Bushido Jujitsu is based on the principles of circular force, avoidance and internal calm. Circular force is integral to redirecting and flowing from one motion to the next without interruption and provides a continuous unbroken line of accelerating motion and energy. Avoidance implies non-resistance and meeting force with minimum force to deflect and not clash with an adversary's power in a natural free-flowing manner. Central, and most important, is internal calm, the essence of power. It is gained by joining the mind, body and spirit into a synchronized unit.

Bushido Jujitsu utilizes grappling skills such as throws, jointlocks, chokes, and pressure points as well as fast and powerful hand strikes and low-line kicks. Bushido Jujitsu also focuses on the practical, combat use of weapons such as knives and sticks, and the appropriate defenses against various weapons attacks (knife, stick, gun, etc.) The practitioner soon becomes a master of the following: blending, mobility and stability, balance - your own and your opponent's, energy focus and conservation, directional manipulation, circles and curves, and the suddenly changing dynamics of combat.

Bushido Jujitsu is referred to as an "Open System" martial art because it accepts virtually any combat effective technique from any art, style, system, culture or country into its "core" techniques. Students of other disciplines are openly accepted and encouraged to cross-rank into Bushido Jujitsu and receive advanced training and ranking through individual instruction and training seminars/camps.