In fact one of its most popular sports, Pankration was a sport that involved both boxing and wrestling techniques and became more popular to the Greeks than each one of them individually. The Olympic Games were one of the Greek’s traditions. Forms and techniques displaying weapons skills of fighting began to yield to weaponless styles which incorporated many of the grappling ground fighting techniques of the older styles. However, following the adage “living in peace, but remembering war,” the practice of Jiu-jitsu continued to spread. During this time (1603-1868), the feudal civil wars that had plagued Japan for centuries started to disappear. In approximately 1603, Japan came to a fairly peaceful period. Many close fighting techniques were created and mastered during this era. This training was used to conquer armoured and armed opponents.
Consequently, they applied laws of physics such as leverage, momentum, balance, center of gravity, friction, weight transmission and manipulation of the human anatomy’s vital points in order to create a scientific art of combat.įrom India to China and then to Japan: The period of Japanese history between the 8th and 16th centuries was covered with constant civil war and many systems of Jiu-Jitsu (that time also known as Yawara, Hakuda, Kogusoko, and an assortment of other names) were utilized, practiced and perfected on the battlefield. The Buddhist Monks (India) who first began to develop Jiu-Jitsu were men of great wisdom who possessed a perfect knowledge of the human body. Jiu-Jitsu, unlike other martial arts, did not evolve from one source, tradition, or root instead it has multiple roots and travelled through many Asian countries before its final development in Japan.
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