Agenor Moreira Sampaio
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Agenor Moreira Sampaio, commonly known as Mestre Sinhozinho, was a mestre or master practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira. He was the main exponent of the fighting-oriented style
Mestre Sinhozinho
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Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality.
Agenor Moreira Sampaio
…Agenor Moreira Sampaio, commonly known as Mestre Sinhozinho (1891–1962), was a mestre or master practitioner of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira. He was the main exponent of the fighting-oriented style known as capoeira carioca. Sampaio was born in 1891 in Santos, Brazil. Some sources name his…
Capoeira or the Dance of War by Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1825
San Salvador, 1835, by Rugendas. "The scene is set in a clearing surrounded by tropical vegetation and palm trees, corresponding precisely to the space called capoeira in Brazil."
Panel by Alfredo Storni featuring capoeirista Ciríaco defeating jujitsu fighter Sada Miyako with a rabo de arraia kick, O Malho, 1909.
Capoeiristas outside