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Originally Posted by 3mptin3ss  supposedly jiu jitsu has roots in many regions of the earth, including germany, egypt, and iran. people in those regions still practice it to this day.
"As to the origin and native land of Ju Jutsu... |
The distant origins of jj are a completely different debate. Today there are two main styles of jj - japanese and brazilian. Any art that has so much in it (jjj) will have many different variants as each generation brings instructors that tailor it a little, then try to re-invent it as their own brand. To a certain extent, this is all the gracies did, but their 'tailoring' worked and became globally recognised.