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Professor Wally Jay's Small Circle Jujitsu™ ...is devoted to the propagation and preservation of the style of Jujitsu developed by world renowned Professor Wally Jay.
This site is the only accurate online source of information about Small Circle Jujitsu™, 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™. PURPOSE The purpose of this site is to:
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Small Circle's Second Generation Professor Wally Jay is pleased to announce his retirement and the passing on of the Grandmastership of his creation, Small Circle Jujitsu to his son and heir, Professor Leon Jay. Leon Jay has publicly stated that his father will continue to be the great creative martial artist he has always been, but needs the leisure time to fully recover his health.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™ offers the opportunity to be tested and hold rank in
Small Circle Jujitsu™ and to qualify for
instructor certification. Members also receive a Small Circle
Jujitsu™ patch; a newsletter and discounts
on products and events. Small Circle Jujitsu™, 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™ Concepts are relatively modern ones, based on tradition styles, we choose to move forward honoring the past but not dwelling in it. |