History of Jiu Jitsu: Gracies Leave the UFC and Bring Jiu Jitsu Back to Japan

On November 12, 1993 in front of an audience of 2,800, Royce Gracie slipped his arm around Gerard Gordau’s neck and applied a textbook rear naked choke to win the first Ultimate Fighting Championship. Rorion Gracie’s vision of showing the w…

On November 12, 1993 in front of an audience of 2,800, Royce Gracie slipped his arm around Gerard Gordau’s neck and applied a textbook rear naked choke to win the first Ultimate Fighting Championship. Rorion Gracie’s vision of showing the world the effectiveness of Jiu-Jitsu had been realized and the event did a shocking 86,000 […]

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History of Jiu Jitsu: Gracies Leave the UFC and Bring Jiu Jitsu Back to Japan

History of Jiu Jitsu: Baptism By Fire and Luta Livre

In the 1920s, Carlos Gracie was the head of a small but growing academy where he and his brothers taught the Gracie family adaptation of Kodokan Judo. Carlos was looking for ways to draw attention to ‘Gracie Jiu Jitsu’ and followed the exam…

In the 1920s, Carlos Gracie was the head of a small but growing academy where he and his brothers taught the Gracie family adaptation of Kodokan Judo. Carlos was looking for ways to draw attention to ‘Gracie Jiu Jitsu’ and followed the example of his teacher, Mitsuyo Maeda, by holding public matches against other martial […]

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History of Jiu Jitsu: Baptism By Fire and Luta Livre

History of Jiu Jitsu: The Meiji Era and the Evolution of Judo

July 8, 1853 is a watershed moment in Japanese history, when Commodore Perry of the U.S. Navy took a small group of steam-powered warships into Edo (Tokyo) Bay. These iron sided war machines belched smoke into sky and bristled with large naval guns, mu…

July 8, 1853 is a watershed moment in Japanese history, when Commodore Perry of the U.S. Navy took a small group of steam-powered warships into Edo (Tokyo) Bay. These iron sided war machines belched smoke into sky and bristled with large naval guns, much bigger than any cannons the Japanese had ever seen mounted on […]

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History of Jiu Jitsu: The Meiji Era and the Evolution of Judo