Mestre Nestor Capoeira

Brazil
Born 1946, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
Died 2025-03-29

Also known as

Nestor Sezefredo dos Passos Neto

Description

Capoeira mestre of the Senzala group, which he joined in 1968, red belt in 1969; probably the first to teach capoeira in Europe, at a dance academy in London from 1971, then for three years in other European cities.

Member of (1)

  • corporate_fareGrupo Senzala Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    1968
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    fact_check
    Single source.
    “M.Nestor Capoeira, who joined the Senzala in 1968”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

Sources

“Probably the first to teach on the Old Continent was Nestor Capoeira. After receiving his red belt—the highest graduation in the Senzala—in 1969, M.Nestor decided to spent some time abroad.”
— Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info
“In 1971 he arrived in London, where he started teaching in a Dance Academy for a year. He toured Europe for three years, teaching in different cities, before returning to Brazil.”
— Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

Identifiers

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Mestre Nestor Capoeira. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6A30S40CC4HW87WNW9RETRG - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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