Description
Brazilian jiu-jitsu also abbreviated as BJJ, is a self-defence martial art and
combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting, and submission holds. BJJ is
primarily a ground-based fighting style and focuses on taking one's opponent
down to the ground, gaining a dominant position, and using a number of
techniques to force them into submission via joint locks, chokeholds, or
compression locks. Brazilian jiu-jitsu was first developed around 1925 by
Brazilian brothers Carlos, Oswaldo, Gastão Jr., and Hélio Gracie, after Carlos
was taught a hybrid fighting style of traditional Jujutsu and Kodokan judo by a
travelling Japanese judoka, Mitsuyo Maeda, in 1917. Later on the Gracie family
developed their own self-defense system which they named Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. BJJ
eventually came to be its own defined combat sport through the innovations,
practices, and adaptation of Gracie jiu-jitsu and judo, and has become one of
the essential martial arts for modern MMA.
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