Whats the difference between jujitsu and brizilian jujitsu?

A short history lesson. Jiu Jitsu is an ancient style of grappling, that samurai used on the battle fields. From Jiu Jitsu came the martial art Judo in the late 1800%26#039;s, which is an olympic sport today. A Japanese immigrant taught some Gracies Judo in the 1900%26#039;s, and they had a fondness for the ne waza techniques, and put their own style and ideologies on the techniques, and started calling it Gracie Jiu Jitsu, more commonly known as Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.





As far as techniques, sport and training methods go. BJJ and Jiu Jitsu are alot different. They use similar techniques like Juji Gatami(arm bar) Udi Garami(kimura) Sankaku Jime(triangle choke) etc. etc. But, they have different ways of setting up and training all together. BJJ now days is more of a sport, and they play alot of strategy in club. All in all, BJJ has alot more in common with the sport of Judo then the ancient art of Jiu Jitsu, although there is a correlation between the two.|||BJJ is more like Judo. Without going into a long and debating issue on history, Japanese jujitsu is worlds apart from BJJ but bjj and judo are more related than jjj, and bjj. The more I train in bjj the more relation I see with judo than with jap. jj. I, as well, train in Aikido and in class is a person who trained in Jap. jj and the styles are worlds apart. As well I also train with a guy who did Judo and with seeing and talking I see more relation there. If you watch bjj, judo and jap. jj enough you can see which are closer relation.|||forget the rest of the answers here is the right answer:


Jiu Jutsu:


Ancient Japanese martial art that encompasses throwing, joint locks, striking, and weapons training.





Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu:


In the mid-1920%26#039;s, Carlos Gracie opened the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He taught the skills he learned from Japanese Judo master Esai Maeda. The skills were later modified to use less strength and to be more effective against larger opponents. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu%26#039;s reputation spread due to the success of its practitioners in no holds barred contests.|||Japanese Jujutsu focuses more on self-defense, striking, and standing grappling, especially Goshin Jujitsu. Jujutsu is the Gentle Art, and was invented is various ryus, or styles, in feudal Japan, and was perfected in the 1600%26#039;s by the samurai. Jujutsu yielded the arts of Judo, Aikido, Hapkido, since Aikijujutsu was the most selective and private Ryu, and all of the Japanese styles of karate.





Judo, the sportive version of Japanese Jujutsu, is a style of submission wrestling, and is thought to be the best throwing art. Judo has over 67 throws, plus reaps/ trips, takedowns, and various breakfalling techniques to land safely after being thrown. Judo also has the best, meaning fastest chokes, with some knocking people out in as little as three seconds. And lastly, Judo contains wrestling techniques, mat holds or pins, and a lot of arm and shoulder locks, or armbars. Judo is now considered to be the most modern version of Japanese Jujutsu.





Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, considered to be the most effective groundfighting art ever, focuses almost exclusively on groundfighting. Jiu-Jitsu comes from Judo, and was adapted by Helio Gracie to be more effective for weaker and smaller people, such as himself, as many Judo throws require either flawless technique, or else a good bit of strength. Jiu-Jitsu has the most devastating arsenal of chokes and joint-locks, and the best grappling positioning techniques. We like to say in the art, %26quot;if there%26#039;s a joint, we can break it.%26quot; Jiu-Jitsu has self-defense applications, but don%26#039;t be fooled, it started out as a sport. Just about all of the BJJ techniques are found in Judo, and vice versa,





So now that you know, let%26#039;s look at the three arts. Goshin Jujitsu, a legitimate Japanese, albeit modern style that includes strikes from Muay Thai, Judo throws, Jujutsu%26#039;s groundfighting, plus weapon defense techniques, is best for self-defense. Judo has the greatest arsenal of throws, many of which are liable to paralyze someone if done on concrete, plus the fastest chokes of any martial arts style. Any given Judo is probably better on the ground compared to any other fighter, except a against a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu person. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is unparalleled in ground fighting, has the best array of joint-locks, and also contains many of Judo%26#039;s chokes.|||techiniques used and it was devolped in brazil as where jujitsu developed in japan and around the world