The meaning of the word "jiu-jitsu" means gentle art, derived from the Japanese language. It was taught by Mitsyuo Maeda in 1917 to Carlos Gracie and then passed down  to the Gracie family. Maeda added many advanced techniques in BJJ from Japanese Judo to  Kodokan. 

The Gracie family was responsible for transforming this traditional fighting style into well-organised art with appropriate curriculum and values.  The official BJJ Championship was held in the 1990s.

It got much recognition from the 1920s to  the 1940s. Before the 1990s, BJJ  was not practised anywhere except in Brazil. Now, the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu federation organises many tournaments worldwide such as the World BJJ Championship, WNO, Pan BJJ Championship, and European Open BJJ Championship.

Many martial arts enthusiasts used to search on the Internet about the major differences between BJJ vs Wrestling. Jiu Jitsu San Marcos A popular question is which one is a more effective or superior fighting style. However, this debate has no particular answer as different wrestling and BJJ practitioners have  different opinions and thoughts.

Most of the time, laymen can easily misunderstand the techniques and methods used in BJJ and wrestling, mistaking them both as being the same. But still, both are having historical perspectives, philosophies, legacies , and fighting techniques. We can also say that wrestling is the oldest one that existed in the primaeval times, but BJJ has  100 years worth of history. 

Per the fact, BJJ and wrestling come from the same combat family tree. BJJ is all about using techniques which can easily knock down the opponent with the help of submission moves. Meanwhile,  wrestling uses aggressive moves to dominate and exert weight  on the opponent.