Brazilian Jiu Jitsu History

The martial art of Jiu Jitsu can trace its history back at least a couple of centuries to Japan with roots in other grappling related combat forms like judo. The distinctive modern style of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was really born in that country in 1915 when a legendary Japanese master of Jiu Jitsu and Judo named Esai Maeda met a businessman named Gasto Gracie, a Brazilian of Scottish ethnicity.

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