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What is Brazilian Jujitsu

Brazilian Jujitsu, also known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or "BJJ" for short, is a martial art style focused on grappling and ground fighting with emphasis on taking your opponent down to the ground, controlling them and either submitting them via joint locks or strangleholds. It was popularized in Brazil after it was brought over from Japan by Mitsuyo Maeda and Carlos Gracie in 1914. The Gracie family then refined and improved upon the art which led to the founding of the world famous Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy. In recent years, BJJ has become more readily available around the world thanks to modern technologies like internet streaming services making competition training more convenient than ever before.

Benefits of Practicing BJJ

The practice of BJJ comes with many benefits regardless of whether you are practicing for self-defense or competition purposes. Practitioners will find improvement in their physical strength, balance, flexibility and coordination aswell as develop essential life skills such as discipline, problem solving abilities and patience as well as create bonds with other practitioners through shared experiences during training sessions. While Brazilian Jujitsu does not involve striking opponents like some other forms of martial arts do, it focuses on leverage based submissions that can effectively control an attacker without doing any harm. This makes it a very effective form of self defense while still being able to spar competitively in tournaments without fear of serious injury.