When was the JJAFU established?

In January 2006, following the request of the JJIF's president and a joint initiative from Cameroon , Mauritius and South Africa , the JIU-JITSU AFRICAN UNION(JJAFU) was founded.

Following the successful creation of the Asian federation in Almaty , Kazakhstan , in September 2005, have now followed up the creation of the JJIF continental African federation.

In the morning of 7 th January 2006 the Jiu-Jitsu African Union (JJAFU) was formally founded at Johannesburg , South Africa , by the present JJIF African member countries. The JJIF president, Dr.Paul Höglund had the honour and the pleasure of leading this historic meeting, which was conducted in a very positive atmosphere. From now the African Union will play a very important and active role in the development of the JJIF together with the other existing continental unions.