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The nick-name "Bimba" came up due to a bet between his mother and the midwife during his birth; his mother bet that he was going to be a girl and the midwife bet he would be a boy. After he was delivered, the midwife said Mestre Bimba was and is so important to Capoeira because he changed the destiny of it!

ABOUT CAPOEIRA - Mestre Bimba:: Manuel dos Reis Machado - Mestre Bimba – - Short Biography.

At 18, Bimba felt that Capoeira had lost its entire efficacy as a martial art and an instrument of resistance, becoming a folkloric activity reduced to nine movements. It was then that Bimba started to restore movements from the traditional Capoeira fights and added movements from another African fighting style called Batuque - a vicious grappling type of martial art that he learned from his father of which his father was a champion , as well as introducing movements created by himself.

This was the beginning of the development of Capoeira regional. Capoeira was not an allowed practice during slavery illegal. The official prohibition of Capoeira remained even after slavery was abolished on May 13th, He incorporated new moves and techniques from Batuque a vicious grappling type of martial art that he learnt from his father, who was a champion of Batuque , jiu-jutsu and boxing.

The Capoeira Regional or Luta Regional Baiana was then a more martial art orientated, effective, efficient and athletic style of Capoeira Previously Capoeira was only practiced and played on the streets. However, Capoeira was still heavily discriminated by the upper class society in Brazil.

Manuel dos Reis Machado, commonly called Mestre Bimba, was a Brazilian capoeira mestre and the founder of the capoeira regional style.

In order to change the slyness, stealthy and malicious reputation associated with Capoeira practitioners at that time, Mestre Bimba set new standards to the art. His students had to wear a clean, white uniform, show proof of grade proficiency from school, show good posture and many other standards. As a result, doctors, lawyers, politicians, upper middle class people, and women who were previously excluded started to join his school, providing him with better support.