Interesting #BrazilianJudo #Repost @travisnewaza ・・・ The original "gypsy grappler" Judo is the gentle way and it is jujutsu. All the jutsu schools got shut down, ostracized, and forbidden with the dismantling of the Shinto samurai as they too were ostracized there children and wives forced to work for the rice kingdom. Japan was modernizing and there was no room for peaceful warrior farmers who did not need the government. Eventually the government approved schools opened up and rather than teaching "jutsu" they taught "do" (Open hand); so rather than art, they taught the government "way." JuJustu had to be taught in secret and under a different name that was the birth of Judo. Judo was turned into sport , with many rules barring leglocks and leg grabs. However Maeda was an expert in both Sport Judo and traditional Jujutsu he used them to win Catch Wrestling Challenge matches all around the world! This is how he met the Gracie's a Scottish family who did Collar and Elbow wrestling 🤼♀️ They were Catch Wrestling promoters under the "Circus of the Americas" umbrella #newaza #jiujitsu #judo #catchwrestling #catchascatchcan
