event

1909 Rio de Janeiro challenge match, Ciríaco vs Sada Miyako

Challenge · 1909
Avenida Central, Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Description

Challenge match in a pavilion on the Avenida Central, in which the capoeira Ciríaco da Silva beat the ju-jitsu champion Sada Miyako. The most likely account has him win with a rabo de arraia to the head; another has him first throw sand in his opponent's eyes.

Participants (2)

  • Ciríaco da SilvaCompetitor
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    “One famous fight took place in Rio, in 1909, where a Japanese champion, Sada Miako, was teaching ju-jitsu. Ciríaco da Silva, a black docker from the interior town of Campos, took up the challenge. The match was carried out before a considerable audience in a pavilion especially mounted for that occasion on the Avenida Central.”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info
  • Miura SakuCompetitor
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    “One famous fight took place in Rio, in 1909, where a Japanese champion, Sada Miako, was teaching ju-jitsu. Ciríaco da Silva, a black docker from the interior town of Campos, took up the challenge. The match was carried out before a considerable audience in a pavilion especially mounted for that occasion on the Avenida Central.”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

Tags

capoeira

Sources

“There are two versions of how Ciríaco, nicknamed Macaco, defeated the ju-jitsu champion.”
— Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). 1909 Rio de Janeiro challenge match, Ciríaco vs Sada Miyako. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6A2VG2YWY2852BVC2F9QKH1 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M6A2VG2YWY2852BVC2F9QKH1, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {1909 Rio de Janeiro challenge match, Ciríaco vs Sada Miyako}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6A2VG2YWY2852BVC2F9QKH1}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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