Vale Tudo Japan (VTJ) was an annual mixed martial arts competition held in Japan from 1994 to 1999 with two reunion events in 2009 and 2012. A pair of tournaments were held in 1994 and '95, both of which were won by Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu legend Rickson Gracie.
Famous quotes containing the words vale and/or japan:
“Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,
Their sober wishes never learned to stray;
Along the cool sequestered vale of life
They kept the noiseless tenor of their way.”
—Thomas Gray (1716–1771)
“I do not know that the United States can save civilization but at least by our example we can make people think and give them the opportunity of saving themselves. The trouble is that the people of Germany, Italy and Japan are not given the privilege of thinking.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)