Judo
 Master Jigoro Kano's Supple Way

Though throwing and tossing combatants may not seem intuitively gentle, Master Kano's martial art is more humane than its samurai predecessor, Jujitsu. Professor Jigoro Kano himself studied at many jujitsu schools. Kano wanted to make the most efficient use of his mental  and physical prowess. To that end, he excluded certain techniques which he deemed ineffective. The idea of "yawara," put simply, permits a smaller person to utilize a larger person's energy and thus drive him or her off balance. Many judo throws are preceded by attempts at off balancing and are made much more powerful  when the attacker's force is used against him. Judo is an art that permits its practitioner to conserve strength.  Judo makes good use of physical truths that permit technique to overcome mere brute strength and power. Judo teaches balance. Judo is well suited to modern society in that it allows for sport competition and places less emphasis on the more permanently injurious arm locks, chokes, and pressure point strikes of Jujitsu. Of course, jujitsu's roots are all too apparent in the Judo syllabus and are readily incorporated into any technique. 
    The Purple Dragon School of Self Defense's Judo syllabus classifies waza (technique) according to the part of the body that executes a throw. Students thus learn hand, foot, hip, sacrifice throws, and eventually progress to the study of pins, choke holds, and arm-bars / wraps. Sparring is encouraged, and students learn the value of energy conservation and stamina during successive one minute Judo matches conducted in the dojo.