“Jiujitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.” – Helio Gracie.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. BJJ promotes the concept that a smaller, weaker person can successfully defend against a bigger, stronger, heavier assailant by using proper technique, leverage, and most notably, taking the fight to the ground, and then applying joint-locks and choke holds to defeat the opponent. BJJ training can be used for sport grappling tournaments. However, it can be used in some self-defense situations and does serve its purpose. Sparring (commonly referred to as rolling) and live drilling play a major role in training, and a premium is placed on performance, especially in competition, in relation to progress and ascension through its ranking system. Since its inception in 1882, its parent art of judo was separated from older systems of Japanese JuJutsu by an important difference that was passed on to Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: it is not solely a martial art, but it is also a sport; a method for promoting physical fitness and building character in young people; and, ultimately, a way of life.

Mixed martial arts (MMA), hybrid combat sport incorporating techniques from boxing, wrestling, judo, jujitsu, karate, Muay Thai (Thai boxing), and other disciplines. Although it was initially decried by critics as a brutal blood sport without rules, MMA gradually shed its no-holds-barred image and emerged as one of the world’s fastest-growing spectator sports in the early 21st century. MMA events are sanctioned in many countries and in all 50 U.S. states.

The Jay Pages Jiu-Jitsu Academy serves as the headquarters for the 98 BJJ Association! We are one of the most progressive associations in the world and we are growing daily! We are also a part of the Caio Terra Association, lead by 12-time world champion Caio Terra! Our values are important to us. So are the values of those we associate with. Because of this, we have been a part of the worldwide phenomenon that is the BJJ Globetrotters since day 1! Its leader Christan Graugart has created a worldwide community of like-minded individuals against the mainstream population and insane amount of politics that runs rampant in the BJJ world!

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