Vicente Ferreira Pastinha
Vicente Ferreira Pastinha was born on April 5, 1889. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Vicente Ferreira Pastinha
Vicente Ferreira Pastinha (April 5, 1889, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil – November 13, 1981), known as Mestre Pastinha, was a mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira and a codifier of the traditional capoeira Angola style. Mestre Pastinha was a brilliant capoeirista whose game was characterized by agility, quickness and intelligence. He demonstrated that even in his seventies, he could engage in acrobatics and outperform much younger capoeiristas. He choose not to introduce new kicks in order to preserve the original art. He wanted his students to improve the principal techniques (ginga,…