The Japanese have always been known throughout the world for their excellence in battle and warfare. Since Japan is such a small country they needed to use their situation to their advantage. For example, to get an edge over invading attackers they had to use there island as a defense fortifying defense. But that was the strategy of it. What everybody thinks about when they hear "Japanese warfare" is the Samurai. The samurai were the …showed first 75 words of 1562 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1562 total…combat system directed at allowing the combatant to defend against a single untrained assailant through to a group of trained combatants. I myself have taken a Jiu Jitsu class. It was very demanding and strenuous. I learned a few techniques as well as the 3 main stances: The horse stance, the Cat stance, and the "ready" stance (as my sensie called it). The whole experience was enjoyable and I am thinking of Joining the class full-time.