Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

and body hair to accentuate their “true” masculinity. Through these actions, these preposterous men both imitate and ridicule respectable and cultured women. Carnival, through the inversion of gender roles, solidifies female inferiority within the Brazilian…

Brazilians are very lively speakers, tend to talk with their hands, and touch people while communicating. Having a high level of socio-linguistics is a critical component to CQ knowledge, when doing business in Brazil. It is not only critical to know these…

the houses are single room buildings made out of cardboard, plastic and tin roofs held down by rocks. The more established favelas have houses of maybe 2 rooms and are made out of bricks rather than scavenged materials. Benedita da Silva, an Afro-Brazilian woman and politician who grew up in favelas showed that the favelas could overcome the horrible conditions that many of the slums could be improved through activism by the…

Carnival is a celebration of different colors which converts into beautiful customs, calypso and steel pan music, different forms of dancing, foods, and Caribbean style arts that fascinates thousands of people from many different parts of the world. Trinidad and Tobago carnival is a once a year event with a combination of many different activities. The main purpose of the carnival is to reveal their culture and way of life by bringing everyone together. Trinidad and Tobago is a dual island,…

The dish was created because of the fish that was provided by the Atlantic Ocean. It has been embedded in the Brazilian culture and cuisine for at least three hundred years. Moqueca is basically a salt water fish stew with vegetables and seasonings like coriander and garlic. The dish is based off of the African style of cooking and Portuguese depending on the way…

and speaks to different scholars in Brazil to better explore the nature of this contradiction. Brazilians have a very diverse ancestry. Brazil had the largest slave population with an import of 5 million slaves between the years of 1502 to 1867. The…

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, born in Três Corações, Brazil on October 23, 1940. He is generally known as the Brazilian Football Forward, Pelé. Broadly respected to be the best player ever. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). That same year, France Football asked their previous Ballon d'Or victors to pick the Football Player of the Century...Pelé was chosen. In 1999, Pelé was then chosen Athlete of the…

Old School Vs. Modern Jiu-Jitsu Today the most argued about topic in the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is if modern Jiu-Jitsu is better than old school Jiu-Jitsu. This question, many times, has led to negative commentary or actions towards the opposing viewers. To help give a better understanding of Jiu-Jitsu here is its beginning. Jiu-Jitsu derived from the art of Judo by a man named Miysuyo Maeda; this man settled in Brazil and opened up a gym there with one of his best students Carlos Gracie.…

called jiu jitsu that he heard about from his friend at work. He thought it was something that they,including her brother, should try, so she said OK, why not. So the next day He took them to this gym in Peoria next to One World restaurant over by Bradley, and the gym is called Peoria Athletic Club. The girl saw that they had all kinds of stuff there like muay thai kickboxing,boxing,Brazilian jiu jitsu, and mixed martial arts. So the girls dad signed her,her brother,and himself up for…

I was anxiously awaiting the results. My mom trying to mollify me. All the possibilities running through my head, and then the door opened. The doctor spoke and much to my relief and displeasure, gave the diagnosis. After countless visits to the doctor and hospital for x-rays I was bewildered to find out that I was diagnosed with scoliosis. It turns out scoliosis is copious in teens and young adults. Unfortunately I was a part of this group. While it…