People

Professor Wally Jay

Founder

Through his varied martial art experience, he developed his own system called Small Circle Jujitsuâ„¢. He has been twice inducted in the Black Belt magazine Hall of Fame. He studied under Paul Kaelemakule, Juan Gomes, and Professor Henry S. Okazaki (Founder of the Kodenkan Jujitsu system). His Judo teacher was the Hawaiian Champion, Ken Kawachi who gave him the key to the Small Circle Jujitsuâ„¢ techniques.

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Professor Leon Jay

Grand Master and Inheritor

Sensei Leon Jay is the second son of Professor Wally Jay and is one of the heirs to Small Circle Jujitsu . Leon studied most of his life with his father in Small Circle Jujitsu, Kodenkan Jujitsu and Kodokan Judo. Leon also has been studying many years in the forms of pressure point fighting from Master George Dillman. Sensei Jay teaches in Surrey, England at his club called Komaru Ryu (Small Circle Style) and is the European representative for Small Circle Jujitsu International.

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John Mellon

Technical Advisor

John Mellon was born in Glasgow and comes of Irish and Scots ancestry on his father’s side and Italian stock on his mother’s. He began training at the age of 4 with his Sicilian grandfather in the family fencing system, La Famiglia Porrelli Scherma di Siciliano dating back to the 11th century when his forebears were sword-masters to the Dukes of Sicily. In recent years many groups have formed throughout the Western world attempting to revive the traditional European combative fencing systems, largely through the study of a handful of ancient texts. John however is, as far as he knows, the only exponent living of an extant combat fencing system.

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Professor Wally Jay's Small Circle Jujitsu™ is devoted to the propagation and preservation of the style of Jujitsu developed by world renowned Professor Wally Jay.

This site is the only accurate online source of information about Small Circle Jujitsu™, as it is overseen by Professor Leon Jay. This site shows the official instructors, dojos, calendar of events and sources of information about Small Circle Jujitsu™.

The purpose of this site is to:

• Promote the authentic practice and further dissemination of Small Circle Jujitsu™.
• Standardize the practice of Small Circle Jujitsu™ and its official syllabus.
• Promote the reputation of Professor Wally Jay's Small Circle Jujitsu and extend it to a greater audience by increasing contact with the founder Professor Jay, Leon Jay and it's qualified instructors.
• Create the opportunity to become a member and to serve the needs of that membership.