Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil

by Roberto Pedreira

Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Volume 1, 1856-1949 2nd Edition, describes the big and small fights of the famous and forgotten heroes and legends of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, based on verifiable Portuguese and Japanese sources. A few of the many individuals discussed are: Paschoal Segreto, Sada Miako, Cyriaco, Mario Aleixo, Conde Koma (Mitsuyo Maeda) and his troupes of fighters (Satake, Okura, Matsura, Akiyama, Shimizu, and Sadakazu Uyenishi “Raku”), Jacyntho Ferro, Geo Omori, Carlos Gracie, Helio Gracie, George Gracie, Oswaldo Gracie, Gastão Gracie Filho, Manoel Rufino dos Santos, Donato Pires dos Reis, Oswaldo Fada, Takeo Yano, Yassuiti Ono, Naoiti Ono, Roberto Ruhmann, Dudú, Sinhôzinho, Miyaki, Massagoichi, Manuel Fernandes, Manuel Grillo, Shigeo, Namiki, Antonio Portugal, Ervin Klausner, Fred Ebert, Wladek Zbyszko, and hundreds of others. Four appendices are included, listing every fighter, fight, and academy, individual records of representative fighters, and lineages of the most productive teachers. References and an index are provided as well as many illustrations. Choque 1 2nd Edition contains new information about several important fights that was not known when Choque 1 was published. In addition Choque 1 2nd Edition has been updated and extensively revised for enhanced ease of reading, comprehension, and understanding of the history of jiu-jitsu in Brazil.

760 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 6, 2015