Takeo Yano
Takeo Yano (矢野 武雄), also known as Takeo Iano, was a Japanese judoka who helped in the establishment of Brazilian jiu-jitsu in Brazil.
Biography
[edit]Yano was a standout in judo, learning it in Chinzei High School[1] and the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai[2] under the renowned Hajime Isogai.[3]As of 1930, he held the first dan rank at Kodokan.[1] He worked with the Ono brothers, Yasuichi and Naoichi.[4] They taught Judo in the North of Brazil.[5] He also taught in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.[6] Along with Kazuo Yoshida in Bahia (founder of Bahia Judo[7]), they helped to establish Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[5]
In 1937, Yano fought Hélio Gracie to a draw.[8] But on 1 September 1938, when facing another member of the Gracie family, and the best fighter of the family, George Gracie, Yano lost through a leglock.[9] As a fighter he took on the name ″Oriental Demon″.[10] He also fought Waldemar Santana and defeated him by armlock at the fourth round.[6] His earlier black belts included Jose Jurandir Moura whom he taught in Fortaleza, Brazil,[11] Cisando Lima,[12] and Francisco Sá.[2]
Yano is thought to have introduced the heel hook in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 講道館文化会, ed. (20 October 1930). 昭和五年 柔道年鑑 講道館有段者名簿. Japan: 講道館文化会. pp. 1, 557.
- ^ a b BJJ Heroes. "Master Francisco Sa". BJJ Heroes: the jiu jitsu encyclopedia.
- ^ Marcial Serrano, Jiu-Jitsu Original Moderno
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- ^ a b Marcial Serrano. "Geo Omori "The Guardian Samurai"". google books.
- ^ "JCS: Karate in Brazil: Alcantara and Rodrigues". ejmas.com.
- ^ Guilherme Cruz. "Remembering Helio Gracie". MMA Fighting.
- ^ "Lutas de George Gracie".
- ^ Marcial Serrano. "Book Of Jiu Jitsu Volume 2". google books.
- ^ BJJ Heroes. "Jurandir Moura". BJJ Heroes: the jiu jitsu encyclopedia.
- ^ Gerard Taylor (24 April 2007). Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace, Volume 2. ISBN 9781583941836.
- ^ Heel hook
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