Bangkokian asked:


The Origin

Jiu-jitsu is different from other martial arts because it was not developed from any exact part of the world. On the other hand, it was born from the adaptation of different basics and moved along all over Asia before finally developed in Japan.

The monks in the North India were the very important to the beginning of Jiu-jitsu development. These monks had brilliant wisdom and well understanding in the physiology. They used and adapted the knowledge to the physics, such as momentum, inertia, central gravity, weight transferring, and friction. They combined all of these with the limitation of human body in order to create the martial arts and defending oneself from others.

B.C. 230, there were many Jiu-jitsu schools establishing in Japan. Bare-hand fighting was considered a part of Samurai warriors’ practicing as it was used to conquer the armed and armored opponents in the war.

In the Meji period, Japan was open to receive other countries’ culture, and there were many foreigners coming in. This made the Jiu-jitsu afraid that huge foreigners would know the secrets of Jiu-jitsu. They then broke it into many martial arts in order to limit its potential performance.

Karate, Judo, and Aikido were developed from Jiu-jitsu. These arts were adapted into the sports to reduce their power and performance.

Development

For more than a century, the original Jiu-jitsu was developed into well-known Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. The following people took parts in the Brazilian Jiu-jitsu development.

- Jigoro Kano, Jiu-jitsu instructor

He discovered that the original one could not fully be performed because of its danger such as eye piercing, groin kicking, and hair tearing that might hurt the practicing partners. Therefore, the instruction in Kano’s school was Randori, which was a real practice tending to fight to their fullest power. This would get the students used to the opponent’s violation. This kind of practice would help students improve their bodies, minds, and agility much better. In order to make the Randori’s performance better, Kano had to take some dangerous actions off, such as head butting. This kind of practicing is called “Judo”.

- Mitsuyo Maeda, one of the Kano’s great students

He had been trained for the original Jiu-jitsu before he learned from Kano when he was 18 years old. At that time, Kano wanted to distribute his Judo to other countries to be a part of the Olympic game. He sent many of his distributors to many parts of United States, and Maeda was one of them.

During his journey, he had to fight with many huge fighters, and that made him feel that Kano had taken too many important parts off, and it decreased its real performance. Maeda then decided to add his own techniques to the original Jiu-jitsu and took the parts he believed they did not work off. He combined the arts into the Mixed Martial Arts. This kind of fight is about low kicking and elbowing in order to throw the opponent away, and then focus on the ground-based fighting by locking the opponents up until they surrender.

In 1914, he stopped his journey at Brazil and decided to help Japanese government expand the country’s relationship. He taught Carlos Gracie Jiu-jitsu.

- Carlos Gracie

He was a boxer who was crazy about street fighting. He adapted Maeda Jiu-jitsu into his own style, and that made him popular because he had never been beaten although he was very small. He then taught his Jiu-jitsu to his brother, Helio.

- Royce Gracie

In 1993, Ultimate Fighting Championship was published to all over the world for the first time, and Royce was one of the 12 fighters in this tournament. His small body made a lot of people believe that he would be knocked out within 3 minutes. However, he proved that all people were wrong by conquered the opponents and was the champion of the tournament. In the next year, he proved himself again that it was not a fluke. Whenever he was interviewed, he always said “It’s not because of me, but it’s because of Jiu-jitsu”.

JudoTom25 asked:

bjj techniques instruction that I demonstrated the day after learning them from a really good Black Belt. This vid is just to remind me what we did. Obviously I need to practice these. More vids to come…

sportjujutsu asked:

Marcelo “Yogui” Santiago head instructor and coach of DYNAMIX BJJ CONCEPT, sharing his BJJ Techniques at JJK Samurai 08 www.samurai.se www.dynamixfighting.com

James Liu asked:


Grappling or Brazilian jiu-jitsu is a growing popular sport for the young and old alike. Like every sport, you can take it to the extreme by becoming talented enough to join the Ultimate Fighting Championship and coming out a winner. If an all our brawl is not in your plans, you might want to try grappling just to stay in shape and to build a little self esteem. Grappling, like all martial arts, is a great pastime. For children grappling gives the student a sense of discipline and purpose and for the older adult it gives the student a chance to have a formal workout and at the same time develop techniques in self defense.

