whats the main difference between gracie ju jitsu vs brazilian ju jitsu?
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In the mid-1800's in Japan, there were a large number of styles ("ryu") of jiu-jitsu (sometimes spelled "jujitsu"). Techniques varied between ryu, but generally included all manner of unarmed combat (strikes, throws, locks, chokes, wrestling, etc.) and occasionally some weapons training. One young but skilled master of a number of jiu-jitsu styles, Jigoro Kano, founded his own ryu and created the martial art Judo (aka Kano-ryu jiu-jitsu) in the 1880's. One of Kano's primary insights was to include full-power practice against resisting, competent opponents, rather than solely rely on the partner practice that was much more common at the time. \n\nOne of Kano's students was Mitsuo Maeda, who was also known as Count Koma ("Count of Combat"). Maeda emigrated to Brazil in 1914. He was helped a great deal by the Brazilian politician Gastão Gracie, whose father George Gracie had emigrated to Brazil himself from Scotland. In gratitude for the assistance, Maeda taught jiu-jitsu to Gastao's son Carlos Gracie. Carlos in turn taught his brothers Osvaldo, Gastão Jr., Jorge, and Helio. \n\nIn 1925, Carlos and his brothers opened their first jiu-jitsu academy, and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was born in Brazil. \n\nAt this point, the base of techniques in BJJ was similar to those in Kano's Judo academy in Japan. As the years progressed, however, the brothers (notably Carlos and Helio) and their students refined their art via brutal no-rules fights, both in public challenges and on the street. Particularly notable was their willingness to fight outside of weight categories, permitting a skilled small fighter to attempt to defeat a much larger opponent. \n\n\nThey began to concentrate more and more on submission ground fighting, especially utilizing the guard position. This allowed a weaker man to defend against a stronger one, bide his time, and eventually emerge victorious. \n\nIn the 1970's, the undisputed jiu-jitsu champion in Brazil was Rolls Gracie. He had taken the techniques of jiu-jitsu to a new level. Although he was not a large man, his ability to apply leverage using all of his limbs was unprecedented. At this time the techniques of the open guard and its variants (spider guard, butterfly guard) became a part of BJJ. Rolls also developed the first point system for jiu-jitsu only competition. The competitions required wearing a gi, awarded points (but not total victories) for throws and takedowns, and awarded other points for achieving different ground positions (such as passing an opponent's guard). After Rolls' death in a hang-gliding accident, Rickson Gracie became the undisputed (and undefeated!) champion, a legend throughout Brazil and much of the world. He has been the exemplar of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu technique for the last two decades, since the early 1980's, in both jiu-jitsu competition and no-rules MMA competition. \n\nJiu-jitsu techniques have continued to evolve as the art is constantly tested in both arenas. For example, in the 1990's Roberto "Gordo" Correa, a BJJ black belt, injured one of his knees, and to protect his leg he spent a lot of practice time in the half-guard position. When he returned to high-level jiu-jitsu competition, he had the best half-guard technique in the world. A position that had been thought of as a temporary stopping point, or perhaps a defensive-only position, suddenly acquired a new complexity that rapidly spread throughout the art. \n\nIn the early 1990's, Rorion Gracie moved from Brazil to Los Angeles. He wished to show the world how well the Gracie art of jiu-jitsu worked. In Brazil, no-rules Mixed Martial Art (MMA) contests (known as "vale tudo") had been popular since Carlos Gracie first opened his academy in 1925, but in the world at large most martial arts competition was internal to a single style, using the specialized rules of that style's practice. \n\nRorion and Art Davie conceived of the
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STOP WITH THESE DUMB vs. QUESTIONS!!!!\n\nIt all depends on who is the better fighter that day... I could whoop Helio Gracie in his prime if he slipped and I got a lucky 1 and a million punch to his temple.... ITS ALL A GAME OF CHANCE!!!!!\n\nRARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
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The best form of combat is Ju Box Fu it is a combination of Brazilian Jujitsu,Muay Thai kickboxing and kungFu if you have time to include wrestling you cant be beaten. \nIf someone is bigger and stronger you can take them to the ground and use your Jujitsu witch is very easy to learn and very effective. If your opponent is smaller and faster you can use you size and strength and strike them Kungfu is very unorthodox with back fists and kicking techniques they are hard to defend however it takes a long time to learn this style so start with kickboxing witch has a lot of basic power attacks.\nJujitsu is the best form for a 1 on 1 street fight but if you are faced with more than 1 opponent you will need to know your striking.\nIf you only have time to practise and learn 1 style i recommend Jujitsu if you study it for one year you can easily beat a 15 year Martial Artist from any of the classical styles (Karate,Boxing,KungFu,Judo or wrestling) witch are useless unless you both now the same style.\nIt is also very hard to find a Ju Box Fu school as it is a relatively new style so good luck.
