Welcome to Camberley Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Est March 2022 with Black belt Antony Walker. An initiative set up to provide and deliver affordable training to the local community & support to our veterans of all emergency services.

Camberley Jiu Jitsu

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A short history of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

At the beginning of the 1900s, Mitsuyo Maeda, a pupil of Jigoro Kano, was sent to Brazil to promote and teach Judo and Jiu Jitsu. On his arrival in Brazil, he was welcomed and supported by a politician named Gastão Gracie. In thanks for the help he received to establish himself in Brazil, Mitsuyo Maeda taught Jiu Jitsu to Carlos and Hélio, Gastão’s two sons. Hélio, being particularly small, quickly understood that by applying certain concepts, floor-based combat allowed him to greatly reduce the impact of a difference in size between two adversaries. Together with his brother Carlos, he developed a system using the floor-based techniques and guarding himself by positioning his legs between himself and his adversary.

Carlos and Hélio had several sons who were all trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Several of them took on challenges to prove the effectiveness of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu through multiple mixed martial arts combats. Following the Gracie’s victories through these events, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu took off and has now developed into a world-famous sport in its own right.