Jiu Jitsu (a more indepth history can be found here)
Literally, Jiu Jitsu is the technique or art (jitsu) of suppleness, flexibility and gentleness. Judo founder Jigoro Kano traced the art’s emergence to the period between 1600 and 1650. In its golden age, late 17th to mid 19th century, more than 700 jujitsu systems appeared in Japan.
Among those mentioned prominently in martial arts chronicles are: Tenjin-Shinyo-ryu, Takenouchi ryu, Sousuishitsu ryu, the Kito ryu (relevant to us) and the Sekiguchi-ryu.
The vital issue in jujitsu was effectiveness in combat. Methods were tested in duels and public competitions among members of various schools. Jujitsu techniques include kicking, striking, kneeing, throwing, choking, joint locking, holding, and tying, as well as use of certain weapons. Most systems emphasised only one or two major techniques. 
Jujitsu was always a secondary method of combat to the warrior, since he relied so heavily on his sword.
The current sytle practiced by The Jitsu Foundation (wikipedia artical can be found here) can be traced back to a man named 
Matthew Komp. Originally from Cologne, Germany, Komp studied Aikido, Karate, Judo aswell as Jujutsu from various instructors. In the early 1950s Komp emigrated to Australia where he set up a school in Footscray, near Melbourne. As Jiu Jitsu was not a legally recognised form of self defense, Judo was also taught and the students wore their judo grades as belts and their jitsu grades as a colour flash on their sleeves.
One of his students was Brian Graham, who had emigrated to Australia.
He was one of the first of Komps students to obtain his 1st Dan black belt. On his return to the UK in 1968, Brian Graham renamed his style Shorinji Kan and set up its first jujitsu club in Keighley, Yorkshire in 1970.
In 1971 he was awarded his 2nd Dan, 3rd Dan in 1975, 4th Dan in 1979 and 5th Dan in 1983. Then, in 1997 Shihan Komp visited the UK and graded Brian Graham to 6th Dan
and the title of Shihan. An interview with Shihan Graham with the Bradford News can be read here.
Sadly Shihan Graham died in 2005.
One of Brian Grahams first students was Peter Farrar
who started training in 1969 at the age of 9.
He started his own club in what was then the Plymouth Polytechnic, now the University of Plymouth. His students moved and spread the style. To cope with organisational demands of the new clubs, the National Samurai Jiu Jitsu Association (NSJJA) was formed. The NSJJA organised and ran national events, courses and gradings.
In 1990, the NSJJA was reorganised and The Jitsu Foundation (TJF) was formed. This was lead by Directing Tertiary Peter Farrar and the Tertiary Board. Sadly Peter Farrar passed away in 1997, but the Foundation continued to grow under ther teriary board, and as of 2006 there were 100 clubs in th UK, aswell as a number overseas such as Canada, Cyprus, Holland and back in Australia. In 2004 TJF changed its logo to the plain red square with 'Jitsu' written in it.
