ARELI Brazilian jiu jitsu Henley on Thames academy
Address
Unit 2a manor farm barns, Henley-on-Thames RG9 5DA, United Kingdom
Phone +447799156736
About Us
Over four centuries ago in northern India, Buddhist monks were busy going about the dangerous work of trying to spread the word of ‘Buddha’ in a world that wasn’t always kind to roaming peoples. In order to defend themselves from attacks that happened along the way, they developed a form of grappling that allowed them to subdue opponents without killing them.
Eventually this style of fighting made its way to Japan where it was improved upon and called jujutsu or jiu- jitsu. Judo is a derivative of jiu– jitsu. Jiu-jitsu is known as more than just a system of fighting. 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 BJJ: it is not solely a martial art: it is also a sport; a method for promoting physical fitness and building character in young people; and, ultimately, a way of life.