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Jiu-jitsu and karate are Japanese martial arts that focus on offensive techniques.  Tae-kwondo is a Korean martial art that is primarily meant for defense.
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I am pretty sure that Hughes will win. The Gracie of the early 90's I would've had my money on but he's getting old. He pretty much relies on submissions and I'm sure Hughes is training like hell to counter the subissions.
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That really depends on which martial arts. Fencing, kenjutsu, chinese weapon martial art, kendo, etc. they are all different from each other. It's really difficult to name them all. Furthermore, each martial art created afew defensive stance as well.
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The answer to this question depends on what you are looking for from either of these martial arts. Both of these martial arts have been used mostly for sport. If you are looking for sport, then either of the martial arts are good and it depends on whether you want to grapple or strike. It's like comparing apples to oranges really. If you are looking for self defense, then I would say train in both of them. If you can become proficient in Judo and Kickboxing, I think you will be more than capable of holding your own on the street. If you have to choose one over the other, I think you should go with the one you feel the most comfortable with. If you come from a boxing type background, try kickboxing. If you come from a wrestling type of background, go with Judo. They are both effective when placed in their proper context. I'm not sure if this helps but that's my opinion on the matter.
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Nah, ju jitsu is not karate. Both karate and Tae kwando share the same thread as in their final goal is to push your opponent away from you. But in ju jitsu it's different cause you bring your opponent to a very close distance where both punches and kicks are useless and lock them. Depends on which ju jitsu you wish to join. There's 3; ju jistu, brazilian/gracie ju jitsu or judo. In my personal experience ju jitsu have a balance of both throws and locks. Brazilian ju jitsu focus more on locks and I heard their leg locks are really devastating. Judo focus on throws and also least aggresive compare to the other 2. I would personally recommend a child to go to judo first as this would not hurt as bad and allow them to gain some basic skills first. As they grow older, maybe say 14? go for ju jitsu and at later stages go for brazilian ju jitsu as this teaches additional techniques in locks which are really powerful. By that time the child would already have adequate knowledge of ju jitsu so he/she should be able to handle brazilian ju jitsu. If the child is an young adult (14 and above) you can just let him/her join ju jitsu.
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you probably would confuse the two. they are pretty different: fighting stance and technique\n\ntaekwondo- you kick with your foot and its normally a more snapping motion, kicks are more flashy require more flexibity and uses a good number of high kicks, different stances such as attention, ready, horse, forward, back etc..., have a lot of point sparring with pads\n\n\nkickboxing(thai)-you kick with your shin and its more of a twisting motion with your whole body, kicks are simpler, stance is in typical western boxing stance i guess you can count two traditional and southpaw, more full contact sparring\n\nby the way i dont necessarily think one is better than the other i personally enjoy kickboxing more; however any art can be very effictive \n\nmost people would say take kickboxing becuase it would be easier to learn and less flashy therefore easier to use in a fight, but a good number of moves in taekwondo you can pull off too\n\nso take the kickboxing class and see which one you like more and stick with that one and maybe later go back to the other one if you want.\n\noh by the way if you are into titles(which really dont mean much in a real fight) kickboxing doesnt have belts so after so many years you cant say im a black belt in kickboxing but you could in taekwondo
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if you mean jui jitsu u wont learn it by video or just by watching it you need real training with parteners to understand were and how to to put a move on or to resist it im doing it now along with freestyle for severeal years and sparring with different peolpe still suprises me what i dont know.  EG>>> an arm bar does nt just become available you need to minipulate the situation to make it available. all the chokes bars locks can be shown but are no good when someone is resisting your martial advances(Hence real life training.
