Brazilian jiu-jitsu
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Brazilian jiu-jitsu, often abbreviated to BJJ, is a self-defense system, martial art, and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting, and submission holds. It is primarily a ground-based fightin
Romulo Barral attempting a triangle choke on Gabriel Vella at the 2009 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship
Panel by Alfredo Storni featuring capoeirista Ciríaco defeating jiu-jitsu fighter Sada Miyako with a rabo de arraia kick, O Malho, 1909.
A Brazilian jiu-jitsu instructor demonstrates how to tackle an opponent.
An Americana armlock submission from traditional side control.
Hélio Gracie
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Hélio Gracie was a Brazilian martial artist who together with his brothers Oswaldo, Gastao Jr, George and Carlos Gracie founded and developed the self-defense martial art system of Gracie jiu-jitsu, a
Brazilian jiu-jitsu
…as joint locks, chokeholds, or compression locks. Brazilian jiu-jitsu was first developed by the Brazilian brothers Carlos, Oswaldo, Gastão Jr., and Hélio Gracie around 1925, after Carlos was taught judo in 1917 by either Mitsuyo Maeda, a travelling Japanese judoka, or one of Maeda's students Jacyntho Ferro…
Gracie in a classic portrait
Hélio Gracie (1932). National Archives of Brazil.
Hélio Gracie (1952). National Archives of Brazil.