estcrh Posted October 10, 2015 Report Posted October 10, 2015 Why a jutte is called "jutte" and not "jitte". Taiho-Jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai By Don Cunningham. Page 72. The late Don Cunningham held advanced ranks in judo, jujutsu, and kendo, including a second dan license from the Kodokan Judo Institute in Tokyo. A frequent contributor to many martial arts publications, Mr. Cunningham studied and wrote about Japanese modern and traditional martial arts for more than thirty years. Mr. Cunningham practiced judo and competed in many different countries, including Japan. His tournament records include many state and regional awards. In addition, he has studied koryu bujutsu styles with various teachers during his frequent visits to Japan. He authored three books on Japanese feudal era history. Now you would think that someone in the advanced Japanese martial arts community that Don traveled in would have told him that he was not using the proper terms, maybe he did some research...im just saying.
estcrh Posted October 10, 2015 Report Posted October 10, 2015 Here are a couple of mentions of the hand held spear being called a "jitte", this is from "Samurai Fighting Arts:The Sprit and the Pactice, by Fumon Tanaka", 2003. The author is a world-famous Kobudo grandmaster. He knows all the Kobudo styles, and his teachs martial such as Iaijutsu and Jujitsu to students around the world. This is his first book in English, and it offers readers the opportunity to learn the lesser known arts of Kobudo,particularly the way of Nito Ryu-the two-swords method created by the famous samurai Miyamoto Musashi, and to understand the spirit behind it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumon_Tanaka Now here is a Japanese national, who was BORN speaking Japanese and yet he uses the term "JITTE" in his book to describe the hand held spear like weapon. Maybe he knows something about what he is writing about?
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