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Mixed Martial Arts competition is probably the most controversial sport right now.  UFC started in 1993,  bringing together fighter from various styles to determine who would be the "Ultimate Fighter" in a no (limited) rules competition.  A lot of people were shocked to see what skills were necessary to win in that type of competition.  Many didn't expect to see how important it would be to know how to fight on the ground.\nEver since the first UFC the sport has been constantly evolving.  New styles and combinations of styles have emerged attempting to prove they can produce the best fighters in the world.  People still debate over which style of martial arts is the most effective.  Brazilian Jiu Jitsu had long unofficially held the title of top martial art, but Matt Hughes recently proved that a well rounded fighter could beat a Jiu Jitsu master in his fight against Royce Gracie.
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Well I can't think of one art that focuses on all of the things that you name. Brazillian Jujitsu probably comes the closest. It focuses on grappling, pressure points, and submissions. I believe they do have some takedowns but most of it is groundfighting so I wouldn't consider take downs to be a part of the focus. On the flipside, Judo focuses on takedowns, grappling, and submissions but not so much on pressure points because it is a sport. Then there is Japanese Jujitsu, which is what I practice, and we focus on take downs, pressure points, and submissions. We don't do so much grappling but it is there. So all in all, if you want to focus on all of the elements you named, I would combine a couple of martial arts (BJJ and Judo would be quite effective if you want to compete in a fight competition or just get in good shape. If you are looking to study for pure self defense, then BJJ and Japanese Jujitsu would be good).
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You spelled it correctly in your question above.  It is Jujitsu.
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Brazilian Jiu jitsu is the best ground game strategy in mma. Wrestling has too many techniques that don't help you in a mma match. Muy Thai can be used with BJJ to give you a good all around game.
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other than the fact of their National or geographical origins. not very much at all, because Korean Martial Arts (like Tae Kwon Do) borrow heavily from both the Chinese and Japanese disciplines in all aspects of their techniques.\n\n Japanese Martial Arts are more balanced or well rounded in their techniques between the punching and kicking aspects of fighting.\n\n whereas Korean Martial Arts emphasize more foot techniques than hand techniques, because as yupchagee said, the legs are longer and often more powerful than the hands and arms in striking and often hand/arm techniques are more reserved for infighting or close quarters fighting so as to utilize the full potential of their ability to strike, trap, or grapple an opponent.\n\nthe legs are often used to keep an opponent at a distance or get a more devastating effect against an opponent for a follow up with a strike from the hands like a punch,a knifehand, or hammerfist/backfist, which is why Korean Martial Arts; Particularly Tae Kwon Do, and often Tang Soo Do emphasizes more kicking than punching.\n\nWhile Japanese Martial Arts maintain a much closer relation between kicking and punching techniques by using them more in combination other than individually; in effect balancing them out.
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texts I'm not sure about but you might want to look into some aspects of Ju Jitsu, karate kata i don't beleive uses weapons
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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu changed the way we trained for fighting in the US.  If you pick up a copy of the first UFC you'll see that Shamrock, who was at the time a champion Japanese shoot fighter, was the only fighter prepared to fight on the ground besides Gracie.  Royce shut all of his opponents down within minutes because of that advantage.  Fighters like Matt Hughes are as rounded as they are because of that Gracie influence.  They've stepped up their ground skills to be able to survive on the mat.  But that's also created a need for ground fighters to step up their striking skills as well.  You probably noticed that Royce looked a little more prepared to strike on his feet than he has been in previous matches.\n\nThe Huges vs Gracie fight was disappointing, though.  If you've ever trained in BJJ you'd know that Royce made an amateur mistake when he gave up his back to Matt.  People have brought up that he is past his prime, but he didn't lose because he wasn't physically prepared.  He lost because of a critical error that gave Hughes and incredible position.\n\nI'd like to see a rematch.  I'm not saying that Royce would win.  I would just rather see him lose a better fight than that.