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roots of jiu jitsu
the roots go back to when jigoro kano invented judo sometime in 1882 -
judo pu to the test
judo was put to the test in a tournement in 1886 in a tournement held by tokyo police the judo fighters won 13 of the 15 fights and tying the other two -
turn of the century judo versus fusen ryu
somewhere around the turn of the century kodakan judo was challenged by mateamon tonament. the fusen ryu were experts on grounf fighting and submitted all the judo fighters -
importance of ground fighting
kano invites tanebe to teach ground fightimg -
maeda enters judo
arounf the same time grappling entered the kodakan mitsuyo maeda begins to learn judo -
coming to america
maeda is sent to america to teach the art of judo he was in hundreds of no holds barred fights without losing one match -
maeda in brazil
maeda finally settles in brazil where he teaches carlos gracie -
gracie opens an academy
in 1925 carlos and his brothers open a acedemy and holding the gracie challlenge they beat fighters from different backrounds and they continued to devolop strategies they learned from maeda and honing their skills -
helio gracie
when helio gracie was 16 he was allowed to teach the class and from there on with expermienting and trial and error was able to make use of leveerage so he wouldnt have to rely on brute strength something he didnt have because of his small stature -
it really works
helio gracie was able to submit professional boxer antonio portugal in 30 seconds