continue from part 1
Information in this article was taken mostly from a book that I recommend, mostly for it’s history section, “Mastering JuJitsu” by Renzo Gracie and John Danaher.
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has it’s roots in the Gracie family, but the Gracies learned from Mitsuyo Meada (1878-1941), “Count Coma.” He was doing mixed martial arts matches around [...]
History of Jiu-Jitsu (Part 2), Maeda and the Gracies
History of Jiu-Jitsu Part 1 (Before the Gracies)
For years I had only heard about the history of Jiu-Jitsu from the Gracies. Rorion Gracie said that his father Helio was the driving force behind most of the evolution of Jiu-Jitsu from what they learned from Count Koma. In the Machado’s schools and in other circles, there is talk about the older brother Carlos’s [...]
