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The Triumph of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu: 50 Years of a Martial Arts Revolution Book by Robert Drysdale (Hardcover) Boxing and chokeholdsThis book tells the history and evolution of BJJ through over 500 rare images. From pre Meiji Japan, to Jigoro Kano and the foundation of judo, to Japanese immigration to Brazil, to the introduction of pre War judo to the Gracie family and all the way to the transformation the art underwent in the South Zone of Rio as various characters and social phenomena intertwined to give shape to the worldwide phenomenon that we now refer to as "Brazilian jiu