Question: how long has bjj been around?
Answer: Origins. Geo Omori opened the first Jiu-Jitsu/Judo school in Brazil in 1925. He taught a number of individuals including Luiz França' Later, Mitsuyo Maeda was one of five of the Kodokan's top groundwork (newaza) experts that judo's founder Kano Jigoro sent overseas to demonstrate and spread his art to the world.