Sanuces Ryu

Sanuces Ryu is a school of American jujutsu founded in 1959 in Brooklyn, New York by the late Moses Powell. Sanuces Ryu means “Survival By Simplicity". Sanuces Ryu is a combination of PIA Nerve Striking, Bando, Goshin-Do Karate, Boxing, and that which Powell had acquired from Visitacion. Sanuces Ryu aims to use the powerfulness of Karate, the agility of Boxing, the speed of Arnis Stick Fighting and the nerve attacks and joint locking of Jujutsu.
The system
The system is characterized by its emphasis on street survival and simplicity, hall marks of martial arts systems coming out of New York in the 1960s and '70s. Jujutsu is the art of combat, utilizing striking, throwing and manipulating joints of the attacker causing severe and intense pain and possibly debilitating injuries. The Jujutsu techniques were provided by Powell's main instructor, Florendo Visitacion (known as Professor V), founder of Vee-Jitsu. Aside from his Vee-jitsu training, Powell was also influenced by aikijujutsu, kyusho-jutsu, karate, boxing, and arnis.
Vee-jitsu is the product of Florendo Visitacion who took is Jujutsu training which he received from Kiyose Nakae and Charles Nelson and then combined with his study of Filipino systems of Arnis and Kali to form the techniques of Vee Jitsu (also known as Vee Arnis jitsu, Vee Arnis, Vee Jitsu Ryu Jujutsu, and Modern Vee jitsu Club).
Sanuces Ryu Creed
“A man or woman of the Martial Arts, is one who thinks at all times. They possess speed, form, power, techniques and gracefulness. They move like the roar of thunder, and strike like the speed of lightning. That’s what a man or woman of the Martial Arts is.”
The speaks volumes about Sanuces Ryu, because it contains the with in it the idea of how a student of Sanuces Ryu should present themselves and perform the art of Sanuces Ryu.
Styles Influenced by Sanuces Ryu
Kumite-ryu Jujutsu Kumite-ryu is another brainchild of Dr. Moses Powell is an intellectual creation which is a step down from the parent art sanuces ryu, during the time of its inception it was created solely for the purpose so that soke Littlejohn Davis could compete in tournaments, because at the time he was being disqualified in the great majority of the martial artist had no knowledge of mat despite the fact that this soke Littlejohn was delegated as Dr. Powells representative in his absence for Sanuces ryu while Dr. Powell was touring the world for 10 years.
When Dr. Powell returned to the US to his surprise a student that he a raise and develop himself the student had the audacity to promoted himself to the rank of soke, within the ranks in chain of command Of Jitsu.
Which shows the level of knowledge for lack of knowledge as far as the structure in chain of command of soke does not exist this rank only exist in Karate. And the person who claims to have created has never had an intellectual creation in his life.

"Sanuces Ryu teaches the skills of blocking, striking, throwing, and subduing in the practical (street) application. It also teaches the 'Art': the movement of an intelligent mind, controlling a disciplined body in a display of speed, form, technique power and gracefulness. Sanuces Ryu is Jujutsu! Jujutsu is the science of striking grabbing or pulling areas of an attacker's body causing severe and intense pain and possibly, debilitating injuries.

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