Gordon Ryan “American Jiu-Jitsu doesn’t exist"

 

“What happens today doesn’t compare to the origin of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, where Brazilians often called people “fagg*ts” to provoke fights, got into fights wherever they went and invaded Karate schools, beating up the main instructor for fun and taking over their schools. If that’s where the roots of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lie, even talking sh*t, I should be considered tame compared to Helio (Gracie) – who took a coffin to his fight with Kimura”, said Gordon, current double gold medalist from the 2019 ADCC.

“American Jiu-Jitsu doesn’t exist. There are innovations from our beloved sport around the world. The Japanese created Jiu-Jitsu and the Brazilians continued to innovate and create a new set of rules to compete. In our time, there are many innovators from all different countries. Calling it “American Jiu-Jitsu” is as silly as calling it “Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu”, just call it “Jiu-Jitsu”, pointed out the champion.

Still about American Jiu-Jitsu, he explained why American BJJ black belt Keenan Cornelius created this term: “It was simply Keenan’s marketing strategy, in the same way that “Gracie Jiu-Jitsu” helped the Gracies to build their names. The only difference is that I believe the Gracies had more impact on the modern form of Jiu-Jitsu than Keenan,” he concluded.

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