Fernando Pinduka

Brazil
Born 1953

Description

Brazilian jiu-jitsu master, student of Carlson Gracie from 1968 to 1988 and his assistant from 1976 to 1982. Fought Marco Ruas in the 1984 jiu-jitsu versus luta-livre vale-tudo challenge.

Teachers (1)

  • Carlson Gracie
    sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu Probable
    Probable
    Own account only.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1968–1988)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Own account only.
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “As I said before, I met Carlson in 1968, starting as his student when I was only 14. I trained under him for 20 years, from 1968 to 1988.”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Lineage

Ranks (1)

  • sports_martial_artsBrazilian jiu-jitsu
    receipt_longBlack belt Probable
    Probable
    Own account; the author's introduction, from the same interview, names Carlson.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    BJJ Ranking System (1978)
    granted by Carlson Gracie
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Own account; the author's introduction, from the same interview, names Carlson.
    “Pinduka was born in 1953 and was promoted to black-belt by Carlson Gracie.”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info
    visibilityFirst-hand
    “In 1976 he invited me to be his assistant where I learned how to teach. In 1978 I was awarded a black-belt and continued as an assistant until 1982, the year of Rolls’ death.”
    — Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization info

Sources

visibilityFirst-hand
Drysdale, Robert. (2023). The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu: From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratizationinfo

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Fernando Pinduka. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H40EZX2DF1P0GSAF1NGG7Z - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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