BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU

BJJ is an acronym known worldwide, which stands for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. According to historians, Jiu-Jitsu originated in India, spread through China and settled in Japan, where it was strengthened. In the early20th century, Japanese Jiu-Jitsu arrived in Brazil
through Mitsuyo Maeda, nickname ‘Conde Koma.’
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With residence in Brazil, more precisely in Belem do Para, Maeda started to teach the concepts of the fight to Carlos Gracie who successively taught his younger brother Helio Gracie. By the mid 1920s, Helio began to modify these techniques and adapt them to his physical size.

Because he was very slender, he had to develop a system that would allow him to defend against physically heavier and stronger opponents. From this, Gracie Jiu- Jitsu was born, which spread throughout the country. From then on, the Gracie family was largely responsible for the development of this style of martial art known today as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. The Jiu-Jitsu practiced in Brazil is very different from what was created in Japan. Brazilians improved the ground combat, refining the techniques, and the style was defined through knowledge of application of minimum strength and maximum efficiency. Currently, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is more widespread than the Japanese original, having even exported to Japan and the rest of the world.