Mestre Nenel is the son of Mestre Bimba, and author of the new book: Bimba. Um século da Capoeira Regional. (Bimba. A Century of Capoeira Regional). Born in Salvador de Bahia on September 26, 1960, where he grew up in the world of Capoeira, though it was when he was six years old that he […]
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The Capoeira Antigua that Mestre Bimba learned from Mestre Bentinho was a folkloric capoeira that had lost much of its effectiveness in combat. At that time capoeira was heavily persecuted, considered a practice of criminals and rogues. Capoeira was not formerly taught, it was just played in the street, and people would learn in the
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Mestre Bimba was born Manuel dos Reis Machado on November 23, 1900 in Salvador, Bahia. (Though some historians claim it may have been 1899). The youngest of 25 siblings, he grew up in Engenho Velho, a humble neighbourhood in the city of Salvador, where he lived with his parents Luiz Cândido Machado and María Martinha
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