Bushi-jujitsu is a form of Jujitsu developed by Asao Yoshida, a master grade instructor of Daito-ryu Jujitsu, who had learned the system from Choi Yong Sul a.k.a. Toshimi "Hosuku" Mutsuda, who was himself a student of Takeda Sokaku. Yoshida studied Daito-ryu and other systems, combining the elements of each which worked best for his needs and then formulating them into a system of study.

==The Preservation of a Lineage==

One of Yoshida's earliest students was James Pa Sao Carson (1922-2002). Carson had studied Sup Pa Sao Kuan under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather, Master Pa Sao Chong and blended the two systems to form what he called Pa Sao-ha (Pa Sao family) Bushi-jujitsu.

Carson, though a hermit by nature, managed to develop a following throughout the mid-western United States and beyond. To those who despised the commercialization of the martial arts by American society, Carson was an icon of what true martial arts should be.

Over time, Carson refined Bushi-jujitsu until his own form took on a life of its own and was considered by many to be its own, unique form of martial arts. Carson passed away in 2002, leaving the head mastership of the system to his last, actively teaching black belt student, Ken-shen ryu founder Philip A. Payne.

==The Future of Bushi-jujitsu==

Payne continues to teach Bushi-jujitsu as a fundamental, physical aspect of his Ken-shen ryu. He currently opporates three schools in Indiana, USA and travels to teach at the schools of his senior students.

==Distictions in Bushi-jujitsu== Another man claiming to teach Bushi-jujitsu is Rick Greene of Yorktown, Indiana, USA. While many have claimed that Greene is a student of Payne's, or that he had previously studied with Carson, neither is the truth.

Payne claims he had never heard of Greene until late in 2003. Greene claims on his website that he personally developed his Bushi-jujitsu, giving no credit to either Carson or Payne as his teacher.

The two systems bare very little similarity to each other and to hold a rank in one of the two systems carries no weight among students of the other. They are, in fact, the "two different Smiths" of Jujitsu.

Payne maintains that Greene's system is not "true Bushi-jujitsu," though he says, "I hold no animosity toward Greene for the use of the name." Greene has made similar statements and agrees that no problem exists between the two.

Greene has founded an organization called Bushi Jujitsu Kai, of which Payne is not a member. Payne is himself highly active in several international organizations, all of which promote the concepts most closely associated with traditional Bushi-jujitsu as he learned it from Carson.