jiujitsu is an martial art that began in japan by a man called jigoro kano. he is considered to be the father of jiujitsu and judo. he taught the art to a man named mitsuya maeda who went to brazil and met a man named gastao gracie who helped him establish it in brazil. he then taught the art to his sons: carlos gracie and helio gracie. it was helio that modified the style to be adaptable to real life brazilian streetfighting situations. he also incorporated more chokes and joint locks that would work in those situations as well. that is the difference between the two.|||Too long to explain properly. Read this thread instead.
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/showthread...|||There%26#039;s a direct emphasis on ground grappling that is much more prominant in Brazilian than it is in Japanese. In Japanese, the emphasis is less on groundwork, and more so on manipulation of your enemy as opposed to dropping him, locking him, and choking him out as in Brazilian. If you%26#039;re looking for a visual example, you can compare the grappling of what you see in Brazilian with this -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jlfRdP9h6yY|||Brazilian Jujutsu is from Brazil...and the other is not!|||JuJitsu is from Japan originally but a group of Brazilians trained in Japan some time ago and brought the knowledge they learned in Japan back to Brazil and adapted it into their own unique fighting style which is known today as Brazilian JuJitsu.
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