MarcoRugeAss
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Yeah I was taking that book as the source. I will consider your criticism of that source in the future.
As far as not studying Judo at all, that seems pretty unlikely as what Maeda taught Carlos was Basically Just Judo. Obviously things grew apart over the years, but it's pretty clear that both BJJ and modern Judo come from the same common ancestor. They have a lot in common -- the judogi as a uniform, the aversion to leg locks, same type of randori, elimination of strikes in general training, etc.
Especially early on, there was an effort to just get the Gracies to officially adopt the Judo rules and join up there instead of just doing their own thing. So it seems they were generally recognized as having the same type of experience. I don't think they would need a mysterious Japanese Judoka (other than Maeda) in the picture. What they were doing just from Maeda alone could easily have counted.
The common root of BJJ and modern Judo had no such aversion to leg locks. Google Ashi Garami for instance.