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Vem är Mestre Camisa?
José Tadeu Carneiro Cardoso, mer känd som Mestre Camisa, föddes år 1956.
Mestre Camisa (José Tadeu Carneiro Cardoso ) was born in the interior of the state of Bahia, in the northeast of Brazil. He first began practicing Capoeira at the age of 7. He first began studying Capoeira at the age of seven, he was taught by his older brother Camisa Roxa, a student of Mestre Bimba. Several years later Camisa moved to Salvador to continue his education and attended Mestre Bimba’s Academy himself.
In the early 70’s Mestre Camisa, along with his brother, were part of a yearlong tour of Brazil with the folkloric dance company Olodum Maré. The troupe stayed in Rio de Janeiro for three months and then departed for a tour of Europe. Mestre Camisa, however, remained in Rio and began earning his living by teaching Capoeira.
Mestre CamisaIt was during this first, somewhat difficult, period in Rio that Mestre Camisa first began to consider the need to design a formal structure for classes, to draw up a basic lesson plan, to create a place to study and teach and to debate techniques, discuss concepts and define rankings. In addition to the above, Mestre Camisa felt the need to give a family-like structure to so many people who had left behind their cities and their friends and families and moved to Rio to dedicate themselves to Capoeira.
The latter was the main impetus for the creation of a new organization that would, in 1988, become ABADÁ-Capoeira (Associação Brasileira de Apoio e Desenvolvimento da Arte-Capoeira – Brazilian Association for the Support and Development of the Art of Capoeira).
Since the beginning of the 80's, Mestre Camisa had been drawing on Mestre Bimba's teachings to develop his own style adding by his unique technique and methodology that improved the martial aspect of Capoeira, and put Mestre Camisa as the leading Capoeira master in the world. Since he does not have a massive body, Mestre Camisa developed a technique to neutralize his opponent with slips, takedowns, speed and efficiency in the application of the moves, blows and kicks. This technique allows him to face a bigger opponent under equal conditions.
Today, ABADÁ-Capoeira, with over 40,000 members, is the largest Capoeira association in the world. Mestre Camisa has elevated two women to the rank of Mestranda. (Only 8 people in ABADÁ hold this rank.)
Mestre Camisa is constantly researching Capoeira and improving his style. He teaches workshops and seminars and attends batizados in Brazil and throughout the world. Through ABADÁ-Capoeira, Mestre Camisa is defining a new contemporary language of Capoeira that seeks to respect and preserve the traditions and foundations of Capoeira and to follow Capoeira’s evolution throughout the world while considering all the aspects of Capoeira: as a martial art, as a playful game, as a source of rhythms and songs and as a spontaneous art form.
1. Corpo Fechado: Literally "Closed Body," oral tradition tells of Capoeiristas who, through magic, had developed their internal energy (chi in the Chinese tradition) to the point where knives or even bullets could cause no harm.
2. Gaucho: person from the south of Brazil
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