Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil 1856-1949 (Volume 1) (85 page)

Figure 26. Mario Aleixo demonstrating the jiu-jitsu “
Bahiana
”, 1922.

Figure 27. Mario Aleixo demonstrating “
joelhada
” (knee strike), 1922.

Figure 28
. Mario Aleixo demonstrating a self-defense technique, 1922.

Figure 29. Mario Aleixo demonstrating a self-defense technique, 1922.

Figure 30. Mario Aleixo demonstrating a self-defense technique, 1922.

Figure 31. Mario Aleixo demonstrating a self-defense technique, 1922.

Figure 32. Mario Aleixo demonstrating a self-defense technique against boxing, 1922.

Figure 33. Mario Aleixo demonstrating a self-defense technique against a bear-hug, 1922.

Figure 34. Mario Aleixo, showing ground positions from his
personal style of self-defense, a combination or jiu-jitsu and capoeiragem. Above trapping arm, below “high mount”.

Figure 35. Dontao Pires dos Reis (left), said to be the only Brazilian with a diploma from Conde Koma, 1930.

Figure 36. Manoel Rufino dos Santos, professor of Luta Livre. He beat Carlos Gracie in the ring and paid painfully for it.

Figure 37. Donato Pires dos Reis in his new academy of jiu-jitsu on rua Marquez Abrantes 106, in 1930, with his two
“monitors”.