Ju-Jitsu federation gets NSC recognition |07 July 2016

After many years operating independently, the Ju-Jitsu Federation of Seychelles has finally been recognised by the National Sports Council it has been revealed.

This development which came into effect on January 4, 2016, now means that the Ju-Jitsu Federation of Seychelles is now recognised as a sports body.

You may be wondering why the Ju-Jitsu federation is separated from karate and the answer is that just like judo, it has its differences from karate and indeed judo.

Shihan Philoe, who is the head of the new federation, explained that Ju-Jitsu uses different techniques from both karate and judo, where they use lifts, slams, strikes, locks and weapons as well, compared to karate which uses only strikes and weapons and judo which does not use weapons or strike.

According to Wikipedia, Ju-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self-defence system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting.

Ju-Jitsu promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend himself against a bigger, stronger, heavier assailant by using proper techniques, leverage, and most notably, taking the fight to the ground, and then applying joint-locks and chokeholds to defeat the opponent.

Shihan Philoe revealed that the Ju-Jitsu Federation of Seychelles currently trains at the Roche Caïman community centre and has urged the public to join the sport.

“This sport will benefit youths to help them to be more serious, disciplined and to develop their self- defence skills. It will also help them to avoid bad influences such as drugs, prostitution and alcohol abuse,” he said.

Children from ages 6 onwards can join the sport, with a registration fee of only R40 upon entry required.

Shihan Philoe also revealed that even if you are older, it’s never too late to join as among his 38 members so far, there are 53-year-olds who are also practicing the sport.

All those who are interested in taking up Ju-Jitsu as a sport are asked to contact Shihan Philoe on 2574300 for more information or simply pop by the Roche Caïman community centre either on Monday and Wednesday from 5pm onwards during training to observe and pick up a registration form.

The federation wishes to thank the NSC for all its support in recognising this sport.