Vicente Ferreira Pastinha (April 5, 1889, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil – November 13, 1981), known as Mestre Pastinha, was a mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial...

December 2011) , known as Mestre João Pequeno was capoeira Angola mestre and one of the principal students of mestre Pastinha. He began his carrier in...

He was a student of the "father of Angola", Mestre Pastinha, and has an academy in New York City. Mestre João Grande was born in the village of Itagi...

contemporary capoeira Angola codified by Mestre Pastinha, based on an older one. Although mestre Pastinha strove to preserve the original art, he nevertheless...

government viewed capoeira as a socially acceptable sport. In 1941, Mestre Pastinha later founded his school where he cultivated the traditional capoeira...

Grande Mestre João Pequeno Mestre Moraes Mestre Pastinha Mestre Sinhozinho Mestre Waldemar Mestre Zuma Mestre Leopoldina Mestre Curió Assunção 2005, p. 203...

was codified by mestre Bimba and mestre Pastinha, in regional and angola style. Despite their significant differences, both mestres introduced major...

capoeira to us were the negro slaves that were brought from Angola. — Mestre Pastinha From the 16th century, Portuguese colonists began capturing slaves...

musical preferences but also by the berimbau's dual role as a weapon. Mestre Pastinha formalized the inclusion of instruments into the capoeira Angola orchestra...

This mestre is one of the few capoeira angola mestres who carry on the Centro Esportivo de Capoeira Angola (CECA) school created by Mestre Pastinha. He...