- WELCOME TO "INTERNATIONAL TAIHO JUTSU" (ITJ) -
- MAIF's Defensive Tactics System / Program -
Our Mission is to create and grow a Worldwide Network of Serious Students and Instructors of Taiho Jutsu / Defensive Tactics, with respect for the historic foundations of Japanese Police Taiho Jutsu yet recognizing & further developing (in this changing society) an Evolving Modern Mindset with Tactical Skills & Leadership.
"International Taiho Jutsu (ITJ)" is one of MAIF's Global Training Programs..!
The Police Self-Defense Instructor (PSDI) Program was a program formerly under the United States Karate Association and has been reconstituted under the United States Ju-Jitsu Federation (USJJF) and the Martial Arts International Federation (MAIF). USJJF's National & MAIF's International Programs of Defensive Tactics & Restraint for Law Enforcement / Military / Civilian Personnel are known as UNITED STATES TAIHO JUTSU (USTJ) tm and as INTERNATIONAL TAIHO JUTSU (ITJ) tm. These programs were headed originally by our Founder & 1st President - George Anderson and under his guidance and with the help of many of the former members of the old PSDI lives on in the USJJF & the MAIF.
We invite members of the Martial Arts & Law Enforcement & Military Community to join us in this important endeavor by submitting articles on Self-Defense and the Martial Arts as they relate to Law Enforcement & Military Personnel.
Our plans for the future include, Instructor Certification Seminars, Self-Defense Clinics for Law Enforcement / Military / Civilian Officials, the standardization of an approved course of instruction, videos and other publications. If you would like to help make this happen, please contact the MAIF International Headquarters. Be sure to include your phone number and information about your law enforcement background when contacting us.
TAIHO JUTSU (Arresting Art) is a term for martial arts developed by Japan’s feudal police to arrest dangerous criminals, who were usually armed and frequently desperate. While many taiho jutsu methods originated from the classical Japanese schools of kenjutsu (swordsmanship) and jūjutsu (unarmed fighting arts), the goal of the feudal police officers was to capture lawbreakers alive and without injury. Thus, they often used specialized implements and unarmed techniques intended to pacify or disable suspects rather than employing more lethal means.
Japanese law enforcement officers trained in self-defense and arresting techniques primarily based on the unarmed fighting styles of jūjutsu. They also developed and perfected the use of a variety of non-lethal implements for capturing and restraining suspects such as juttejutsu (truncheon arts), toritejutsu (restraining arts), and hojōjutsu (binding and tying arts). Feudal era police officers became proficient in a variety of specialized techniques for arresting both armed and unarmed individuals.
Many traditional Japanese martial arts schools once included elements of taiho jutsu, although most have since been lost to history. A number of taiho jutsu techniques have survived, though, and are still taught and practiced in their original forms by specialists in jūjutsu as well as kenjutsu and iaido (swordsmanship).
The modern version of Taiho Jutsu was created during the Allied occupation of post World War II Japan. Japan was being demilitarized, the practice of the martial arts had been prohibited, and the Japanese police force was unable to cope with the outbreaks of violence during that period. The Tokyo police bureau convened a technical committee headed by kendoist Saimura Goro; judoist Nagaoka Shuichi; Shimizu Takaji, the twenty-fifth headmaster of the Shindo Muso Ryu; Otsuka Hidenori, founder of the Wado Ryu; and Horiguchi Tsuneo, a pistol expert.
This committee reviewed the techniques of classical kenjutsu, jujutsu, andjojutsu, and adapted several techniques from each of these disciplines for police use; the committee also selected techniques from modern disciplines, such as jujutsu, karate-jutsu, kendo, and judo, for incorporation into the proposed system of self-defense; and further ideas were gained from a study of Western boxing. A system comprising these elements and called Taiho Jutsu was created in 1947, and Taiho Jutsu Kihon Kozo (Fundamentals of Taiho Jutsu) was published as an official manual for policemen.
Taiho-Jutsu was introduced to the U.S. when the Strategic Air Command began sending combative measures instructors to the Kodokan in Japan for eight-week training programs. The course was a Japanese-designed mix of Judo, Karate, Aikido and Taiho-jutsu. Kodokan officials contacted the JKA to manage the karate instruction. The JKA responded by sending Nishiyama, Obata, Okazaki, and Terada. Judo instruction was provided by Kodokan greats Kotani, Otaki, Takagake, Sato, Shinojima, and Yamaguchi. Aikido instruction was led by Tomiki, along with Yamada and Inuzuka, while the instruction in Taiho-jutsuwas given by Hosokawa and Kikuchi.
