The ABC of Old Masters of Capoeira

M Gato Preto talking about M Cobrinha Verde

April, 2017

Interviews with M Gato Preto

By M Dorado in Rio de Janeio and São Braz.

About M Cobrinha Verde:

«Rafael I don't know with whom he learned, don't know. I knew him here when he was capoeira mestre. I didn't have much knowledge about him. But later he came here to Pero Vaz [..] He also had his academy in the city. I didn't have integration with him.»
M Waldemar, 1987
«Other great character was Cobrinha Verde, who reappears [around 1976]. It was around this time [1980 in the 1st Seminar of Capoeira and festival of Capoeira rhythms] that we rediscovered Mestre Cobrinha Verde, through Marcelino [..]»
Frede Abreu in Magalhães, 2011
«Besouro and Cobrinha Verde who quarreled in Santo Amaro, were protected by nega da costa. You know who nega da costa is? A black woman was called nega da costa in the old days, in Cachoeira. Traíra was a fighter too. Cobrinha Verde walked around with a cow rib on his belt, a knife with two cutting edges, was called the cow rib.»
M João Grande in Castro 2007

M Gato Preto talking about M Cobrinha Verde