Mestre (title)

In the Brazilian martial art capoeira, the title mestre designates the master practitioner.^[1] Manuel dos Reis Machado, also known as Mestre Bimba, is credited with transforming capoeira from a street activity to a sport.^[2]

Notable capoeira mestres

References

^ Assunção 2005, p. 203.
^ Saarinen, Tamara (October 2023). "Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira". School Library Journal. 69 (10): 89 – via EBSCOHost.

Sources

Assunção, Matthias Röhrig (2005) [2002]. Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-8086-6.

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