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Federação de Jiu-Jitsu do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

categoryFederation
calendar_month1967
location_onRio de Janeiro Brazil

Description

Jiu-jitsu federation of Rio de Janeiro, founded in 1967 as the Guanabara Federation; its 1967 manual and rules (reshaped in 1975) set jiu-jitsu apart from judo. Hélio Gracie and later Robson Gracie presided over it.

Also known as

FJJRio · Federação de Jiu-Jitsu da Guanabara

Founded

1967
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“1967 - Establishment of the Federação de Jiu-Jitsu da Guanabara. Now rebranded Federação de Jiu-jitsu do Rio de Janeiro or FJJRio.”
— Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Officers (2)

  • Hélio Gracie
    President
    1967
    Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Single source.
    “The manual was likely to have been written by Hélcio Leal Binda and was approved by Helio, the federation’s president.”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info
  • Robson Gracie
    President
    Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “Robson, the president of the old Guanabara Federation (now FJJRio), was perhaps the most well positioned person to become jiu-jitsu’s political leader.”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Locations (1)

  • location_onRio de Janeiro Brazil
    warning No sources cited

Tags

bjj

Sources

“FJJRio – Federação de Jiu-Jitsu do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (formerly known as the Guanabara Federation).”
— Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Federação de Jiu-Jitsu do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMKR974M77KE0WPHSZ8TJS - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5HMKR974M77KE0WPHSZ8TJS, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Federação de Jiu-Jitsu do Estado do Rio de Janeiro}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5HMKR974M77KE0WPHSZ8TJS}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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