A contemporary and student of Mitsuyo Maeda, França would go on to establish a prominent non-Gracie linage of BJJ through his protégé Oswaldo Fadda.
A contemporary and student of Mitsuyo Maeda, França would go on to be a founder of BJJ. He is notable as having established a prominent non-Gracie linage of BJJ through his protégé Oswaldo Fadda.