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What Is BJJ?

Go back around 100 years – yes, only 100 years – and that is around the time that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was born. While the exact origins of Jiu Jitsu are hard to pinpoint, it was well established in Japan by the 17th-century. During this time, warring clans fought regularly and the warrior class, known as bushi or samurai, honed their combat skills into art. Jiu Jitsu was a complement to sword fighting, offering a means of incapacitating armored opponents. Jiu Jitsu got innovated over the next few centuries, and arguably the innovation made by the Gracie family had the biggest impact.

BJJ is a sport that heavily evolved from judo – which was formerly known as Kano jiu-jitsu in Japan, or just jiu jitsu. The difference is BJJ revolves around the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger, heavier opponent by using leverage and weight distribution on the ground, and using a number of holds and submissions to defeat them.

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3 DAY FREE TRIAL

FREE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR CLASSES & NO OBLIGATION TO JOIN AFTER THE 3 DAYS. IF YOU LOVE US YOU CAN SIGN UP AFTER!

“The Art of Jiu-Jitsu is worth more in every way than all of our athletics combined” – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt

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Our Lineage

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Belt Rankings In BJJ

The Brazilian jiu-jitsu ranking system signifies a practitioner's increasing level of technical knowledge and practical skill within the art. Colored belts worn as part of the uniform are awarded to the practitioner. The ranking system shares its origins with the judo belt-rank system, but the Brazilian system incorporates some minor differences from Judo such as a division between youths and adults and the issuance of stripes and degrees. Some differences have become synonymous with the art, such as a marked informality in promotional criteria, a focus on competitive demonstration of skill, and conservative promotion

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