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| Cornell BJJ Team at NAGA New England 2007 (From Left: Kurt Nason, Adam Arterbery, Andrew Park, Danny Freire, and Anthony Greenberg) |
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Photos: Top is Andy Park at NAGA where he ankle-locked 4 or 5 guys into submission. Bottom picture is of Kurt Nason at NAGA where he took first place in Gi competition.
The art of Jiu-Jitsu:
Jujutsu (from the Japanes jūjutsu meaning "gentle/yielding/compliant art") is a Japanese martial art whose central ethos is to yield to the force provided by an opponent's attack in order to apply counter techniques from the resultant ensuing situation.
There are many ryu (styles) of the art which leads to a diversity of approaches. Jujutsu ryu may utilize all techniques to some degree (i.e. throwing, trapping, locking, holding down, grappling, gouging, biting, disengagements, strike, and kicking). Generally jujutsu ryu make limited use of strikes since they were predominantly developed in feudal Japan under the auspices of the samurai warrior class.The techniques evolved to become effective against armed opponents wearing bamboo body armour to protect vital parts of the face, throat, and body. In addition to jujutsu, many schools taught the use of weapons.
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| Eastern Martial Arts |
Japanese jujutsu systems typically place more emphasis on throwing, immobilizing and pinning, joint-locking, and strangling techniques (as compared with other martial arts systems such as karate). Atemi-waza (striking techniques) were seen as less important in most older Japanese systems, since samurai body armor protected against many striking techniques. The Chinese quanfa/ch'uan-fa (kenpo or kung fu) systems focus on punching, striking, and kicking more than jujutsu.
The Japanese systems of hakuda, kenpo, and shubaku display some degree of Chinese influence in their emphasis on atemi-waza. In comparison, systems that derive more directly from Japanese sources show less preference for such techniques. However, a few jujutsu schools likely have some Chinese influence in their development. Jujutsu ryu vary widely in their techniques, and many do include significant numbers of striking techniques, if only as set-ups for their grappling techniques.
In jujutsu, practitioners train in the use of many potentially fatal moves. However, because students mostly train in a non-competitive environment, risk is minimized. Students are taught break falling skills to allow them to safely practice otherwise dangerous throws.
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What is BJJ?
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) is a martial art and combat sport that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting with the goal of gaining a dominant position and using joint-locks and chokeholds to force an opponent to submit. The system developed from a modified version of pre-World War II Judo including some techniques from Japanese Jujutsu and with a focus on ne-waza (ground technique). It promotes the principle that a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can successfully defend themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant. BJJ can be trained for self defense, sport grappling tournaments (gi and no-gi) and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. Sparring (commonly referred to as 'rolling') and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition.
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Pictured Below: Left is Danny at NAGA, center is me and the TOP HEAVYWEIGHT UFC CONTENDER Gabriel "Napao" Gonzaga-Nogueira (also a black belt in BJJ), and right are the first and second place medals i won at NAGA for Gi and No-Gi, respectively. |
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| History of BJJ |
The art began with Mitsuyo Maeda, who went overseas to Brazil to teach judo, Maeda taught the fighting art to a brazilian businessman’s son Carlos Gracie. When Maeda taught the art to the Gracies he called it Jujitsu instead of Judo. It is not known why he chose the name Jujitsu because Maeda had only trained in Jujitsu for a very brief time as a child. However, the Gracie brothers trained many of their sons, who carried on the family tradition. Hélio had the opportunity to teach a class one day while Carlos was absent. Through constant technical refinement in training and real fighting, emphasizing ground-work, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as it is known today was created. The Gracie family continued to develop the system throughout the 20th century, often fighting vale tudo matches (precursors to modern MMA), during which it gained its focus on ground fighting and refined its techniques.
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Danny, Andy, and Tony in front of the NAGA MASS Destruction Truck at NAGA New England on June 23, 2007 at Bryant University in Smithfiled, RI. |
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BJJ Sites:
-->On the mat - good for info and technique
-->Gracie Jiu-Jitsu - info on the family that made BJJ
-->Jiu-Jitsu.net - Magazine with monthly article section and other forums
-->The History of Gracie BJJ - Great site on the roots of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu
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