BJJ eventually came to be its own defined combat sport through the innovations, practices, and adaptation of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu and Judo, and became an essential martial art for modern MMA.
Later, they marketed their own self-defense system based on Judo and named it Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, controlling one's opponent, gaining a dominant position, and using a number of techniques to force them into submission via joint locks or chokeholds.īrazilian Jiu-Jitsu was first developed around 1920 by Brazilian brothers Carlos, Oswaldo, Gastão Jr., George, and Hélio Gracie, after Carlos was taught traditional Kodokan judo by a travelling Japanese judoka, Mitsuyo Maeda, in 1917. Kodokan judo, Japanese Jujutsu (via Judo), Wrestlingīrazilian Jiu-Jitsu ( BJJ / dʒ uː ˈ dʒ ɪ t s uː/ Portuguese:, , jiu-jitsu brasileiro) is a martial art and combat sport based on ground fighting ( ne-waza) and submission holds. Kanō Jigorō, Tomita Tsunejirō, Mitsuyo Maeda, Takeo Yano, Soshihiro Satake, Geo Omori, Jachintho Ferro, Donato Pires dos Reis, Carlos Gracie, George Gracie, Oswaldo Gracie, Hélio Gracie, Luiz França, Oswaldo Fadda Ground fighting, Submission Grappling, Grappling Romulo Barral (bottom) with a Triangle Choke at the 2009 World Jiu-Jitsu ChampionshipīJJ, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, Gi/Nogi Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Grappling