Keep Your Jujutsu Legal!
Using Jujitsu or Goshinjutsu in Public (UK)
English Law – Self Defence
The law states that you may use reasonable force to defend yourself. However, what constitutes reasonable force and under what circumstances you may use it is open to discussion and may have to…more
Use of Force Against Intruders in your house
The page summarises the position when you are faced with an intruder in your own home, and provides an overview of how the police and CPS will deal with any such events..more
Public Order Act
In Martial Arts, especially the non sporting, traditional variety, many of the moves are designed to kill the enemy – many centuries ago in foreign lands perpetually in conflict and with a different legal system…more
Public Order Act Changes
Many parts of The Public Order Act have ceased to be in effect following the introduction of a general power of arrest by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005….more
Assault and Battery
Common assault is a common law offence. However by section 42 (and section 47) of the Offences Against the Persons Act (OAPA) a person committing any common assault or battery may be imprisoned or compelled to pay fines and costs…more
Offensive Weapons In The UK
Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (offensive weapons) shall apply to the following descriptions of weapons, other than weapons of those descriptions which are antiques for the purposes of this…more
Assaulting A Constable
Any person who assaults a constable in the execution of his duty, or a person assisting a constable in the execution of his duty, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or a fine not exceeding…more
Breach of the Peace
“unless there has been an act done or threatened to be done which either actually harms a person, or in his presence his property, or is likely to cause such harm, which puts someone in fear if such harm being done.”…more
Drinking and Public Disorder
“We try to stop all the trouble at the door. Fighting is not our method of making people leave. We like the doormen to walk them to the door, open the door and escort them out. The doormen then walk away from the door in order not to antagonise the person” …more
Malcolm Keith
Chief Instructor
Youshiki Goshinjutsu
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