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Where It Came From
Six dated moments — Kodokan 1882 to UFC 1 in 1993 — that explain why the modern business is structured the way it is.
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Six Dates That Explain Why the Business Looks the Way It Does
Six moments — a Kodokan, a Tokyo dojo, a political compromise, a Brazilian beach town, a Hong Kong rooftop, and a Denver arena — that set the commercial architecture of every combat sport operating today.
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Mitsuyo Maeda Landed in Brazil and the Affiliation Model Followed
How Maeda's teaching of Carlos Gracie from 1917 produced not only Brazilian jiu-jitsu but the specific gym-affiliation and lineage-fee structure that still organises the sport commercially — connecting the historical moment to the present business model.