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In Japan in the mid 1880’s, Jigoro Kano, founded and created the martial art Judo (aka Kano-ryu jiu-jitsu). One of Kano's primary insights was to include full-power practice against resisting, competent opponents.One of Kano's top students was Mitsuo Maeda, who was also known as Count Koma ("Count of Combat"). Maeda emigrated to Brazil in 1914. Maeda was befriended by the Brazilian politician Gastão Gracie, whose father George Gracie had emigrated to Brazil himself from Scotland. Maeda taught jiu-jitsu to Gastao's son Carlos Gracie. Carlos in turn taught his brothers Osvaldo, Gastão Jr., Jorge, and Helio.In 1925, Carlos and his brothers opened their first jiu-jitsu academy, and Gracie Jiu-Jitsu was born. At this point, the base of techniques in BJJ were vaery similar to Kano's Judo. As the years progressed, however, the brothers (notably Carlos and Helio) and their students refined their art through fighting in public challenges and street fights. The Gracie’s relied on leverage in stead of strength and were able to defeat much larger opponents.The Gracie’s 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. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu continues to evolve with new fighting techniques being added as the art is tested in sport competition and full contact mixed martial arts.

Muaythai HistoryMuaythai is the devestating "science of 8 limbs" from Thailand developed over 1000's of years. The exact date of the creation of this fighting art is not known but it is widely believed to be over 2000 years old. Many other martial arts are believed to be this ancient though many of them were only created in the last 100 years (Aikido, Taekwondo, Karate). Muaythai used to be referred to as Pahuyuth (multi-faceted fighting style) a couple of hundred years ago, but muaythai itself is only a part of the whole Thai fighting system that covers weapons and groundwork which many refer to as Ling-Lom, though this is not the correct name for it. Many people do not know about this "no holds barred" of muaythai and there are very few people that can teach it.The Thais are a tribal people and have had to defend their country from many invaders throughout their history. It has been developed year by year passing from teacher to student for as long as the Thais can remember. Muaythai is often referred to as the science of eight limbs as it employs not only punching and kicking techniques but elbows and knees as well. It could be said that Muaythai currently is split into two parts, the ring sport and the martial art. The art side contains many techniques that cannot be performed in a ring with gloves on.

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