In 1914 a Japanese Judo and jiu-jitsu master named Mitsuo Maeda (called Count Koma, meaning Count of Combat) came to Brazil. In return for help from the Brazilian politician Gastao Gracie, Koma volunteered to teach jiu-jitsu to Gastao's son Carlos. Carlos in turn taught his brothers (most notably Helio). They went on to further refine the art via constant no-rules competition, developing what is now known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Brazilian Jujutsu was founded about 75 years ago by members of the Gracie Family.  Brazilain Jujutsu main goal in a fight is to take the opponent to the ground and then make them submit.  they do this by using a wide variety of grappling techniques such as Arm locks, Leg locks, and my personal favorite chokes.  The Gracie family went 65 years with never lossing a fight.  It has now been 70 years and they have only lost 2.   

American's first became aware of Brazilian Jujutsu in the early 1990's when we saw the first UFC.  In that UFC we saw a man by the name of Royce Gracie.  We saw Royce dominate all of his fights and with that the Brazilian Jujutsu torch was lit.  It has been almost 7 years sine we were first introduced to Brazilian Jujustu and now there is a Brazilian Jujustu school on every street in America.  I can not wait to see what the following years have in store for Brazilian Jujustu.