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Catch wrestlers sometimes call themselves hookers and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners sometimes call themselves jiu-jiteiros. So there’s that difference.
In terms of origins, catch originated in Britain, though a number of other grappling arts—judo included—have influenced its evolution. Catch, a no-gi exclusive art, was actually the early predecessor to what we now know as professional wrestling. In practice, catch wrestlers gravitate a bit more toward leg locks and neck cranks than most jiu-jiteiros, but they are happy to twist and yank whatever else you leave dangling out.
Jiu-jitsu and catch have crossed paths a few times, though those encounters are increasingly less common as catch has become a bit of a lost art. That’s not to say there are not high profile catch wrestlers still training out there, like Josh Barnett for example, the growth of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has just eclipsed the art bit. Catch’s reputation for being a bit hardcore and a bit rough around the edges may have made the art a bit harder to market to the average martial arts consumer.