The SAC airmen attended class at the dojo for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and at the end of the course had to compete against and be evaluated by ten Black Belts. Upon returning to the United States, these airmen became instructors at every SAC base where it was important to develop combatives courses for crewmen in training.
Taiho Jutsu has had several revisions since 1947 and is still studied and examined in order to bring in refinements and adapt it to new conditions of street fighting. It makes great use of Keibo, a short police baton, in a range of techniques called Keibo-soho, as well as the extending tubular baton (Tokushu Keibo) which was adopted by the Japanese police in 1966.
INTERNATIONAL TAIHO JUTSU / POLICE DEFENSIVE TACTICS & RESTRAINT INSTRUCTORS (ITJ-PDTRI) COMMITTEE·
In USA -
State Directors & Advisors:
. Ty Cunningham, State Director for Alaska, USA
· Shaun Ward, State Director for North Carolina, USA
. Roger A. Jarrett, State Director for West Virginia, USA
. Danny E. Lane, State Director for Kentucky, USA
· Richard A. Fike, Sr., State Director for Ohio, USA
. Ron Layton, State Director for Maryland, USA
. Pasquale Albino, State Director for Connecticut, USA
. Ricardo Murgel, State Director for Georgia, USA
. William Cooley, State Director for Iowa, USA
. Barry O'Brien, State Director for New York, USA
· Robert E. Koski, State Director for Colorado, USA
. John f. Chatwood, State Director for Nevada, USA
. Alexander Velazquez, State Director for Delaware, USA
. Eldridge Hawkins, State Director for New Jersey, USA
. MIke Sian, State Director for North Dakota, USA
. Scott Altgilbers, State Director for Illinois, USA
. Jack Garrett, State Director for Louisiana, USA
. William S. Cook, State Director for Oklahoma, USA
. Dustin Whittemore, State Director for Arkansas, USA
. David Wilson, State Director for Mississippi, USA
. Bill Johns, State Director for Missouri, USA
. James R. Webb, State Director for Texas, USA
. Michael Bess, State Director for Indiana, USA
. John Newton, State Director for Florida, USA
. Shaunton Davis, State Director for Michigan, USA
. Tyrone Abdul, State Director for Nebraska, USA
. Nadeem Ansari, State Director for Virginia, USA
. Jimmy Rivera, State Director for Puerto Rico, USA
. Kurt Speerbrecher, State Director for Washington, USA
. Weston Simonis, State Director for Oregon, USA
. Patrick A Weyand, State Director for Wisconsin, USA
Advisors:
. Brian Walsh - Ohio, USA
. Cliff T. King - Texas, USA
. Roberto Garcia - Texas, USA
. William S. Cook - Oklahoma, USA
. David Chance - Ohio, USA
. Randall Schubert - Oklahoma, USA
. Michael Rosenquist - Oklahoma, USA
. John Henderson - North Carolina, USA
. Chris Harris - Texas, USA
. Roberto Garcia - Texas, USA
. John Farrar - New York, USA
. Richard Dunn - Nevada, USA
· John Connolly, USA
International -
National Directors & Advisors:
. David Gordge, National Director for Australia
. Ricardo Mercado Sierra, National Director for Spain
Advisors in Spain -
. Gabriel García Muñoz, Spain
. Juan Francisco Avila, Spain
. Walter Lores Remedios, Spain
. Jose Antonio Guillén Miranda, Spain
. Helder Nunes, National Director for Portugal
. Rainer Grytt, National Director for Germany
. Ivica Zdravkovic, National Director for Serbia
. Ludovic Martin, National Director for France
. George W. Behan, National Director for Republic of Ireland
. Auvo Niiniketo, National Director for Finland
· Antonio la Salandra, National Director for Italy
. Tasos Anastasios Chrysochou, National Director for Greece
. Dirk Klok, National Director for The Netherlands
. Amir Barnea, National Director for Israel
. Peter King, National Director for United Kingdom
. Pavel Antonnson, National Director for Sweden
. Francisco Boadella, National Director for Switzerland
. Kevin Lintott, National Director for Canada
. Samuel A. Lanza, National Director for Argentina
. Jose Higino Nunes, National Director for Brazil
. Yassine Hamouda, National Director for Morocco
. Khalil Ahmed Khan, National Director for Pakistan
. Janak Subedi, National Director for Nepal
. Anthony Fernandes, National Director for India
. Shiro Kinmoku, National Director for Japan
. Bruce Bethers & Patrick Hickey, National Co-Directors for USA
The Police Self-Defense Instructor (PSDI) Program was a program formerly under the United States Karate Association and has been reconstituted under the United States Ju-Jitsu Federation (USJJF) and the Martial Arts International Federation (MAIF). USJJF's National & MAIF's International Programs of Defensive Tactics & Restraint for Law Enforcement / Military / Civilian Personnel are known as UNITED STATES TAIHO JUTSU (USTJ) tm and as INTERNATIONAL TAIHO JUTSU (ITJ) tm. These programs were headed originally by our Founder & 1st President - George Anderson and under his guidance and with the help of many of the former members of the old PSDI lives on in the USJJF & the MAIF.
