Jiu Jitsu ESSAY 4 1 
Tyler Tamura
Professor Carolynn Rosales
English 100
25 July 2014
Jiu Jitsu What does contorting someone’s body to its breaking point have to do with discourse communities? First we must understand what a discourse community is. According to Erik burg “a discourse community is s group of people who share a set of discourses, understood as basic values as assumptions, and ways of communication about those goals. Linguist John Swales defined discourse communities as “groups that have goals or purposes, and use communication to achieve these goals””. [1] (wiki) the discourse community I was talking about is the jiu-jitsu community. Jiujutsu is a self-defense system that focus on grapping, especially group fighting. Jiu-jitsu has its own lingo/language used primarily to name moves or positions someone is in. the significant of language in the jujitsu community is extremely important including for students. The students of the community must learn the lingo for learning purposes. The complexity of jiu-jitsu can be broken down very simply if you learn its language. It is so detailed that you can easily explain a whole fight visually just through spoken word. The language used is very visual and can be broken down into so much detail that you can explain where someone hands, feet legs, arms and head are doing in a simple sentence. The jiu-jitsu we all know of today is the style known as Brazilian jiu-jitsu made famous by the Gracie family.” Japanese jiu-jitsu was introduced to the Gracie family in Brazil around 1914 by Esai Madeda, who was also known as Conde Koma.” (Gracie). Made traveled to Brazil from japan and became good friends with Gastao Gracie in 1914. Gastao Gracie was a business man who helped Maeda build his business in Brazil. “To show his gratitude, Madea offered to teach traditional Japanese jiu-Jitsu to Gastao’s oldest son, Carlos Gracie. Carlos learned for a few year and eventually passed his knowledge to his brothers.” (Gracie). Helio Gracie the
Professor Carolynn Rosales
English 100
25 July 2014
Jiu Jitsu What does contorting someone’s body to its breaking point have to do with discourse communities? First we must understand what a discourse community is. According to Erik burg “a discourse community is s group of people who share a set of discourses, understood as basic values as assumptions, and ways of communication about those goals. Linguist John Swales defined discourse communities as “groups that have goals or purposes, and use communication to achieve these goals””. [1] (wiki) the discourse community I was talking about is the jiu-jitsu community. Jiujutsu is a self-defense system that focus on grapping, especially group fighting. Jiu-jitsu has its own lingo/language used primarily to name moves or positions someone is in. the significant of language in the jujitsu community is extremely important including for students. The students of the community must learn the lingo for learning purposes. The complexity of jiu-jitsu can be broken down very simply if you learn its language. It is so detailed that you can easily explain a whole fight visually just through spoken word. The language used is very visual and can be broken down into so much detail that you can explain where someone hands, feet legs, arms and head are doing in a simple sentence. The jiu-jitsu we all know of today is the style known as Brazilian jiu-jitsu made famous by the Gracie family.” Japanese jiu-jitsu was introduced to the Gracie family in Brazil around 1914 by Esai Madeda, who was also known as Conde Koma.” (Gracie). Made traveled to Brazil from japan and became good friends with Gastao Gracie in 1914. Gastao Gracie was a business man who helped Maeda build his business in Brazil. “To show his gratitude, Madea offered to teach traditional Japanese jiu-Jitsu to Gastao’s oldest son, Carlos Gracie. Carlos learned for a few year and eventually passed his knowledge to his brothers.” (Gracie). Helio Gracie the