The Circle is Closing

[Hissho]

Brazilian (Gracie) JJ starting to properly recognize their roots:

[Cady Goldfield]

About time.
The seniors of BJJ probably always knew, but national and personal pride kept Japanese history out of the picture.

Now to convince them that, every time they re-invent the wheel and think they have created a new technique, they are shown that it has existed in Japanese jujutsu for hundreds of years!

[Hissho]

There seems to be a growing understanding. Robert Drysdale has released his book and a movie is coming, following on the books by Roberto Pedreira and at Global Training Report.