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The Evolution of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

No gi plus an emphasis on leg locks is obviously driving a lot of the current evolution of especially the more call it American or North American jjutsu. Although I'm sure that Brazil is catching up at a lightning pace there, but this existed before in Lutalevira. So why didn't LutaleVira take over the no gi spaces? They lacked the organizational framework that we got through the Helios and the Carlinioses. We had like even combat Sambo to me. Like what's the difference between that and MMA? Like very little.

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