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This system originated in Los Angeles with founders Frank DeGourville and Sam Sherman in the year of 1978. These two gentlemen met while working for the postal service and found a great need for a unique system combining different elements from Frank DeGourville’s specialty, Jiu-Jitsu and Sam Sherman’s military training ...

Seven years ago [2003] John Berris weighed 210 pounds at five feet and seven inches. You would hardly recognize him for the well conditioned Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt he is today, at 160 pounds of lean muscle. When Dave Camarillo, head of American Kickboxing Academy, presented John with his black ...

Some historians of Jiu-Jitsu say that the origins of "the gentle art" can be traced back to India, where it was practiced by Buddhist Monks. Concerned with self-defense, these monks created techniques based upon principles of balance and leverage, and a system of manipulating the body in a manner where ...