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Early training: what the sources establish

1929 newspaper report

Reported instructor: Mitsuyo Maeda

A 1929 newspaper report described Mitsuyo Maeda as Carlos Gracie’s teacher. The extent and duration of Carlos’s direct instruction from Maeda remain uncertain.

Historical research and a 1921 notice

Reported instructor: Jacyntho Ferro

Historian José Cairus also identifies Jacyntho Ferro as one of Carlos’s instructors. A 1921 advance notice names Oscar Gracie as Ferro’s student; it does not establish that Oscar was Carlos.

Sources:Diário Nacional (1929), 3 March, no. 511, PDF p. 7, “O instructor”, continued in the next columnJosé Cairus (2011), pp. 112–114; notes 75, 86 and 89 on p. 120Estado do Pará (1921), 26 June, PDF p. 5, “Campo da Recreativa”
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Matt Larsen

Gen 5

Black beltUnited States1967

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