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…to the Official website of Small Circle Jujitsu™. This site is the only accurate online source of information about Small Circle Jujitsu™, as it is overseen by Prof. Leon Jay, the Second Generation Headmaster of the system. This site shows the official instructors, dojos, calendar of events and sources of information about Small Circle Jujitsu™.


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In Memory of Peter Aldridge

January 24, 2010

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Small Circle Ju-jitsu – A Story of Continuing Evolution

Interview with Leon Jay, 2nd Generation Headmaster. – Part 2
Small Circle Jujitsu’s success – says Leon – lies in its simplicity and its effectiveness.  “Small Circle cuts to the chase in many ways. Finger locks for example.
“When you’re being attacked, what’s generally coming at you? If they’re grabbing you, for smaller people, women or kids …

Author: admin

Small Circle Ju-jitsu – A Classic American Art-form

Interview with Leon Jay, 2nd Generation Headmaster. – Part 1
It’s never easy taking over from a legend, so when martial arts giant, Professor Wally Jay handed on control of the Small Circle Jujitsu system to his son Leon, he could have been forgiven for feeling as if this was an impossible act to follow.
After all, …

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Small Circle Concepts – The Idea Behind the Training Method

I met Professor Wally Jay in the mid-1980’s – and from the moment that I met him he became a seminal and continuing influence upon me.  I had been working on my own training method for several years by that time, and had been trained in a number of grappling methods, which I continue to …

Author: John Mellon

“Practise makes Perfect”

Leon Jay and the continuing development of the Small Circle Concept
At the beginning of the 21st century many martial artists are questioning their abilities to apply their chosen arts, to reconcile the classical with the practicalities of modern life.  It is unsurprisingly difficult therefore, to find instructors able to teach us to walk that tightrope …

Author: John Mellon

Professor Wally Jay and the Scientific Application of Small Circle Jujitsu

As with many of the articles John Mellon has written on Profs. Wally and Leon and the Small Circle Jujitsu system, this was prompted by one of Prof. Wally’s visits to the UK.  It first appeared in Traditional Karate (May 1995).
Download the article : Traditional Karate (May 1995)

Author: John Mellon

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Small Circle Jujitsu is a precise and practical system that I often taught to my soldiers. What I like most about Small Circle is speed; soldiers in combat situations need to resolve an encounter quickly and Small Circle Jujitsu training fits that need.

Robert A. Guihan,
MAJ USAR (RET)

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