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Old 07-10-2007, 08:28 PM   #11
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Re: "jiu"/ ju and "jitsu"/jutsu

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Paul Sanderson-Cimino wrote: View Post
Jūjutsu is the most correct transliteration, from a linguistic standpoint. (It's the standard way of turning the Japanese characters into English ones.)
Strictly speaking, there is no standard method of romanization, especially since the only reason that you would ever romanize a word is for it to be read by non-Japanese. However, "Jiu-Jitsu" is an older form that is generally regarded as being incorrect.

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