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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

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capoeira

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