The introduction of Brazilian martial arts virtually revolutionized the fighting styles in the recent years. Gone are the days where traditional martial arts like karate, judo, aikido and taekwondo are cool. There are actually 2 dominant fighting techniques that this Latin American country introduced to the world.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

The most popular one is known as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ). This is the core fighting style in most mixed martial arts competition these days and touted as the most dangerous form of martial arts today. As a Jeet Kune Do practitioner and I guess other students of different martial arts will disagree with this idea .

This is basically the modified version of Judo and Japanese Jujutsu. BJJ dominated the first large modern mixed martial arts competitions, causing the emerging field to adopt many of its practices. The stand-up techniques in Gracie Jiu Jitsu are largely from Japanese Jujutsu (knife defence, gun defence, throws, blocking, striking etc.

Here are some really cool videos of this Brazilian martial arts.

UFC fighter Rampage Jackson has thrown the towel as he announced his retirement to the bloody world of mixed martial arts. The word is he’s upset about the way UFC treated him. According to his personal blog:

“The UFC has done a lot for me but I think I have done more for them. The UFC bought WFA to get my contract & they saved my life, so I felt loyal to them. They pushed me into a fight with Chuck Liddel even when I clearly stated I wasn’t ready to fight for the belt because the American fans didn’t know me but I took the fight and didn’t complain & after I won the American fans booed me for the first time which changed the way I saw them & it hurt me deeply.
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