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Mitsuyo Maeda. Mitsuyo Maeda (前田 光世, Maeda Mitsuyo, born November 18, 1878 – November 28, 1941), [1] a Brazilian naturalized as Otávio Maeda ( Portuguese pronunciation: [oˈtavju maˈedɐ] ), [2] was a Japanese judōka ( judo practitioner) and prizefighter in no holds barred competitions. He was known as Count Combat or Conde Koma in ...
Aug 7, 2013 · As Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu players we need to know the story of Mitsuyo Maeda, the man who brought his own style of ground focused Judo to Brazil which later the Gracy family made so famous. Mitsuyo Maeda was born on November 18, 1878 and died in November 28, 1941. He was Japanese and was later naturalized Brazilian as Otávio Maeda.
Aug 10, 2023 · On November 27th, 1941, Mitsuyo “Conde Koma” Maeda passed away from kidney disease in Belem. When he did, he was a 6th Dan in Judo. Fifteen years after his death in 1956, Maeda received his ...
Sep 23, 2014 · On November 27, 1941, the Kodokan Institute in Japan promoted Maeda to 7th dan, unfortunately for the great Master, he never had the pleasure of receiving the honor as he passed away on the following day, November 28, 1941, in Brazil. Maeda’s Judo students remained faithful to the club keeping the continuous stream of quality fighters.
Mitsuyo Maeda and Satake Soshihiro did a great job in giving rise to judo around the world, and specifically in Brazil, where they were the pioneers of judo in the Cariocas. In 1921 Maeda founded his own academy in Belem, Brazil, becoming a naturalized citizen and adopting the name of Otávio Maeda. “ Count Koma ” was an extraordinary ...
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Feb 4, 2012 · Grandmaster Mitsuyo Maeda (1878-1941) learned Jiu-Jitsu in Japan, was bestowed with the nickname Count Koma in Spain, won hundreds of fights in Cuba, and disseminated his knowledge to promising young students, like Carlos Gracie, in Brazil.
The story told by most BJJ coaches on how Carlos Gracie learned jiu-jitsu from Mitsuyo Maeda, and then transferred that information to Helio Gracie who would go on to develop the art himself and discover of leverage. There are evident holes in that storyline, but Drysdale’s intention is not to start a crusade against the Gracies and what they ...
