About Us
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu® is not all about kicks, throws and joint locks. Not just about self-defense or sport. And it’s not “just a different way to teach Jiu-Jitsu”.
It’s a unique style, born at the intersection of two opposite worlds: traditional martial arts and real-life street fights.
Classic Japanese Jiu-Jitsu relies heavily on strength, a strict set of rules and mutual responsibility of the practitioners. It’s made for short fights of equally prepared opponents, for glory and victory alone, with deep respect to the code of conduct.
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu takes the best techniques from Japanese Jiu-Jitsu, but relies on 3 extra Gracie Guidelines:
Street Applicability
You can’t expect your opponent to respect any rules in a real-life conflict. They may be larger and stronger than you. And they — most likely — will use fists to strike.
Instead of relying on pure strength that makes you vulnerable to a physically superior threat, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu techniques are based on leverage, timing and the principle of using the opponent’s strength against themselves.
Energy Efficiency
There’s no gong and no time limit in a real-life conflict. Complex techniques may lead to your exhaustion which is equal to defeat and potential life threat in a real conflict.
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu is based on simple and energy-saving techniques that get even more effective with the right timing. Instead of relying on endurance, GJJ is aimed at exhausting your opponent while conserving your own energy.
Natural Body Movements
A peculiar stance or a spin-kick are appropriate on mats during a competition, but they won’t save your life in a fight with a drunk thug. A complex attack takes more time, can be easily countered and has more chances to fail. Efficiency is an unacceptable price for spectacularity.
Gracie Jiu-Jitsu puts natural body movements first. Comfortable, simple moves serve as a perfect foundation to build your reflexes.
A century of practice has polished each of these three elements and has proven their efficiency.
A century of practice has polished each of these three elements and has proven their efficiency.
