Also known as

Luiz França

Teachers (5)

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  Satake Soshihiro

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  BJJ Heroes and Facebook sources mention training with Satake starting 1916

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1916)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  BJJ Heroes and Facebook sources mention training with Satake starting 1916

  “There Satake settled for a while, opening his own academy in 1916, at the Atlético Clube Rio Negro, becoming the first Japanese to open a Judo/Jiu Jitsu academy in Brazil. This gym became the place where Luiz França started his life as a martial artist. Satake would also become a Brazilian citizen years later, and change his name to Antônio Soshihiro Satake.”

  — BJJ Heroes: Luiz Françalink

  “Antigo aluno de Soishiro Satake e Mitsuyo Maeda, Luiz França foi o fundador da linhagem (não pertencente à família Gracie) de mais sucesso no Jiu-Jitsu, uma linhagem continuada especialmente através do trabalho efetuado pelo mais proeminente e capaz aluno de França, o Mestre Oswaldo Fadda, que mais tarde formaria a sua própria escola de talentosos alunos.”

  — Equipe Fadda Jiu-Jitsu (Facebook)link info
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  Maeda Mitsuyo

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Book source mentions training with Maeda likely in 1929

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1929)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Book source mentions training with Maeda likely in 1929

  “Se França se iniciou no Jiu Jitsu com o Conde Koma, muito provavelmente foi em 1929 n Marinha, quando esteve em Belém ao serviço no navio Minas Gerais.”

  — SILVA, Elton; CORRÊA, Eduardo. Muito antes do MMA: O legado dos precursores do Vale Tudo no Brasil e no mundo. 2020.info
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  Omori Kojiro

  sports_martial_artsKōdōkan Jūdō Probable

  Probable

  Book source mentions continued training with Omori and Yano around 1930

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1930)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Book source mentions continued training with Omori and Yano around 1930

  “Posteriormente, deu continuidade ao seu aprendizado no Rio de Janeiro com Geo Omori, Takeo Yano e Hélio Gracie”

  — SILVA, Elton; CORRÊA, Eduardo. Muito antes do MMA: O legado dos precursores do Vale Tudo no Brasil e no mundo. 2020.info
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  Hélio Gracie

  sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable

  Probable

  Book source mentions training with Hélio Gracie in Rio de Janeiro

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Book source mentions training with Hélio Gracie in Rio de Janeiro

  “Posteriormente, deu continuidade ao seu aprendizado no Rio de Janeiro com Geo Omori, Takeo Yano e Hélio Gracie”

  — SILVA, Elton; CORRÊA, Eduardo. Muito antes do MMA: O legado dos precursores do Vale Tudo no Brasil e no mundo. 2020.info
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  Balthazar Cardoso

  sports_martial_artsBoxing Probable

  Probable

  Book source mentions boxing training with Baltazar Cardoso starting 1928

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  location_onNavy Sports League badge (1928)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Book source mentions boxing training with Baltazar Cardoso starting 1928

  “Foi na Marinha, em 1928, que França se iniciou nas artes marciais. Primeiro com o Boxe, sob a orientação de Balthazar Cardoso”

  — SILVA, Elton; CORRÊA, Eduardo. Muito antes do MMA: O legado dos precursores do Vale Tudo no Brasil e no mundo. 2020.info

Lineage

• Kōdōkan JūdōSatake Soshihiro ← Yokoyama Sakujiro ← Kanō Jigorō · 3 generations
• Brazilian jiu-jitsuHélio Gracie ← Carlos Gracie · 2 generations

Students (1)

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  Oswaldo Fadda

  sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable

  Probable

  Book source confirms training with Luiz França starting 1938

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1938)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Book source confirms training with Luiz França starting 1938

  “Oswaldo Fadda começou a treinar com França por volta de 1938”

  — SILVA, Elton; CORRÊA, Eduardo. Muito antes do MMA: O legado dos precursores do Vale Tudo no Brasil e no mundo. 2020.info

Sources