This highly sophisticated and comprehensive martial art from the Philippines is weapon based but ultimately an empty hand system. The Filipino martial arts taught at the Inosanto Academy are drawn from 26 primary sources

Gracie Jiu Jitsu is a highly effective and comprehensive system of standing and ground defense techniques utilizing rules of leverage. Many real life examples show how most street attacks will end upon the ground. This makes Gracie Jiu Jitsu an ideal martial art for these situations, which demand simple and effective responses.