Mestre Bimba

Mestre Bimba

male, deceased (1974)
From Goiania, capoeira, salvador, CapoeiraMestres, mestre, martial art
Mestre Bimba (born Manuel dos Reis Machado November 23, 1900, Salvador, Brazil - February 15, 1974) was a "mestre" (a master practitioner) of the...
Mestre Pastinha

Mestre Pastinha

male
martial art, mestre, african, salvador, CapoeiraMestres, capoeira
Mestre Pastinha (born Vicente Ferreira Pastinha April 5 1889, Salvador, Brazil - November 13 1981) was a "mestre" (a master practitioner) of the...

Mestre João Pequeno

male
CapoeiraMestres, capoeira, Afro-Brazilian, Capoeira Angola, Mestre João Grande, João Pequeno
João Pereira dos Santos or Mestre João Pequeno da Pastinha as he is known within capoeira circles, began his life in Capoeira as a student of Me...
Mestre Cobra Mansa

Mestre Cobra Mansa

male, 49 years old
Cobrinha, Cobrinha Mansa, Mestre Moraes, capoeira, Capoeira Regional, Capoeira Angola, CapoeiraMestres
Cinézio Feliciano Peçanha (born 1960 in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro suburb, Brazil) Mestre Cobra Mansa, more commonly known as "Cobrinha, Co...

Mestre Pé de Chumbo

male
martial art, aveiro, CapoeiraMestres, Afro-Brazilian, Capoeira Angola, João Pequeno
Pé de Chumbo is a much respected master of Capoeira Angola, an Afro-Brazilian martial art, and a student of João Pequeno's. He has academies in Br...
Mestre Amen Santo

Mestre Amen Santo

male
choreography, bahia, only the strong, poverty, CapoeiraMestres, capoeira…Capoeira Batuque
Mestre Amen Santo is an Afro-Brazilian mestre (master) of the acrobatic martial art of capoeira. He has acted in roles practicing his art in two...