Mestre João Pequeno · Lineage tree

Also known as

João Pereira dos Santos

Description

Capoeira Angola master, student of Mestre Pastinha, with an academy in Salvador, Bahia.

Teachers (1)

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  Mestre Pastinha

  sports_martial_artsCapoeira Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Single source.

  “These students include Mestres João Grande [...] and João Pequeno (born João Pereira dos Santos, 1916–) who, as of 2008, at age 92, continued to oversee rodas at his academy in Salvador, Bahia.”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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