Also known as

Manoel Silva

Description

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

Teachers (1)

• 
  Mestre Pastinha

  swordsCapoeira Angola Probable

  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.

  location_onCentro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola badge

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  2 sources expand_more

  fact_check

  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

  visibilityFirst-hand

  “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

Sources

Identifiers