What is Brazilian Jiu-jitsu? Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is a kind of martial art with special emphasis on ground fighting.

It is dangerously effective as it teaches its practitioners to fight on their backs. It is also known as Gracie Jiu-jitsu after one of its earliest founders ! "arlos Gracie. #he Gracies have long been synonymous with the sport of Jiu-Jitsu. History of Gracie Jiu-jitsu Jiu-jitsu owed its origins to Buddhist monks in ancient India. $hen the monks were busy in spreading Buddhism they soon found perils in the form of robbers on the way. #he monks therefore developed a type of grappling that permitted them to subdue their opponents without killing. %any years later these fighting techni&ues reached Japan where they were refined and given the name jujutsu or Jiu-jitsu. #he Japanese tried to hide the fighting techni&ue from the world. #hey almost succeeded until '(') when %itsuyo %aeda a *odokan Judo e+ponent and master came to live in the family home of Brazil,s Gastao Gracie. Gastao helped %aeda in his business and in return the Japanese master taught "arlos the eldest son of Gastao the intricacies of judo. "arlos in turn taught his family what he knew. -ne of "arlos. first pupils was his youngest brother /elio Gracie. /elio,s small stature often landed him at a disadvantage when sparring with his bigger brothers as judo generally favors the larger and stronger fighter. #o solve the problem he developed certain techni&ues of his own which favored leverage and assisted the smaller fighter to prevail over brute strength. #he version of judo that /elio developed is now known as Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Principal Traits 0ince Jiu-jitsu focuses on ground fighting it lays stress on takedowns ground control takedown defense and submissions. It teaches its practitioners that the key advantage held by a strong opponent lies mainly in stronger strikes and superior reach1 these advantages are neutralized when the said adversary is on the ground held in an unbreakable hold by the weaker opponent. #he sport of jiu-Jitsu is built upon leveraging the strength of a stronger adversary to his own disadvantage as opposed to traditional judo which relies on strength of the practitioner himself. 0ubmissions are holds which either chokes an opponent or take advantage of a body joint. 2ighters are e+tremely proficient from fighting in the guard position. #he guard position involves wrapping legs around the opponent so that their movement becomes limited. #his distinguishes Brazilian Jiu-jitsu from other comparable fighting techni&ues. Primary objectives 3 practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu always aims to push his or her opponent to the ground. If they are on top they usually hope to escape either to the side or to the mount position. If they reach there they may then select to continuously strike the opponent or put down a submission hold. It is to be remembered that fighters are most dangerous when they are on their backs. %any submission holds can be started from this position. Metho s of trainin!

3ny Brazilian Jiu-jitsu fighter aims to take his or her opponent to the ground after holding a grip. -nce the opponent falls to the ground the fighter has a variety of maneuvers to put his opponent to a position where a submission techni&ue can be applied. #he primary signature of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu is to achieve a controlling place on the ground. #raining is given so that practitioners can concentrate on submissions without using strikes. Isolation sparring or positional drilling is generally part of the training program. "ivalry #ith $uta $ivre 45uta 5ivre6 translates to free fighting in 7ortuguese a martial art form deriving from judo and wrestling that relied on submissions to defeat an opponent. #he history of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has for long been closely intertwined with that of 5uta 5ivre. #he first conspicuous manifestation of this rivalry was the encounter between 8uclydes 4#atu6 /atem the founder of 5uta 5ivre and George Gracie one of the members of the Gracie family well known for the development of Jiu-Jitsu. 3lthough 8uclydes defeated George Gracie in their encounter in the '()9s majority of the encounters were one by Jiu-Jitsu practitioners and people considered 5uta 5ivre to be a poor man.s martial art form. 3t Go:*arate; we list a large amount and variety of martial art schools that will serve your needs in the category of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. "ontact any of our participating training institutes and be healthy for life.