Mestre João Grande

Brazil
Born 1933

Also known as

João Oliveira dos Santos

Description

Capoeira Angola master, student of Mestre Pastinha; still teaching in New York City in 2009.

Teachers (1)

  • Mestre Pastinha
    sports_martial_artsCapoeira 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.
    “most contemporary practitioners of capoeira Angola trace their lineage through Mestre Pastinha’s students. These students include Mestres João Grande (born João Oliveira dos Santos 1933–) who was still teaching in New York City in 2009”
    — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Sources

Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovationinfo

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4AFG2HW78GX30TX4CCST3
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Mestre João Grande. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4AFG2HW78GX30TX4CCST3 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H4AFG2HW78GX30TX4CCST3, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Mestre João Grande}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4AFG2HW78GX30TX4CCST3}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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