Jujitsu was an art developed around the principle of using an attacker’s energy against him. On the other hand, spearmanship was a martial art that hurt the opponent regardless of whether the spearhead had a blade or not. As such, my family also passed down a jujitsu technique to neutralize opponents without hurting them.

In truth, it was a modified version of Japanese judo, and thus shared many similarities. Although our technique also took other moves from several other close-combat martial arts, judo was the base.

Of course, even though jujitsu could neutralize opponents without hurting them, that was when it was practiced on top of padded mats. If an inexperienced opponent received a hip or shoulder throw on concrete, their back and spine would undoubtedly break, and it was questionable whether they’d still be alive. Thankfully, I didn’t need to worry about that with the boss fight.

“Hap!”

The lizardman growled, “Hmph, what are you trying to do by grabbing me? Don’t tell me, you’re trying to throw me…!?”

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