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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™.
Latest News
Commonality & Uniqueness in Systems and Styles
September 20, 2011Check out the latest article “Commonality & Uniqueness in Systems and Styles” by our Technical Advisor Master John Mellon. It is an extract from his soon to be released book entitled ‘Form and Function’, which we are all looking forward to reading. Commonality & Uniqueness in Systems and Styles by John Mellon
Prof. Wally Jay a Celebration of Life
June 7, 2011Services will be held at 1:00 pm Sunday, June 26, 2011. Kofman Auditorium, Alameda High School 2200 Central Ave. Alameda, California 94501 Friends, students and family are invited. Aloha attire. Mahalo
Professor Wally Jay dies aged 93
May 29, 2011Our Great Grandmaster and Founder Professor Wally Jay, one of the last great martial artists, has passed on peacefully at 2:20 am California time in Redwood City Kaiser Hospital.  Prof Jay experienced a stroke on Tuesday May 24th  and on Saturday as per his previous wishes was removed from life support.  He survived another 12 …
Professor Wally Jay taken into hospital
May 26, 2011It is with sadness that we must report that Professor Wally Jay has been taken into hospital having suffered a stroke on Tuesday 24th May 2011.
Bruce Lee’s 70th Birthday Celebration!
December 19, 2010Bruce Lee’s 70th Birthday Celebration was an extraordinary event held on November 27th 2010 in the city of his birth, San Francisco, at the Empress of China, Grant Street in Chinatown. I was invited to attend by Bruce’s wife, Linda Lee Cadwell, and daughter, Shannon Lee, along with other friends, family, martial artists and fans …
Recent Articles
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 …
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. …
Author: admin
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 …
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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