What can I offer you?

In "History" you will find out why I composed this program. There's nothing "new", but maybe my approach is new to you.

If you really want to know who I am, well then you must click on the button "About me".

There are a couple of clubs in Belgium, Finland and Germany that follow my program. You can always visit them when you're in the neighborhood. Just check 'Clubs' to find out where they are located.

Through the button 'Program' you'll get a glimpse of what my new approach really means.

Foto's, well yeah... foto's of course!

What is this...

Kujaku Ryu?

Kujaku Ryu Goshin Jutsu is a style of Jujutsu, composed by Paul Pauwels (Belgium).

Find out more about him, the style and the clubs on this and the other pages.

Me in "Yoroi"

Everything flows, nothing stands still.

Heraclitus

The Name

About 20 years ago I started a small business of my own.

I called it "De Pauw" which means "The Peacock".

I had a logo made that consisted of a peacock, holding a female catcin of an Alder in his beak. The Flemish name of Alder is Els. When you combine "Pauw" and "Els" you have Pauwels, which is my last name.

When I was contemplating about a new name for my style, one of my friends suggested to use "something personal", added with either jujutsu or goshin jutsu and also the word "ryu" which means school or club.

On another occasion I asked a Japanese friend what peacock is in Japanese and he replied: kujaku.

And there was my name:

kujaku (peacock) 孔雀

+ ryu (club) 流

+ goshin (self protection) 護身

+ jutsu (art) 術

A couple of years ago I had the logo modernised, but still keeping in mind the original meaning.