Gunji Taiho Jutsu (GTJ) | Military Arresting Technique is a system of taiho jutsu that is a progressive way to teach Military or Law Enforcement personnel many of the traditional and contemporary jujutsu techniques of control and arrest while at the same time keeping mindful of secondary weapon systems during training and complementing all of the current and evolving Military Combatives programs in place for the different branches of the Military.  One aspect of GTJ that is complementary to many Combatives systems is the concept of finding central common themes.  The GTJ system will take this strategy or technique and expand on it.  In other words, challenge and test the technique under pressure.  A universal technique found in reality-based training, combatives, and arresting technique circles is the two on one arm-control position.  In Gunji University, this type of position is governed by the PCS 2 principles that are unique to GTJ.  PCS 2 stands for...

Gunji Taiho Jutsu (GTJ) is years ahead of any taiho jutsu system in the World.  You can read that topic sentence again and some may think that is a bold statement.  Well, we started this journey of arresting techniques to be different.  To take the classical arts that makeup taiho jutsu from Japan and supercharge it with new approaches that are modern and under the lens of Military Combatives.  GTJ is just that Military Arrest Technique that values pressure testing, resistance and is taught with excellence through our teaching pedagogies and presentations strategies. The results have been amazing.  It has come at this time to take a look at the GTJ system of Taiho Jutsu.  The purpose of this writing is to introduce you to the 7 plus curriculums that make up GTJ and are taught at Gunji University.  These curriculums are:
The foundational blocks of GTJ are the GTJ Pinning Core, GTJ Military Combatives Core, and GTJ Grappling Survival...

If you are into the Gunji University curriculums so far as a student or as an instructor in the ICT program, you will start to see that for Gunji Taiho Jutsu I am a major fan of the getting to the outside line, outside position and/or even the back position while standing up.  This is, of course, gaining the outside line while also using the Gunji Taiho Jutsu PCS 1, PCS 2 and PCS 3 strategical structures/framework.  If you have not gotten to the Gunji Taiho Jutsu PSCing strategies, they are coming during your 12-week curriculum.  

At any rate, this weekend I put the white belt back on and attended a progressive Aikido seminar with the famous Bruce Bookman Sensei.  Bruce has a dynamic background in Martial Arts.  This weekend marks his 50th year in Aikido, so this was a special weekend.  Sensei Bookman is a 6th-degree black belt in Aikido.  In addition, he has extensive cross-training in boxing, tae kwon do, judo, iaido, and is a black belt...