Mestre Suassuna

Also known as

Reinaldo Ramos Suassuna

Description

Capoeira mestre from southern Bahia who learned Angola and Regional in Itabuna, spent some time at Mestre Bimba's academy, settled in São Paulo in the 1960s and founded the Cordão de Ouro group with Mestre Brasília. His LPs were the training music of a generation.

Teachers (1)

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  Mestre Bimba

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  Possible

  One source, and "some time" at the academy may not mean training under Bimba himself.

  Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  One source, and "some time" at the academy may not mean training under Bimba himself.

  “He also had spent some time at Bimba’s academy in Salvador before coming to São Paulo.”

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

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