Mestre Boca Rica · Lineage tree

Also known as

Manoel Silva

Description

Capoeira Angola mestre from Salvador, a student of Mestre Pastinha at his academy.

Teachers (1)

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  Mestre Pastinha

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  Probable

  Assunção, with Boca Rica's own words quoted in it.

  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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  Assunção, with Boca Rica's own words quoted in it.

  “Pastinha slowly built up a group of advanced students, many of whom later became mestres and teachers in their own right: João Pequeno, João Grande, Boca Rica, Gildo Alfinete, Bola Sete and others.”

  — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

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  “Pastinha was an excellent mestre, a humble person, a friend, you understand? I considered him my second father.”

  — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

Lineage

• Capoeira AngolaMestre Pastinha ← Benedito · 2 generations

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