Though grappling originated in Brazil, it has come to the world’s attention that it is a martial art to contend. After a grappling expert won the Ultimate Fighting Championship three out of four times, the world of martial arts has taken this new style serious. Grappling is designed for the fighter to fight from the ground up. Most fighters will learn to fight from their feet. In grappling you want to close in on your opponent and get him or her to the ground. Once on the ground a combination of joint holds and choke holds will subdue your opponent as you take dominance in where you were trained, on the ground.

Taken from other martial arts like karate, judo, and jiu-jitsu, grappling combines the best of all worlds to make a truly unique form of fighting. If you want a good work out, join a grappling class and you will get a full workout that includes stretching, building body strength, and learning self defense techniques. It doesn’t matter if you are male or female; grappling is build for all sexes and all body types. Even if you are a little overweight or out of shape, grappling classes offer beginning, intermediate, and advanced classes. As you learn and are able to demonstrate your knowledge of grappling, you will move into a more advanced course that offers more rigorous workouts and more challenging techniques.

Finding a grappling class may be difficult. Though the sport is gaining in popularity, there are some areas of the country where it is not offered. Check on the internet for classes near you or contact local law enforcement agencies to see if they have had some form of grappling training. The military and several law enforcement agencies at both the state and national level are embracing grappling as a sound self defense method that allows the officers of soldiers to be able to take out an opponent and at the same time keep themselves safe and out of the judicial system for using excessive

Your new grappling class will give you pride and self assurance as you start getting into shape and learning the techniques taught to you. You will have more self confidence and will be able to look at the world in a new light. Grappling, though violent, is a way to make you learn how to take care of yourself. If you want to take the sport to the extreme and fight the Ultimate Fighting Championship, go for it. If not jus enjoy the exposure of this new martial art and what it can do for you.

USSRonaldRegan asked:

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TechniquePrevails asked:

http://trainfightwin.com/The-X-Guard/View-all-products.html
This is a highlight video of our newest video set which covers the X-Guard. There are 15 techniques covered in this set, and are listed below.

The X-Guard has become widely used due to the success that Marcelo Garcia has had with it (after all, he invented it). The X-Guard, like the Rubber Guard, hasn’t caught on in “traditional BJJ” schools yet because it is a slightly unconventional approach. That being said, it doesn’t require near the degree of flexibility as the Rubber Guard, and the sweeps that you have available to you when in the X-Guard are TREMENDOUS. I was slow to catch on to the X-Guard. I didn’t use it much because most of of my training is MMA oriented, and I thought that I would get hit in the head too much to use it in an MMA arena. Until you become proficient with the X-Guard, that can be true. However, once you see how many different ways you can sweep your opponent, I think you will quickly discover (as I did) that it will be difficult for your opponent to hit you while he is being swept. This is not a guard that you hang out in to catch your breath. This is a guard that you use to immediately disrupt your opponent’s balance and base. You will quickly get a sweep from this position. Another issue that I had with the X-Guard was that I could see NO reliable way of getting to it without losing teeth from punches. Marcelo’s video series and book offered me little reassurance as I discovered that many of his entrances are either with a gi or when your opponent is already standing and approaching you. I didn’t like either of these scenarios. However- once I caught on to a few different ways to pull the X-Guard, I QUICKLY became a believer. Now, I pull X-Guard on opponents from their mount, my half-guard, my butterfly guard, etc. I have been working it a LOT over the past year or so and have enjoyed great success with it. I think that, like the Rubber Guard, if you are serious about adding HUGE percentages for sweeps from your back, then you should strongly consider the X-Guard.

The techniques included in this mini-series are:
1. Establishing X-Guard from Butterfly Guard
2. Establishing X-Guard from Half Guard
3. Rocking Chair to X-Guard
4. Bump to X-Guard
5. Push/Pull Sweep
6. Push/Pull Sweep Variation
7. Wrist Trap Sweep
8. Armbar Sweep
9. Over the Top
10. Overhook, Over the Top
11. Low Leg Sweep
12. Pendulum Sweep
13. Stand and Scoop
14. Leg Locks
15. Taking the Back

Dragonbushidodojo asked:

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt and pro MMA fighter Jacen Flynn presents part 2 of his unique version of controlling his opponent’s back, and instructs how to use his “Cabbage Patch Assist” technique to open up additional submission options from the back.