4) A New Art is Born

Gastão was impressed by the Japanese fighters, with Count Koma being the most famous. He believed their style could defeat other brutes and work against the outlawed capoeira commonly used by common street robbers. He became friends with Maeda and introduced his son, Carlos to the Japanese judoka in hopes that he could learn to defend himself and gain self-discipline.

Maeda opened a school in the Amazon, that was based on his traditional background mixed with the modern wrestling and ground fighting that he had learned through his world travels. Maeda stripped away the traditional trappings of his Kodokan Judo school dismissing belt and rank tests. He used the more modern term jiu-jitsu and added his own flavor based on his many fights. This was also to show respect to his teachers as he knew that he was going against their wishes. Maeda's philosophy broke fighting into distinct phases such as striking, grappling, and ground. He encouraged his students to find which worked best for them and then master that portion.

Carlos trained under Maeda for three years before his family moved back to the rich capitol of Rio de Janiero. Here Carlos, with the backing of his father and brothers would open their own school which would expand on the teachings of Maeda.