Together, Blundell, Clark, and Morris developed a new syllabus and a new organisation, the World Ju Jitsu Federation, for which the BJJA was ...SkiptocontentTheinformationformuchofthenextpartofthestorycomeslargelyfromaconversationIhadwithSensei’sJamesPape,EricMarshall,andBobAshworth,attheBushidocourse(28/04/2018),andSenseiPaulGeoghegansubsequently.Inthe1960sBobClarkwasastudentofJackBritten’sandtookhisearlygradesthere,maybeuptobluebelt(1).Atsomepointinthelate1960sBobClarklefttheAlphaJuJitsuclubofJackBrittenandwenttotrainwithJamesBlundell,whohadinitiallyfoundedanorganisationcalledtheBritishJuJitsuAssociationin1956andthenfurtherdevelopeditwhenClark,andanotherJuJitsustudent,RichardMorris,teamedupwithhim(2).RobertClarkRichardMorrishadbeenastudentofAlfMorgan,whohadinturnbeenastudentofYukioTani(3),justasJackBrittenhadbeen,andsoweseeasimilarlineage.SenseiEricMarshalltrainedwithJackBrittenforseveralyearsinthe1960s,andalsotrainedatSkyner’sdojo,beforemovingtoJamesBlundell’s,whereatthattime,asSenseiMarshallrecalled,BobClarkwasabrownbelt.Together,Blundell,Clark,andMorrisdevelopedanewsyllabusandaneworganisation, theWorldJuJitsuFederation,forwhichtheBJJAwastheBritishBranch(in1976(4).FromwhatinformationIhavefound,andSenseiMarshallandSensei Geoghegan’srecollection,Clarkisthemanmainlycreditedwiththedevelopmentofthenewsyllabus(2,4),andwasthechiefinstructoroftheBJJA/WJJF.AroundthistimetherewasalsoacollaborationwiththeJukoKaiorganisationoftheAmericanRodSacharnoski,andthenamingofthestyleJukoRyūandtheadoptionoftheJukoKailogoonthebadge.SacharnoskihadstudiedJudoandKarateandhadcomeupwithhisownstylewhichwasJukoRyū(5).TherewasverylittleinfluenceonthestyleorsyllabusbytheJukoKaiandSenseiMarshallconsidersitwasmerelyanaffiliation.TheJukoKaidid,however,provideJamesBlundellwitha‘sokeship’(6)whichIguesshelpedvalidatethestatusofthenewsyllabus/style.By1982BobClarkwasan8thDanandstyled‘Soke’e.g.founderofthestyle,probablyreflectingBobClark’sclaimtobeafounder.ThesyllabusdevelopedbyClark(whitetoblackbelt)is