Viking Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Address
Unit 3 Twizel Cl, Milton Keynes MK13 0DX, United Kingdom
Phone +447894850509
About Us
The origins of Brazilian jiu-jitsu may be found amongst the Buddhist monks of India, who developed techniques based upon balance and leverage of the body rather than pure strength or weapons.
From there it spread to China and Japan, where it was refined; in the early 1900s, it reached Brazil, where a man called Gastao Gracie enlisted a Japanese master of the art to teach his son, Carlos.
Carlos Gracie took well to the discipline, despite being a somewhat frail 15-year old. As well as embracing the personal improvement and the way of life it taught, he gained confidence and prestige by beating much larger opponents; and he soon began to teach classes around the country, returning to Rio in 1925 to open the ‘Academia Gracie de Jiu-Jitsu’.
