Mestre Suassuna

Mestre / Reitor

Prominent Brazilian Capoeira master, founder of Group Cordão de Ouro, and creator of the Miudinho game style.

Quick Facts

Date of Birth1/8/1938

Era20th–21st century

Country of OriginBrazil (São Paulo)

Rank / TitleFounder of Cordão de Ouro / Miudinho

Active Years1960–present

Biography

Mestre Suassuna co-founded Group Cordão de Ouro in 1967 in São Paulo. He developed the Miudinho game style, emphasizing fast, fluid, close-quarters technical movement without heavy contact.

Associated Martial Arts

Capoeira MiudinhoFounder→

A way of playing capoeira introduced by Mestre Suassuna in the 1990s. It is played close in, low, with short and precise movement.