United States Taiho Jutsu

During the past several years, the USJJF has presented several POST certified 40 Hr. Defensive Tactics Instructors Courses. Many officers from several different agencies and states have received their certification and some others have received advanced certification. The USMAF (or USJJF) presents four blocks of certified instruction from the main training track, including Kata.  Martial artists and officers from around the country have attended, accumulating valuable skills and credits toward their certifications and rank validation.

The purpose of Taiho Jutsu is to encourage (motivate) front line officers to pursue the perfection of the skills necessary in their profession. Many administrators are satisfied with just a few hours of training each year in the techniques that are the most valuable to officer safety.

 This is the biggest misnomer that we as instructors have to deal with. In a potential deadly force incident an officers skills must be flawless to affect the successful apprehension of the offender in a safe manner not only to themselves but also to their “partners who are relying on them”.

 Another factor (legitimate to a certain extent) is a career ending injury while off duty in a typical martial arts class.

Our job is to provide officers with a “SAFE Method of PRACTICING” So they may want to continue training.

The first step is to teach effective techniques that are very simple to learn and consistent with their present departmentally approved procedures. Most importantly the techniques must be simple to apply by an officer that weighs just 120 pounds and has never been in a fistfight before in his/her life. The next step is to provide them with a “safe” method of ongoing training that will encourage them to continue their practice on at least weekly bases.

 Based on that criteria we are employing an instructor-training program we feel will accomplish this goal.

 To satisfy the simplicity criteria we are teaching techniques that incorporate as few Psycho Motor Skills as possible to apply; takedowns, handcuffing, search, weaponless self defense and weapons defense.

The new aspect about this approach is that they are techniques that come naturally (not usually taught) Plus

 “The way we are teaching them”.

 To satisfy the “safe continuous practice” we are offering six (6) kata (Taiho Jutsu No Kata Shodan thru Rokudan). These begin with an Assaultive subject then de-escalate to restraining the offender. They incorporate the entire spectrum of general standing and prone escapable situations along with many control and incapacitating techniques.

These kata are not professed to be ancient forms or are they something that was just thrown together. They have taken 14 consecutive years of development. LEO’s have used the specific techniques in the kata on the street for many years. They are tested and designed for their simplicity and applicability for the front line officer who wants to increase his/her repertoire of defensive tactics techniques that are compatible with most existing department policies.

The USJJF has formulated two distinct paths in which a Taiho Jutsu-ka can develop his/her skills and move up in rank.

The first is for working law enforcement officers who have a desire to become DT instructors and existing DT instructors who desire positions as local, state, regional, and national directors.

The second is a Jujitsu ka who wants to get into law enforcement training or develop his/her existing skills for actual street applications that are consistent with the range response to force continuum. Instructors who desire positions described above.

 The USJJF has implemented complete rank and certification requirements including manuals, workbooks and a (generic use of force) correspondence course.

 Our goal is to offer USJJF seminars at least once a month at various locations around the country. Sworn officers and instructors may accumulate at least (8) hrs. of the 40 plus hrs required for certification. On occasion the 40 hr. course will be offered. If you would like to sponsor a seminar please contact: