From the Samurai to MMA, 500 years of fighting

The initial development of Jiu-Jitsu starting in the age of the Samurai, the importance of Jigoro Kano, rival academies and the arrival of Japanese fighters in Brazil, including Mitsuyo Maeda who, in 1914, opened his own academy and met Carlos Gracie.

Carlos and Count Koma first meet, the founding of the first Gracie academy, the first challenges, the George Gracie phenomenon and his disagreement with Carlos, which led to the rise of Hélio Gracie and his legendary fight against Waldemar Santana.

The continuation of the Gracie family legacy. The new generation of fighters around Brazil.Carlson's retirement as a fighter, the importance of Rolls Gracie in the technical evolution of the sport, the beginning of the Rickson Gracie era, and the admiration for Jiu-Jitsu in the USA and Japan.

The creation of the UFC by Rorion Gracie with the help of Art Davie and the worldwide impact of Jiu-Jitsu, with victories by Royce and Rickson Gracie. Rickson's victories lead the Japanese to create Pride and this becomes the biggest MMA event in the world.

The worldwide boom of sport Jiu-Jitsu thanks to Carlos Gracie Jr and the global expansion of the sport. The two key characters in the global growth of the sport: the Japanese fighter Yuki Nakai and the UAE Sheikh Tahnoon Byn Zayed. The global social and economic impact of Jiu-Jitsu, MMA and Grappling.