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The Gentle Art of Jiujitsu
How the peaceful practice of defending oneself developed into the competitive sport it is today.
Martial arts is rapidly growing in the Middle East, a complex sporting genre with many different forms, styles, and theories regarding its origin. With the Jiujitsu Vice President Cup taking place in Dubai in June, this article aims to explore this complicated yet beautiful sport further.
Although popular as a defensive sport, the literal translation of jiujitsu is ‘gentle art.’ There are many countries that claim the sport as its own including Japan, China, Germany and Egypt. Almost all countries throughout history, were heavily involved in hand-to-hand combat at some point, and after all hand-to-hand contact is the basis of jiujitsu. One of the main reasons it’s so challenging to pinpoint where exactly the s
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