Martial arts exist in every different culture in the world, such as sports like boxing, judo, wrestling, kung-fu, Jiu-Jitsu and so on. Those are popular in a lot of countries.
       Ancient Chinese hand-pump? is the root of Jiu-Jitsu. Ancient Chinese martial arts are considered to be the root of Jiu-Jitsu or at least have strong influences on Japanese martial arts.
Martial arts were brought to Japan like Buddhism during the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty.
Chen Yuanbing, a Chinese Monk from Zhejiang Province, taught ¡°the technique of the escapement flutter¡± to a Japanese who was named Koji Miura in State Temple in Edo in Japan. Koji Miura created the "Miura flow Jiu-Jitsu ", which is the ancient Japanese Jiu-Jitsu. Meiji fifteen years (1882), Jigoro Kano developed Judo to Jiu-Jitsu.
Japanese fighting experts, Mitsuyo Maeda left the Jigoro Kano's "sermon hall" and settled in Brazil in 1915. In order to appreciate the Gracie family's help, he taught the ancient Jiu-JItsu to the Gracie children; the same period, Jiu-Jitsu martial arts were taught at home by Jiu-Jitsu experts£¬ Satoi Ouashi and Deraryu Migino in Brazil.
       In 1993, Gracie brothers, won many MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) championships like Pride in Japan or UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) in the USA the championship of a violent fierce fence boxing match (UFC-the world's Ultimate Fighting Championship). Then¡¡Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has really become popular in the world.
Now there are various schools of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil. The number is nearly one hundred, and the representative one is "Gracie Jiu-Jitsu" .
      it comes back to China now Now it came to China.