The body only moves efficiently in so many ways. Therefore it is logical to believe that different arts from different countries would develop some similar movements. But it is not correct to say that jujitsu has anything to do with the development of Karate. Karate developed in Okinawa as Kokoro stated. The Japanese did not have Karate at that time. The Okinawans introduced Karate to Japan later. There simply is not any historical evidence that Karate influenced the development of Karate. But as I said many different arts are likely to develop similar moves. And that being the case the old traditional styles of Jujitsu and Jujutsu do in fact have some strikes and kicks that are similar to Karate. But they did not come from Karate.

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Ju jitsu / jujutsu or whatever way you spell it originally had nothing to do with Karate or Te. Karate was imported from Okinawa to Japan. Judo might be called the watered down sport version with damaging holds, strikes, and throws removed. Aikido was also born of Jujutsu styles but edited and mixed with Omoto-kyo religious beliefs by its founder Morihei Ueshiba. Neither have all the original fighting methods contained in traditional or Samurai Jujutsu and Karate has only been influenced a small amount over the last 50 years or so.

FACT: Judo practice is for a sporting contest allowing only certain throws and limited pins or no pins at all. No striking, finger grabs, or breaks of any kind are allowed. The few strikes practiced came from karate's Funakoshi's work with Judo's founder Kano. Deadly techniques and others have been removed thus making it watered down. Koryu arts were ban after WWII making them into sport was to ensure their survival NOT create "modern" arts. Modern arts are often just left over parts of the original.

-Japanese Jujitsu was developed by the samurai warriors of Feudal Japan. It pre-dates karate by several centuries.

-Karate (kara-te, or China hand) was a fighting system developed in Okinawa which was heavily influenced by Chinese wushu. Okinawan karate eventually spread to mainland Japan where it became a popular martial art with many different systems.

-Judo and Aikido come from various Japanese Jujitsu systems passed down from the samurai to the common Japanese people after the samurai class was eradicated by the Japanese military and martial arts were outlawed in Japan in the mid-19th Century.

Koryu jujutsu (that's actually the correct romanization) has nothing to do with karate, which is a modern martial art derived from Chinese martial arts by way of Okinawa. Koryu literally means "old school". Aikido and judo are "shin budo"-literally "new" martial arts derived from jujutsu.

Jujutsu was originally intended for unarmed last ditch self defense while likely wearing armor. Basically, samurai did not need unarmed self defense because they were always armed...except if maybe they got tossed off their horse in battle. Obviously you cannot punch or kick very well wearing armor, hence the throws and chokeholds of jujutsu.

Jigoro Kano had no intention of "watering down" jujutsu when he created judo. The point was he wanted to keep the best of jujutsu relevant by transforming it into a modern martial art, just as kenjutsu became kendo.

japanese jujutsu had very little influence on karate, it was only one of the minor influences like all the other counties that had minor influences over it, the major influences was several kung fu styles and okinawan te. the grappling in karate more came from those two then from jujutsu.

judo and aikido have much more in common with jujutsu then karate

Jiu jitsu was the first true fighting style . Then it splintered off into specialize groups in a way. jiu jitsu literal translate into war art way of killing. It was heavily influenced by the Olympic sport pankration which was one of the first martial arts that was complete. Every thing today comes from either pankration and combat Olympics under various rules or jiu jitsu.

Sometimes.

no not at all

I am fully aware that Jujitsu has many different styles, but I have heard that Japanese Jujitsu is the father to Karate, Judo and Aikido, does this mean that Jujitsu contains techniques that are in all 3 of these arts?

Any answer is greatly appreciated.