About Jiu-Jitsu

Despite the numerous conflicting versions, attributes the origin of Jiu-Jitsu to India, the cradle of civilizations and culture unique.

Buddhist monks in remote monasteries, forced to go hiking in bandit-infested roads to propagate their faith, were the true creators and disseminators of the greatest art of self in the world. In northern India, a few miles above Benares, 2,500 years ago, was born Prince Siddhartha Gauthami, known as cash Muni (Solitaire Prince) who later became known as Buddha - the Enlightened One.

With the birth of Buddhism, also came the Jiu-Jitsu because of the need to defend the monks, who could not bear arms, damaging the morale of their religion.

They are endowed with great knowledge and perfect knowledge of the human body, they created the Jiu-Jitsu, which the defense has its principal essence, based on physical laws, such as balance, moment of force, leverage, inertia, center of gravity, etc. . By emigrate to Japan, Jiu-Jitsu, which in Japanese means "gentle art" encountering their habitat, becoming the national sport par excellence.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi also known as grappling refers to the gripping, handling, and controlling of an opponent without the use of striking, typically through the application of various grappling holds, choke holds, and counters to various hold attempts. Grappling forms an important part of both ground fighting and standing clinch fighting.

Grappling is a mode of fighting used by many different martial arts around the world. It is not a distinct martial art, however, it's similar to striking, a collecting of techniques and strategies aimed at defeating an opponent. Most include all of the above aspects while others focus on one. There is no definite dividing line between the sections as locks may be used in throws and a throw may lead directly to a pin. A possible fourth category is sweeps and escapes, used to improve position in ground fighting either escaping from or moving into a position where a lock or pin may be better applied.

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