João Grande

João Oliveira dos Santos (born 15 January 1933), better known as Mestre João Grande, is a Grão-Mestre (Grand Master) of the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira Angola who has helped spread this art worldwide. He was a student of the "father of Angola", Mestre Pastinha, and has an academy in New York City.

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