Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art combat system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was formed from Kodokan Judo ground fighting fundamentals that were taught by a number of individuals including Takeo Yano, Mitsuyo Maeda, and Soshihiro Satake.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu eventually came to be its own art through the experiments, practices, and adaptation of Judo through Carlos and Helio Gracie as well as other instructors specifically for street self-defense and to prove that size and strength are not everything. Years later it is still being utilized by nearly every mixed martial artist on every level.

Helio Gracie was often described as small and frail which immediately put him at a major disadvantage when it came to combat sports so if he wanted to be competitive he had to figure something out. What he figured out revolutionized martial arts and is beautiful in its simplicity: technique and leverage will overcome nearly any size and strength advantage.

This also holds an incredible amount of water when one begins think about a woman taking on man. Simple genetics dictate that the majority of the time, and based on averages, the man will be the larger and stronger of the two.

What Helio developed was a method of utilizing technique and various leverage points to nullify his opponent’s strength and size advantage. This became the epitome of what defines Brazilian/Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.

So let’s look at a real world example where a female takes on man in a Jiu-Jitsu match. In order to nullify the advantages of the stronger man, the woman must utilize technique, precision, and movement in order to have any hopes of being successful in the contest. Will she be able to take advantage of the aforementioned traits?

Check out the video below to find out.

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Jacob C. Stevens is a lifelong athlete and cerebral martial arts enthusiast who is also skilled in the art of linguistic manipulation, his published work, Afterthoughts and Handgrenades, can be found here…