What is the difference between Brazilian jiu-jitsu and regular jujitsu if any and thanks for your time //?

brazilian jujitsu comes from japanese jujitsu


bjj was developed about 100 years ago|||The name %26quot;Brazilian Jiu-jitsu%26quot; is actually very misleading since its roots do not lie in traditional Jujitsu but actually evolved from Judo.


Infact the men who originally pioneered the system (Helio Gracie, Carlos Gracie and Mitsyio Maeyda) never actually studied traditional Jujitsu but were actually 6th dan black belts in Judo.


Traditional Jujitsu puts much emphasis on striking but isn%26#039;t a particularly effective method of fighting in my opinion- jack of all trades, master of none, most MMA fighters favour western boxing or Mauy thai its much more %26quot;straight to the point%26quot;


The idea of BJJ is that a weak person can beat a stronger person by using superior technique rather than superior strength, they are two completely different systems.





The Gracies showed the martial arts world how important Goround fighting is- if you can take a big strong man to the ground and tie him up in arm locks and chokes then you have taken away his two most useful tools- his strength and his reach, Royce gracie demonstrated this in the early days of the UFC by dominating men who were much bigger and stronger than himself, he beat them because they had no idea how to fight on the ground.





bodyfarmer99- You made that up as you went along didn%26#039;t you?


1.The two arts are COMPLETELY different, there is very little simularity.





2.Judo WAS NOT derived from Jujitsu.|||Actually, BJJ is based on Judo, which is a descendant of jujitsu.





BJJ, like Judo, is competition oriented (although both teach and train to be used in self defense situations as well). Jujitsu is a more rounded art teaching techniques for stand up and ground fighting as well as weapons training.|||OK here we go juijitsu is a japanese martial arts that was adapted to create judo. In the 1920s japanese immigrant began coming to brazil the brazillians such as the gracies all 5000 of em, began to learn juijitsu from the japanese they%26#039;re basically the same with a few differences.