Brazilian Jiu Jitsu was formed by two Brazilian brothers. It is considered a martial art and also a combat sport. There are submission holds and ground fighting. The skills and techniques of BJJ focus on taking the opponent to the ground.
Gracie Jiu Jitsu (GJJ) is another form of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ). GJJ was started in the early stages of 1900s. The Gracie family in Brazil were the pioneers of establishing GJJ. Most of the techniques that are used in GJJ are taken from the practice of the Gracie family. The founder of GJJ is stated as Helio Gracie, but really is carried today by Ryron and Rener Gracie who made the distintinction of Gracie jiu-Jitsu.
GJJ being a part of BJJ, there are many similarities. On the other hand, there are differences between them too. BJJ is designed more to the sport of grappling while GJJ uses similar techniques, but it focuses on self defense. GJJ helps to defend yourself from any type of opponent regardless of man factors like fitness, age, gender and size.
Main Differences between BJJ and GJJ
The main purpose of each two arts is bit different from each other. GJJ has an objective – to make the practitioner strong and knowledgeable in self-defense to face the street fights. You can practice GJJ as a way of life because GJJ teaches to be away from drugs and to refrain from other harmful things.
On the other hand, BJJ aims more so on the sport side. Here too the practitioners need to learn self-defense along with sporting techniques. Grappling is a must to learn in BJJ. The practitioners of BJJ are taught to fight in a structured and competitive environment under a set of rules.
The opponents that are intended to fight in these two martial arts are different. As GJJ focuses on street fights and self-defense, the intended opponents may be or may not be martial arts practitioners. Those opponents may be unskilled people who are stronger and larger.
That is why you will be ready to face any hard situation by learning GJJ. There is a reason behind the intended opponents of this martial art, it is that the grand master of GJJ, Helio Gracie was a smaller man who has developed the techniques in order to fight against larger and stronger people than himself. But in BJJ, the intended opponents are the BJJ players who have mastered and trained the