mestre suassuna

Mestre Suassuna (Reynaldo Ramos Suassuna, born in 1938) is the creator of our group Cordão De Ouro. He is one of the most important Mestres of Capoeira, preserving the beauty and art, as well as promoting the development of cultural and social aspects. He was one of the first mestres of Capoeira in São Paulo and the creator of a particular training style called Miudinho which is practised in our group today.

Mestre Suassuna started Capoeira in Itabuna, Bahia in 1957/58, later joining Mestre Bimba’s academy in Salvador. He performed in Salvador with other legends of Capoeira such as Mestre Canijiquinha, Mestre Gato, Mestre Waldemar, and soon opened a small academy in Itabuna.

Training with the likes of Mestre Waldemar, Mestre Pastinha and Mestre Bimba, he learned to like all the aspects of Capoeira (something that he still teaches to all of his pupils) taking all that they have good and using it in his own game. He was known for his amazing agility, technique, speed of execution, sense of mood, and creativity.

Mestre Suassuna has had a monumental career, being one of the main figures responsible for the contemporary Capoeira we see today and transforming it to a new national and international level.