This site is the only accurate online source of information about Small Circle Jujitsu^TM, as it is overseen by Professor Wally Jay and Professor Leon Jay. This site shows the official instructors, dojos, calendar of events and sources of information about Small Circle Jujitsu^TM.

Small Circle's Second Generation

Since his heart bypass operation in 1999, Professor Wally Jay has become concerned that Small Circle Jujitsu should not be beset by the kind of political problems experienced by the martial arts families of close friends and contemporaries lost to us in recent years, where no clear inheritor had been formally selected. He is fortunate to have a worthy successor in his son, Leon who has expressed his hope that his father will be available to advise him for many years to come.

With the Grandmastership, Professor Wally wishes it to be clear that all authority within the system worldwide passes to his successor. It is significant that with the headmastership of the system, the legal title to the name of Small Circle Jujitsu was also passed to Leon Jay. When the Professor dissolved Small Circle Jujitsu International last year, he explicitly stated that all personal ranks bestowed by him would be honored in perpetuity. However, all future ranks will be in the gift of the new Grandmaster, and existing rank holders can only bestow rank in Small Circle with the official approval of the second-generation head of system.

Professor Leon has created the Professor Jay’s Small Circle Jujitsu organization, which will oversee all official Small Circle activities, from syllabus and ranking to the promotion and dissemination of the system. Professor Lee Eichelberger, US Technical Director, will be managing the development in the US. The aims will be to encourage the expansion of the direct student body of the style, its continued development, and ensure the continued positive image of the Small Circle family. In the near future the official web site will be restructured to show the current official status of all teaching rank students of the style.

Both Professors have asked that all schools affiliated with the system should display this statement publicly, complete and unedited, either in hard-copy on the notice boards, or in a place of prominence on their web sites, so that there should be no confusion. 

MEMBERSHIP

Small Circle Jujitsu^TM offers the opportunity to be tested and hold rank in Small Circle Jujitsu^TM and to qualify for instructor certification. Members also receive a Small Circle Jujitsu^TM patch; a newsletter and discounts on products and events. 
The ranking system is outlined in a syllabus of techniques and principles of Small Circle Jujitsu^TM with its own unique terminology and breakdown principles. Small Circle Jujitsu^TM is a martial arts system which is constantly changing and evolving into a more efficient expression of application, it is not a fixed system. It is a modern system, growing and reaching new heights, as the next generation of Small Circle Jujitsu^TM practitioners takes it to a higher level.

Small Circle Jujitsu^TM, eclectic in style and evolutionary by nature, is continually progressing towards a higher standard. It is understood that no one system has all the answers and it is our goal to strive for better ones. Professor Jay's teachings give us the ability and tools to discover, perfect and improvise. The open sharing of knowledge has been a trademark of the Professors and it is in this spirit of sharing that we can develop to our greatest potential on our chosen path. Although Small Circle Jujitsu^TM Concepts are relatively modern ones, based on tradition styles, we choose to move forward honoring the past but not dwelling in it.