Description
Japanese jujutsuka who, with Takitaro Taki, brought jujutsu to Portugal
(Lisbon, late 1909), then acted in Porto (16 Jun - mid Aug 1910) against
Yamaguchi among others. Possibly the smallest Japanese wrestler of the era (1.45
m, 50 kg). Married Phoebe Laughton Parry (the British women's jujutsu
pioneer, covered here as Phoebe Roberts) in March 1907; the couple demonstrated
at the Palace Theatre, Manchester in 1908, where Phoebe was billed as 'Miss
Roberts, Lady Champion Ju-jitsu Wrestler of the World'. Hirano founded a
Ju-jitsu Academy in Barcelona in 1909, then moved to Portugal with Phoebe,
teaching the PSP police in Porto and training Armando Gonçalves. Per
Callan/Heffernan/Spenn (2019) he is thought to have drowned off Santa Cruz
beach, Portugal in 1915, his body never found; Phoebe remarried (Carlos de
Castro Henriques) in 1916. Gonçalves's own books (1914, 1936, 1941, 1942)
attest his discipleship under Hirano.
Students (1)
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Armando Gonçalves
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Well-documented student of Hirano Yuzo, mentioned in his book 'O Fraco Vence
o Forte' (1941) with specific quotation about being former disciple of
Japanese professor Hirano
"Ex-discípulo do Professor japonês, Hirano (...) O nosso saudoso
ex-professor Hirano não tinha admiração nenhuma pelo sistema Kano"
— GONÇALVES, Armando; O fraco vence o forte. 1941
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"En sus libros (1914, 1936, 1941, 1942), Armando Gonçalves afirma haber
sido discípulo de Hirano, y que Hirano formó las filas de la PSP en este sistema
de combate."
— Gutiérrez García, Carlos; Rosa, Vítor Alberto;
Pérez Gutiérrez, Mikel. (2010). Introducción de las artes marciales asiáticas en
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