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Carlos Gracie
Research status
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Disputed lineage
Traditional narrative
Teacher: Mitsuyo Maeda
Carlos Gracie learned jiu-jitsu directly from Mitsuyo Maeda in Belém around 1917–1921. This is the most widely known narrative.
According to primary sources
Teacher: Jacyntho Ferro
Newspaper articles from 1921 identify Carlos Gracie as "a student of Professor Jacyntho Ferro" — Maeda's student, not Maeda himself.
Sources:Estado do Pará (1921)
Lineage
Trained under
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Sources for this profile
Research
Genealogy and source research: Josh Simon, simonbjj.com(opens in a new tab)