Capoeira - Mestre Marcelo Caveirinha & Other Mestres

1984 footage of Mestre Marcelo Caveirinha playing with: Mestre Risadinha, Mestre Preguiça, and Mestre Acordeon. Mestre Caveirinha (Marcelo Pereira) is the founder of Capoeira Mandinga. Mestre Caveirinha was a student of Mestre Suassuna, who is the co-founder of “Associacao de Capoeira Cordão de Ouro“. In 1984, Mestre Caveirinha left Brazil and settled in the United States. At that time, he was one of only three people teaching capoeira in the US. Mestre Caveirinha is also known as the real life incarnation of the Tekken video game character “Eddy Gordo.“ For more information about Mestre Caveirinha and Capoeira Mandinga , please visit our website at: