The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

MAY'S MEMORIES

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M Pastinha vs Bruce Lee, 1980:

M Pastinha

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M Cobrinha Verde vs Colonel Veloso, 1925:

18-inch machete

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M Cobrinha Verde and Didi Cabeludo, 1963:

M Cobrinha Verde and Didi Cabeludo, 1963

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M Waldemar in Rio de Janeiro, 1953:

poster from 1953

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M Waldemar and his students in Mario Cravo's place, 1955:

Mario Cravo's place

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M Gato and his CD, 2001:

CD 2001

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M Gigante, 1920-2016:

M Gigante

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About the Old Masters:

«[Besouro's] first contact with the world of capoeira took place with an old african called Alípio, who was a captive in the Pantaleão Mill. When planting sugarcane, the student heard and learned from the old man the teachings of capoeira. Uncle Alípio was a Babalawo [candomblé priest] and had been a slave when young, a son of a black woman who was brought in a ship from the port of São Jorge da Mina in Dahomey [Benin].»
Abib, 2009
«Mestre Pastinha and his students would put the strap [of caxixi] around the little and the ring finger. He talks about this in his book, and it can be seen on the photographies taken in his Academy.»
Shaffer, 1977
«Rafael I don't know with whom he learned, don't know. I knew him here when he was capoeira mestre. I didn't have much knowledge about him. But later he came here to Pero Vaz [..] He also had his academy in the city. I didn't have integration with him.»
M Waldemar, 1987
«The deceased Traíra was who took care of the roda. I went there, gave my order and went to have a beer. I was made.»
M Waldemar in Abreu, 2003
«That time there was a group [in São Braz]: it was me, Messias [M Messias, born in 1929], Zinho, Genesio, Lao, Tomazinho, Jaime, Chumbinho [..] So we had this group of boys who were all 16, 15-16 years old. And we used to get together on Saturdays and Sundays to do this capoeira. And Léo was the mestre.»
M Gato Preto, 1999