JILINDA ( gee-leen-dah ) MEANS THE ART OF SELF DEFENSE. THE SHORTEN VERSION OF A LONG CUMBERSOME SWAHILI TERM "SANAA YA KUJILINDA". SHORTEN TO "JILINDA" INSPIRED BY YANGUMI IS ( name coined by Maulana Karenga the founder of kwanzaa) THE 1ST AFRIKAN "NAMED" ART IN MODERN TIMES IN THE US. . JUMA INHERITED HIS FAMILYS AFRIKAN / MOORISH MARTIAL ART ITS ORIGINAL NAME LOST IN THE BE LLY OF THE BEAST. JILINDA USES MANY CIRCULAR AND OPEN HAND TECHNIQUES AND IS MORE ADAPTIVE AND LESS ROTE IN NATURE THE GUARD HAND AND RECOIL IS USED IN ALL MODERN JILINDA TECHNIQUES AND FORMS.. INHERITED / FOUNDED BY MWALIMU MKUU JUMA MSHABAZI. HE WAS THE MARTIAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR AT THE UJAMAA CENTER .AND LEOPARD MEN SELF DEFENSE GROUP. FORGHT THE CAMPIONSHIP MATCH IN NATE INGRAMS DEADLY ART OF SURVIVAL BARE KNUCKLE (HEAD PUNCHES) FULL CONTACT TOURNAMENT GRANDMASTER RICO GUY REFFEREE. WAS Sr.. CHAMPION OF RON BURONS (NO BLOOD NO DISQUALIFACATION) TOURNAMENT. AND SURVIVED ALONE AGAINST BROOKLYNS INFAMOUS TOMAHAWKS GANG. JILINDA IS BASED ON SEVERAL MARTIAL ARTS 1st BEING HIS FAMILYS AFRIKAN MARTIAL ART! AND HALF A DOZEN OTHER DIASPORIC STYLES. ITS KULTURE (AFRIKAN/MOORISH) LANGAUGE (COMORO/SWAHILI) WITH THE NGUZO SABA THE SEVEN PRINCIPALS OF KWANZAA AS ITS VALUE SYSTEM . THIS PAGE IS DETICATED TO THE LATE MAURICE "TOO SWEET" JOHNSON OUR BEST EVEN IN DEATH! UHURU NA KAZI !