Mitsuyo Maeda was a Japanese Ju-Jutsu expert and a No-Holds-Barred and ‘mixed rules’ fighter, who trained a young Carlos Gracie in Belém do Pará, Brazil, in the 1910s.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or “BJJ” is a ground fighting system that has quickly popularized worldwide since its start in 1914 when Mitsuyo Maeda traveled to Brazil ...

However, its origins go back as far as 1915, when jiu-jitsu master Mitsuyo Maeda arrived in Brazil and met Carlos Gracie. He and his family have mastered Maeda's teachings and went on to establish ...

When Mitsuyo Maeda started teaching Kodokan judo to Brazilian teenagers Carlos and Hélio Gracie in 1917, Japan and Brazil became intertwined forever in martial arts. The countries' relationship ...

Thus, Gastão Gracie and Mitsuyo Maeda were key figures in the creation of MMA that don't get a lot of attention from a vast percentage of fans.

Different forms of Japanese martial arts and self-defence techniques have been used and developed for centuries. Most modern jiujitsu traditions, such as judo (on which Brazilian jiujitsu is based ...

One of his students was Mitsuyo Maeda, who traveled to Brazil and taught the Gracie family jiu-jitsu. Danielle Kelly earned her jiu-jitsu black belt from Karel Pravec.