We invite members of the Martial Arts & Law Enforcement & Military Community to join us in this important endeavor by submitting articles on Self-Defense and the Martial Arts as they relate to Law Enforcement & Military Personnel.
Our plans for the future include, Instructor Certification Seminars, Self-Defense Clinics for Law Enforcement / Military / Civilian Officials, the standardization of an approved course of instruction, videos and other publications. If you would like to help make this happen, please contact the MAIF International Headquarters. Be sure to include your phone number and information about your law enforcement background when contacting us.
TAIHO JUTSU (Arresting Art) is a term for martial arts developed by Japan’s feudal police to arrest dangerous criminals, who were usually armed and frequently desperate. While many taiho jutsu methods originated from the classical Japanese schools of kenjutsu (swordsmanship) and jūjutsu (unarmed fighting arts), the goal of the feudal police officers was to capture lawbreakers alive and without injury. Thus, they often used specialized implements and unarmed techniques intended to pacify or disable suspects rather than employing more lethal means.
Japanese law enforcement officers trained in self-defense and arresting techniques primarily based on the unarmed fighting styles of jūjutsu. They also developed and perfected the use of a variety of non-lethal implements for capturing and restraining suspects such as juttejutsu (truncheon arts), toritejutsu (restraining arts), and hojōjutsu (binding and tying arts). Feudal era police officers became proficient in a variety of specialized techniques for arresting both armed and unarmed individuals.
Many traditional Japanese martial arts schools once included elements of taiho jutsu, although most have since been lost to history. A number of taiho jutsu techniques have survived, though, and are still taught and practiced in their original forms by specialists in jūjutsu as well as kenjutsu and iaido (swordsmanship).
The modern version of Taiho Jutsu was created during the Allied occupation of post World War II Japan. Japan was being demilitarized, the practice of the martial arts had been prohibited, and the Japanese police force was unable to cope with the outbreaks of violence during that period. The Tokyo police bureau convened a technical committee headed by kendoist Saimura Goro; judoist Nagaoka Shuichi; Shimizu Takaji, the twenty-fifth headmaster of the Shindo Muso Ryu; Otsuka Hidenori, founder of the Wado Ryu; and Horiguchi Tsuneo, a pistol expert.
This committee reviewed the techniques of classical kenjutsu, jujutsu, andjojutsu, and adapted several techniques from each of these disciplines for police use; the committee also selected techniques from modern disciplines, such as jujutsu, karate-jutsu, kendo, and judo, for incorporation into the proposed system of self-defense; and further ideas were gained from a study of Western boxing. A system comprising these elements and called Taiho Jutsu was created in 1947, and Taiho Jutsu Kihon Kozo (Fundamentals of Taiho Jutsu) was published as an official manual for policemen.
Taiho-Jutsu was introduced to the U.S. when the Strategic Air Command began sending combative measures instructors to the Kodokan in Japan for eight-week training programs. The course was a Japanese-designed mix of Judo, Karate, Aikido and Taiho-jutsu. Kodokan officials contacted the JKA to manage the karate instruction. The JKA responded by sending Nishiyama, Obata, Okazaki, and Terada. Judo instruction was provided by Kodokan greats Kotani, Otaki, Takagake, Sato, Shinojima, and Yamaguchi. Aikido instruction was led by Tomiki, along with Yamada and Inuzuka, while the instruction in Taiho-jutsuwas given by Hosokawa and Kikuchi.
The SAC airmen attended class at the dojo for 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, and at the end of the course had to compete against and be evaluated by ten Black Belts. Upon returning to the United States, these airmen became instructors at every SAC base where it was important to develop combatives courses for crewmen in training.
Taiho Jutsu has had several revisions since 1947 and is still studied and examined in order to bring in refinements and adapt it to new conditions of street fighting. It makes great use of Keibo, a short police baton, in a range of techniques called Keibo-soho, as well as the extending tubular baton (Tokushu Keibo) which was adopted by the Japanese police in 1966.
