Sinhôzinho · Lineage tree

Also known as

Agenor Moreira Sampaio

Description

Athlete and physical-education teacher in Rio de Janeiro in the 1920s and 1930s, son of a military officer and politician from Santos, who taught capoeira as a combat technique without music or ritual and kept it alive in the city.

Students (1)

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  Rudolf Hermanny

  swordsCapoeira Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Artur Emídio lost against Rudolfo Hermanny, a student of Sinhôzinho”

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

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