The origin of jujitsu

The origin of jujitsu can be traced back to around 2000 BC. Nowadays, many fighting techniques used in Jiu Jitsu can be found in traditional fighting techniques in Japan, India, Greece, Egypt and Mesopotamia. In fact, there are hundreds of murals in the famous Egyptian pyramid of khufu. The martial arts techniques depicted in it are exactly the same as those of modern Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Some scholars speculate that martial arts spread from India and China in Asia and were brought around the world by monks and soldiers.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu originated from Jiu Jitsu developed by Japanese samurai. Japanese jujitsu has many fighting skills, including hitting, throwing, joint skills and strangulation skills. "Jiu Jitsu"-Jiu Jitsu means "the method of softness", which is applicable to all martial arts systems in Japan, and "softness" means flexibility. Jiu Jitsu is characterized by making full use of the lever principle, rather than confronting and comparing with opponents. Jiu Jitsu practitioners will choose to use skills to make their opponents yield or exhaust their physical strength, and finally subdue their opponents. However, in ancient times, jujitsu was regarded as a secondary martial art. Because most samurai use swords first, they regard fencing as the most important martial art.