INTERNATIONAL TAIHO JUTSU / POLICE DEFENSIVE TACTICS & RESTRAINT INSTRUCTORS (ITJ-PDTRI) COMMITTEE·
In USA -
State Directors & Advisors:
. Ty Cunningham, State Director for Alaska, USA
· Shaun Ward, State Director for North Carolina, USA
. Roger A. Jarrett, State Director for West Virginia, USA
. Danny E. Lane, State Director for Kentucky, USA
· Richard A. Fike, Sr., State Director for Ohio, USA
. Ron Layton, State Director for Maryland, USA
. Pasquale Albino, State Director for Connecticut, USA
. Ricardo Murgel, State Director for Georgia, USA
. William Cooley, State Director for Iowa, USA
. Barry O'Brien, State Director for New York, USA
· Robert E. Koski, State Director for Colorado, USA
. John f. Chatwood, State Director for Nevada, USA
. Alexander Velazquez, State Director for Delaware, USA
. Eldridge Hawkins, State Director for New Jersey, USA
. MIke Sian, State Director for North Dakota, USA
. Scott Altgilbers, State Director for Illinois, USA
. Jack Garrett, State Director for Louisiana, USA
. William S. Cook, State Director for Oklahoma, USA
. Dustin Whittemore, State Director for Arkansas, USA
. David Wilson, State Director for Mississippi, USA
. Bill Johns, State Director for Missouri, USA
. James R. Webb, State Director for Texas, USA
. Michael Bess, State Director for Indiana, USA
. John Newton, State Director for Florida, USA
. Shaunton Davis, State Director for Michigan, USA
. Tyrone Abdul, State Director for Nebraska, USA
. Nadeem Ansari, State Director for Virginia, USA
. Jimmy Rivera, State Director for Puerto Rico, USA
. Kurt Speerbrecher, State Director for Washington, USA
. Weston Simonis, State Director for Oregon, USA
. Patrick A Weyand, State Director for Wisconsin, USA
Advisors:
. Brian Walsh - Ohio, USA
. Cliff T. King - Texas, USA
. Roberto Garcia - Texas, USA
. William S. Cook - Oklahoma, USA
. David Chance - Ohio, USA
. Randall Schubert - Oklahoma, USA
. Michael Rosenquist - Oklahoma, USA
. John Henderson - North Carolina, USA
. Chris Harris - Texas, USA
. Roberto Garcia - Texas, USA
. John Farrar - New York, USA
. Richard Dunn - Nevada, USA
· John Connolly, USA
International -
National Directors & Advisors:
. David Gordge, National Director for Australia
. Ricardo Mercado Sierra, National Director for Spain
Advisors in Spain -
. Gabriel García Muñoz, Spain
. Juan Francisco Avila, Spain
. Walter Lores Remedios, Spain
. Jose Antonio Guillén Miranda, Spain
. Helder Nunes, National Director for Portugal
. Rainer Grytt, National Director for Germany
. Ivica Zdravkovic, National Director for Serbia
. Ludovic Martin, National Director for France
. George W. Behan, National Director for Republic of Ireland
. Auvo Niiniketo, National Director for Finland
· Antonio la Salandra, National Director for Italy
. Tasos Anastasios Chrysochou, National Director for Greece
. Dirk Klok, National Director for The Netherlands
. Amir Barnea, National Director for Israel
. Peter King, National Director for United Kingdom
. Pavel Antonnson, National Director for Sweden
. Francisco Boadella, National Director for Switzerland
. Kevin Lintott, National Director for Canada
. Samuel A. Lanza, National Director for Argentina
. Jose Higino Nunes, National Director for Brazil
. Yassine Hamouda, National Director for Morocco
. Khalil Ahmed Khan, National Director for Pakistan
. Janak Subedi, National Director for Nepal
. Anthony Fernandes, National Director for India
. Shiro Kinmoku, National Director for Japan
. Bruce Bethers & Patrick Hickey, National Co-Directors for USA
- Announcing -
MAIF with its International Police Defensive Tactics Program known as
"International Taiho Jutsu (ITJ)" has confirmed a formal Alliance with the Organizations of UFAF Krav Maga and Police Tactics Instructors of America.
MAIF Secretary General - Bruce Bethers and PTIOA President - Danny Lane
have now established an Organization Partnering Relationship..!!
MAIF with its International Police Defensive Tactics Program known as
"International Taiho Jutsu (ITJ)" has confirmed a formal Alliance with the Organizations of UFAF Krav Maga and Police Tactics Instructors of America.
MAIF Secretary General - Bruce Bethers and PTIOA President - Danny Lane
have now established an Organization Partnering Relationship..!!
Coming This Fall - Kiai Budo Shop..!!
Always Moving Forward & Upward..!!