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Explore who taught whom — from Mitsuyo Maeda's first students to today's masters around the world. Search for a person to see their lineage, or navigate the tree by selecting nodes.

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Cezar Guimarães

Gen 5

""casca grossa" means "tough skined" in Portuguese, and it is a common term in Jiu Jitsu and in the Brazilian culture, to describe someone who's tough in nature. Cezar Guimaraes started being called the nickname Casquinha when he was around 7-8 years old. He was one of the toughest kids in the class and as Casquinha is a friendlier way to say "casca grossa", like "little casca grossa" the nickname seemed very appropriate."

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