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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (bjj) is a martial art and combat
sport that focuses on grappling and particularly ground fighting,with
the main goal of submitting your opponent using joint locks and choke
holds.Bjj promotes the principle that a smaller,weaker person can successfully
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Bjj owes it' beginnings to Carlos
Gracie(and later Helio Gracie).Carlos was born in Brazil in 1901 and
is of Scottish descent. Carlos began his jiu-jitsu training in 1917
under Mitsuyo Maeda,a famous Japanese judo/jiu-jitsu champion at the
time living in Brazil
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.In 1925 Carlos opened his own
jiu-jitsu school where he and brother Helio quickly started to modify
the techniques to better suit no rules fighting,known in Brazil as Vale
Tudo.
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Over the decades to come the Gracie family and later the Machado brothers,related by marriage,further developed the art through constant challenge matches and in the sporting arena.Bjj gained worldwide popularity in 1993 when Royce Gracie beat all comers in the Ultimate Fighting Championship,a form of no rules fighting held in a cage.It soon became obvious that to be an effective fighter you needed to know grappling. Groundfighting could no longer be ignored and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was now a household name. |
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