Mestre Pastinha

Brazil
Born 1889
Died 1981
17.5

Also known as

Vicente Ferreira Pastinha

Description

Capoeira Angola master from Salvador; opened a capoeira school in 1910 and opposed borrowing from other martial arts. Most capoeira Angola lineages pass through his students.

Students (2)

  • Mestre João Pequeno
    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.
    “These students include Mestres João Grande [...] and João Pequeno (born João Pereira dos Santos, 1916–) who, as of 2008, at age 92, continued to oversee rodas at his academy in Salvador, Bahia.”
    — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info
  • Mestre João Grande
    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

“After first teaching capoeira to his fellow students at the Escola de Asprirantes da Marinha, Pastinha opened a capoeira school in 1910.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4AFG2ZRRQ0T4STJDTFRAR
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Mestre Pastinha. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4AFG2ZRRQ0T4STJDTFRAR - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H4AFG2ZRRQ0T4STJDTFRAR, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Mestre Pastinha}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4AFG2ZRRQ0T4STJDTFRAR}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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