the from. The art can be use for "life and death" situations (military) as with American Jujitsu, in the streets for self defense (being attacked) Japanese Jujutsu, there is an entire sport aspect (competition) with European Jujitsu or recreation/sport (hobby) Brazilian Jiujitsu. The beauty of the art is that it adapts to any and all situations; stand up, throws, striking, joint locks, grappling, kicking, leg locks, chokes, armbars and so forth. Its all done depending on what one is looking for, the experience of the person performing the art, and lastly the knowledge of the instructor. For an example in American/European Jujitsu we spar in all facets of fighting, "phase 1"- stand-up; "phase 2" throwing; "phase 3" ground fighting.


What we teach: 

American Jujitsu: Kaigan-Ryu (Instructor Course) has its roots in traditional styles of jujitsu.

Kaigan-Ryu Jujitsu, is a system Shihan Landolt founded in the the early 90's after 2 decades of Jujitsu/

Judo experience.. Kaigan-Ryu literally means "school by the sea," the focus of the art is to use jujitsu as

an adaptive response to any situation much like water can and does. The art is based on Yoshin-Ryu Jujutsu,

Koryu Jujutsu, and other systems including Kodokan Judo, Aiki-Jujitsu, Kyokushin 

Karate, and Gracie Jiu-jitsu. The art uses the strengths of each system Shihan Landolt has studied,

while maintaining tradition and keeping what is practical for self-defense.The Kaigan-Ryu system is complex

and very demanding for anyone willing to train in the art. This enables the dojo sensei to explain to the student

why techniques came to be as they are and the philosophy surrounding the techniques’ creation and use.

Kaigan-Ryu Jujitsu was “nationally” accredited in 1998 and “internationally”accredited in 1999. The art provides

a comprehensive fighting system, as it remains well rounded for all aspects of fighting and effective use in today’s real life situations.

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American Jujitsu: (Student Course) was first introduced in 1902 in the United States

in front of President Roosevelt by John J. O'Brien .The art was "first" taught to the public at a Judo/Jujitsu school

in Seattle Washington in 1903. The core of the art is Yoshin-Ryu Jujutsu, the art mainly focuses on the use of

throws and joint locking as a means of self defense. The concept is once an opponent is thrown hard to the ground

the finish should be easily obtained. Once the art left Japan it was not spelled the same, the “spelling” was changed 

from "Jujutsu" to "Jiu-jitsu" because of the translation and finally "Jujitsu" in America to make the distinction

between the them. The art was brought to America with the military in mind. It was taught to the military in

America to help the soldiers with close combat training. The art experienced a huge surge at the turn of the 20th

century due to the fact that Jujitsu could also have many healthy benefits. American Jujitsu has elements of

Kodenkan Jujutsu, Okinawa Te, with a heavy influence from Judo.

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Judo: (For everyone) Jigoro Kano needed to find a way to save old Jujutsu. In devising a different form of

Jujutsu due to the new law associated with the Samurai in the late 1800's, he came up with a safer way to free

practice or “randori,” and maintain the integrity of the art. Kano had studied several styles of Jujutsu and took

the strengths of each style to create his own unique brand of Jujutsu later named Judo. It was originally called

Kano Jiujitsu, later the art was renamed to Kano Judo and finallysimply Judo. It is essentially the “sport”

version of Jujutsu. By practicing Jujutsu in a controlled, safe envirnment for fun, it changed the way Jujutsu

was viewed. Kosen Judo (heavy ground emphasis) is the parent art of modern day Brazilian Jiu-jitsu from which 

the art was created.

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