Njengoba kunikezwe lombhalo oyisithenjwa, ngitshele ukuthi wawuyini umqondo oyisisekelo weBJJ
Context:I-Brazilian jiu-jitsu ekuqaleni yasungulwa ngo-1925 ngabazalwane baseBrazil uCarlos, u-Oswaldo, uGastão Jr., uGeorge, no-Hélio Gracie, ngemuva kokuthi uCarlos efundiswe i-jiu-jitsu ngumshayi-judoka waseJapan ohambahambayo, uMitsuyo Maeda, naye uqobo owafunda ukulwa kwakhe phansi ngenkathi exhumana noTaro Miyake (umfundi waseTanabe), uSadakazu Uyenishi (uHanda, Tanabe) noYukio Tani (Tenjin Shinyo-ryu) kanye nabaphathi be-catch eYurophu. Kamuva, umkhaya wakwaGracie wakha isimiso sawo sokuzivikela, futhi wanyathelisa iGracie Jiu-Jitsu.  I-BJJ yagcina isiwumdlalo wokulwa ochazwe ngokwawo ngokusebenzisa izinto ezintsha, imikhuba, nokuzivumelanisa neGracie jiu-jitsu neJudo, futhi yaba ubuciko bokulwa obudingekayo be-MMA yanamuhla. Imizimba ebusayo efana ne-IBJJF isebenza emhlabeni wonke, futhi ibeka imithetho nezindinganiso ezizoqhutshwa emincintiswaneni yezemidlalo ye-BJJ.  I-BJJ igxile emcabangweni, othathwe ku-jujutsu yendabuko yaseJapane, wokuthi umuntu omncane, obuthakathaka angazivikela ngempumelelo kumphikisi omkhulu, onamandla, osindayo ngokusebenzisa amandla nokusatshalaliswa kwesisindo, ethatha ukulwa phansi futhi esebenzisa inombolo yokubamba nokuzithoba ukuze abanqobe. Ukuqeqeshwa kwe-BJJ kungasetshenziselwa izimo zokubambana kwezemidlalo nokuzivikela. Ukushayisana, okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi "ukugingqika" emphakathini we-BJJ, nokushaya bukhoma kudlala indima enkulu ekuqeqesheni nasekuthuthukiseni umqeqeshi. I-BJJ ingasetshenziswa futhi njengendlela yokukhuthaza ukuqina komzimba, ukwakha ubuntu, nanjengendlela yokuphila.
I-BJJ igxile emcabangweni wokuthi abasubathi abancane nababuthakathaka bangazivikela kubaphikisi abakhulu nabakhulu ngokuthatha ukulwa phansi. Lapho esephansi, umqeqeshi we-BJJ angasebenzisa amandla nokusatshalaliswa kwesisindo ukuze anqobe umphikisi wakhe.