Jutsu

Technique, method, spell, skill or trick

術

Type

Japanese martial arts, Wikimedia disambiguation page, morpheme

Jutsu (術) ('technique', 'method', 'spell', 'skill' or 'trick') is a bound morpheme of the Sino-Japanese lexical stratum of the Japanese language. The moves in the following martial arts are called jutsu:

Battōjutsu (抜刀術, the art of drawing a sword)

Bōjutsu, fighting with a staff or elongated blunt object

Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a self-defense system popularised in Brazil and heavily influenced by judo

Daitō-ryū Aiki-jūjutsu, the art of close combat

Hōjutsu, use of firearms from close range

Iaijutsu, the sword technique of a sudden mortal draw attack

Jittejutsu, the Japanese martial art of using the Japanese weapon jitte

Jūjutsu (柔術, unarmed fighting, including grapples instead of punches and kicks) "

Kamajutsu, defense and combat with metal sickles (kama)

Kusarigamajutsu, fighting with kusarigama

Naginatajutsu, the art of using a naginata

Ninjutsu, Shinobi combat techniques and practices

Shurikenjutsu, the practice of throwing blades

Tantojutsu, the technique of using a small blade or dagger

Tessenjutsu, fighting with the deceptive metal fan

Tonfajutsu, fighting with blunt tonfa weapons

Styles and branches of Jutsu

• Battōjutsu
• Bōjutsu
• Iaijutsu
• Jujutsu
• Kenjutsu
• Kusarigamajutsu
• Naginatajutsu
• Ninjutsu

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q16644023 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.