Mestre Paulo Gomes · Lineage tree

Description

Capoeira mestre from Bahia, a student of Artur Emídio in Rio de Janeiro, who moved to São Paulo and in 1984 founded the Brazilian Capoeira Association (ABRACAP), first called ACAESP.

Teachers (1)

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  Artur Emídio de Oliveira

  swordsCapoeira 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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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Gomes was originally from Bahia but became a student of Artur Emídio whilst living in Rio.”

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

  “Most of the capoeira mestres that emerged during the 1960s—Leopoldina, Paulo Gomes, Celso do Engenho da Rainha and Djalma Bandeira—were his students.”

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

Lineage

• Capoeira Artur Emídio de Oliveira ← Mestre Paizinho · 2 generations

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