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BJJ

BJJ is the initialism of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Meaning of Brazilian jiu-jitsu

Noun

Brazilian jiu-jitsu (uncountable)

  1. A martial art and combat sport derived from judo.
    • Nearly all the women are wearing a hijab, one of the reasons they’re in this self-defense class in Antioch, Tennessee, a community nestled next to Nashville. For three hours, these Muslim women learn Krav Maga and Brazilian jiu-jitsu defense moves, including kicks, punches and elbow strikes that...2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2021

Questions about BJJ

What is BJJ the initialism of?
BJJ is the initialism of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Words near BJJ in the dictionary

  1. Bjerkes
  2. Bjerrum length
  3. Bjerrum lengths
  4. BJGP
  5. BJI
  6. BJJ
  7. BJM
  8. BJMP
  9. Bjoka
  10. Bjorge
  11. Bjorges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BJJ (page history and authors); Brazilian jiu-jitsu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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