The story of the Gracie Academy : Donato Pires Dos Reis

This video discusses the life and career of Judoka and teacher Donato Pires Dos Reis, and how the Gracie academy came to be.

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Music by Adrian Von Ziegler

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[aluisiofsjr]

According to the press releases of the 1930 gym, Donato Pires was the supervisor and business partner of the first Gracie Gym until before 1934 (while the Gracies were the teachers). It is clearly stated here:

[tomchin]

According to Roberto Pedreira’s book “Choque”, Donato was a genuine student of Maeda and he had an academy where he was the Director and Carlos and George were assistant professors. Donato had a real job as a government tax collector so teaching was not his primary source of income. His job would take him away and it seems that while he was away one time in 1930 the Gracie brothers turned the school into Gracie Academy. Pedreira alludes that the Gracie brother might have tried to ambush. Donato opened a new school in 1939 and it seems that he and George Gracie were back to being on each other’s good side and George taught there after separating from Carlos.

[rangelo]

Great video again Chadi! Funny how the Judo community is more aware of the origins of Bjj than the Bjj community itself 🤔

[cabalofdemons]

Channels like this and Drysdale's upcoming documentary will blow the lid on common myths perpetuated in bjj.

[mikeverdugo]

Thank you for the history most Bjj people do not know Important facts re:the past and how Judo had its roots in very deep into all mat work JUDO P3

[arrowverse]

this is stunning, bro. gracie family is a legend

[justinpodur]

I notice you didn't mention Roberto Pedreira's 3-part book Choque on the origins of BJJ. If you don't know it, you will find it helps your researches - lots of overlap and pretty good footnotes, etc.

[oneguy]

Make a video about George, George started the fighting tradition and when helio or Carlo took challenges they put George to fight. George didn't like the vegetarian diet and he was a Playboy also he practiced Luta livre judo and catch wrestling something that carlos doesn't like. Also George took part in stage match for easy money soemthing that carlos also dont like.

[aircombatmaneuvers]

So maeda never gave a black belt to pires and never gave a balck belt to carlos? They put the blackbelt on themselves? I think they do not used a black belt belt just a coloroued one to distinguish instructors from pupils and that makes sense as Maeda only gave the black belt to jacyntho Ferro who was the instructor and pire and carlos its advanced students (carlos for 3 years). After 3 years carlos founded an academy with pire dos reis? Impressive, so i guess they became good wrestlers by reading wrestling manuals and practicing between each other( george, carlos and Pires) as ferro was the instructor, then carlos after 3 years had to leave belem into rio, and pires soon after. Then in 1929 ferro died and maeda were travelling, so there was no head of maeda jiu jitsu.

[oceanlindgren]

Have you considered doing a video on jon jones? He used to utilize foot sweeps, throws, and trips pretty prevalently in his move set

[zachfleming]

Chadi, I'd love to talk. Please contact me, I have some good context for you. Ps. Love your resch.

[robertleruyet]

You have to be very carful getting your information from Roberto Pedreira’s book “Choque". which is the only place were this silly theory that Carlos Gracie never trained with Koma comes from. Perdreira is very good at a kind of tabloid-esc kind of writing. He finds lots of actual facts and documents, then mixes his often dumb theories into it in a way that is meant to conflate the two. in the case of this theory of his that Carlos did not train with koma, he makes the suggestion (on very weak grounds) saying in effect "it could be the case", then spends the rest of his distasteful book talking like it was a proven fact. Very sleazy writing . The idea that two men who lived in the same town at the same time and who were connected by family business ties did not train together just seemed to me absurd. Sure enough, I was communicating with Pro. Gustovo Gasperin who did a BJJ history video and he pointed out an objective historian who had gone through the old Balem newspapers and found the report of the jiu-jitsu tournament put on my Meada and a Gracie was listed as a participant (although the first name was misreported, but no other Gracies lived in Belem at the time). I would have to go back and see who the author was again since i have forgotten the book (which may be only in Portuguese), but it proves that Pedreira is simply full of shit and responsible people should not be repeating his baseless and now proven completely wrong, assertions.