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Jujutsu is characterized by attacks against joints of the body that are intended to break and cripple and by throwing and pinning techniques. It was a form of fighting that the samurai learned as an adjunct to their weapons studies. Unarmed methods of fighting became even more significant after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, and especially after 1876, when wearing of swords in public was forbidden. Kano Sensei was not merely a martial arts enthusiast, he was first and foremost an educator. It was Professor Kano who personally influenced much of the physical education program of the newly structured Japanese educational system. He sifted through the techniques of jujutsu, saved the ones that could be practiced safely, added some elements, and formed his “new” art as a sport for the physical education program in the Japanese school system. As with the founders of many Japanese martial arts, Kano Sensei was interested in providing, especially for the youth of Japan, a method of education that would serve the physical, mental, and spiritual health needed to maintain a vigorous and forward-looking Japanese society.