JuJitsu

 Jujitsu the gentle art... a martial art employing kicks, strikes, throws, locks, strangles, chokes and groundwork. Its name is misleading, as many jujitsu techniques are extremely powerful in their delivery. Also spelt variously as Jujutsu, Ju-jitsu, Jiu-jitsu, and Jutsu etc.) It was originally a generic term for all the ancient Japanese fighting arts. Although jujitsu does involve the study and use of traditional weapons, it is more commonly perceived as an un-armed defensive art, which encompasses all the combat ranges, close in, and stand up and on the ground. It has been used for decades very successfully by competitors in no-holds barred competitions, so much so, that many non jujitsu competitors now supplement their regular training with this art's techniques. Many military and police forces around the world train in Jujitsu. There is a very prominent sporting aspect to this ancient martial art.

Developed in Brazil during the mid-20th century, Brazilian jujutsu is based on the Japanese martial art of judo but has since evolved into a relatively distinct martial art. Brazilian brothers Carlos and Hélio Gracie developed Brazilian jujitsu during the mid-20th century. Their father Gastão had helped a Japanese judo master who had migrated to Brazil in the early 1900s. The judo master had, in gratitude, taught the brothers the martial art of Jujitsu. Through further study the Gracie brothers developed Brazilian jujitsu (also known as Gracie jujitsu), a brand of jujitsu distinct from the original. Brazilian jujitsu is a martial art which inherited jujitsu's emphasis on leverage, off-balancing and using an opponent's power against them, and features strongly ground fighting and grappling. It became internationally prominent in the martial arts community in the 1990s, when Brazilian jujitsu expert Royce Gracie won several Ultimate Fighting Championships - a prominent martial arts tournament - against sometimes much larger opponents using other styles. Brazilian jujitsu emphasizes the domination of an opponent through skilful application of technique and forcing them into submission. Ground fighting techniques and submission holds feature strongly in Brazilian jujitsu - even opponents with superior reach and more powerful strikes can have their advantages negated if wrestling on the ground, and a variety of joint locks and choke holds are then applied to control and force them to submit. This system of on-ground manoeuvring and struggle between experienced practitioners can look like a martial form of the game Twister.