Japanese Physical Training - The system of exercise, diet, and general mode of living that has made the mikado’s people the healthiest, strongest, and happiest men and women in the world #648052

The Japanese System of Physical Training is so old that its origin dates back before the beginning of the authentic history of this people. However, while the Japanese have adapted from Western civilization everything they consider necessary for their national development, they have retained jiu-jitsu and all its basic principles as the means by which the nation must work for its physical well-being. They have done more, for while jiu-jitsu was once taught only to the aristocratic classes, it is now taught to all the people of Dai Nippon who wish to acquire it. The value of jiu-jitsu is demonstrated by the fact that the Japanese, though a petite race, possess the greatest stamina of any people on earth.