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Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola

Academy · 1941
Bigode, Brotas, Salvador, Bahia Brazil

Description

Mestre Pastinha's capoeira Angola academy in Salvador, established in 1949 and registered in 1952; from 1955 in a colonial house on the Pelourinho, the main capoeira Angola school of the 1960s.

Also known as

CECA

Locations (3)

  • Bigode, Brotas, Salvador, Bahia Brazil
    1949
    fact_check1 source expand_more
    “Pastinha now managed to establish the Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola in the soap factory Sicool, where he was working as a watchman. Training took place in the patio of the factory, located in Bigode, in the Brotas neighbourhood.”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info
  • Rua Gregório de Mattos 19, Pelourinho, Salvador, Bahia Brazil
    1955
    fact_check1 source expand_more
    “in 1955, a space for his academy in the colonial building at 19, Rua Gregória de Mattos, located on the famous [...] Pelourinho Square in the old city centre.”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info
  • Ladeira do Ferrão, Pelourinho, Salvador, Bahia Brazil
    1979
    fact_check1 source expand_more
    “the city granted him another space in the Rua Gregório de Matos to reopen his school at Ladeira do Ferrão, near the place of his former academy. There his students João Pequeno, João Grande and Ângelo taught”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

Founder

Mestre Pastinha

Instructors (4)

  • Mestre Pastinha
    Head instructorswordsCapoeira Angola
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “Pastinha now managed to establish the Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola in the soap factory Sicool, where he was working as a watchman. Training took place in the patio of the factory, located in Bigode, in the Brotas neighbourhood.”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info
  • Mestre Canjiquinha
    InstructorswordsCapoeira Angola
    1951
    Confirmed
    Confirmed
    Assunção and English Wikipedia (Milani).
    The evidence establishes the claim: it is sufficient and consistent, and any conflicting evidence is resolved.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    Assunção and English Wikipedia (Milani).
    “In 1951 he became contra-mestre and started teaching in Pastinha’s academy.”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info
    “Even though he was not a student of Mestre Pastinha, Canjiquinha was Contra Mestre in his academy.”
    — Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Mestre Canjiquinha. Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • Mestre João Pequeno
    InstructorswordsCapoeira Angola
    1979
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “the city granted him another space in the Rua Gregório de Matos to reopen his school at Ladeira do Ferrão, near the place of his former academy. There his students João Pequeno, João Grande and Ângelo taught”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info
  • Mestre João Grande
    InstructorswordsCapoeira Angola
    1979
    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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “the city granted him another space in the Rua Gregório de Matos to reopen his school at Ladeira do Ferrão, near the place of his former academy. There his students João Pequeno, João Grande and Ângelo taught”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

Trained here (2)

  • Mestre Boca Rica
    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.
    under Mestre Pastinha
    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
  • Mestre Moraes
    swordsCapoeira Angola Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    under Mestre João Pequeno
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “At the age of eight a neighbour took him to the CECA, where he started to train under the direction of João Grande and João Pequeno.”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info
    swordsCapoeira Angola Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    under Mestre João Grande
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    Single source.
    “At the age of eight a neighbour took him to the CECA, where he started to train under the direction of João Grande and João Pequeno.”
    — Assunção, Matthias Röhrig. (2005). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Artlink info

Tags

capoeira

Sources

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

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M6A2JTHV4ENW9PDEMG8XWRM2
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6A2JTHV4ENW9PDEMG8XWRM2 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M6A2JTHV4ENW9PDEMG8XWRM2, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M6A2JTHV4ENW9PDEMG8XWRM2}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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