Also known as

Washington Bruno da Silva

Description

Capoeira mestre from Salvador, a student of Mestre Aberrê from 1935 and contra-mestre at Mestre Pastinha's academy from 1951, who kept a style of his own between Angola and Regional and spread it through folklore shows and films.

Teachers (1)

• person
  Mestre Aberrê

  swordsCapoeira Angola Confirmed

  Confirmed

  Assunção and English Wikipedia, which follows Milani (2004), not Assunção.

  The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.

  (1935)

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Assunção and English Wikipedia, which follows Milani (2004), not Assunção.

  “Washington Bruno da Silva, or M.Canjiquinha (1925–1994). Born in Maciel de Baixo, an impoverished neighbourhood in the old city centre of Salvador, he learned capoeira from 1935 onwards with Aberrê, the famous mestre from Santo Amaro and student of Pastinha”

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

  “He learned Capoeira with the legendary Mestre Aberrê (Antônio Raimundo).”

  — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Mestre Canjiquinha. Wikipedia (English)link history info

Lineage

• Capoeira AngolaMestre Aberrê ← Mestre Pastinha ← Benedito · 3 generations

Students (2)

• person
  Mestre Paulo dos Anjos

  swordsCapoeira Angola 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

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Paulo dos Anjos (José Paulo dos Santos, 1936–1999), a student of M.Canjiquinha”

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

  swordsCapoeira Angola 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

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source.

  “M.Suassuna, formed by Regional and M.Brasília, a student of Canjiquinha, joined efforts in the group ‘Cordão de Ouro’ (golden chain, a reference to the famous Besouro Mangangá, see Chapter 4), which became one of the most successful capoeira associations in the country.”

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

  “Some had been pupils of the famous angoleiros Canjiquinha (Brasília, Ananias)”

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

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