Vem a chuva, vem o vento
Vem a chuva, vem o vento
Corre água na pedreira
Cai a folha do cajueiro
Cai a manga da mangueira
Só não cai filho de Bimba
Que é bamba de capoeira
Oi cuidado menino que o jogo vai subir
Filho de Bimba não pode cair
Não pode cair, não pode cair
Filho de Bimba não pode cair
Comes the rain, comes the wind
Comes the rain, comes the wind
Water falls down on the bridge
A leaf falls from the Caju-tree
A manga falls from the manga-tree
Only the son of Bimba doesnt fall
Cause he is a tough capoeirista
Careful boy because the game is getting faster
A son of Bimba cannot fall
Cannot fall, cannot fall
A son of Bimba cannot fall
Did you know?
Mestre Bimba
Mestre Bimba (Manuel dos Reis Machado) was the legendary founder of Capoeira Regional, a faster and more combative style of the art.
- Mestre Bimba (1899–1974) revolutionized the discipline by creating Capoeira Regional, modernizing the traditional Afro-Brazilian art.
- He integrated elements of Batuque and gymnastics to make capoeira a highly effective and structured martial art.
- In 1932, he founded the world's first official capoeira academy in Salvador, Bahia, establishing a rigorous training method.
- He successfully convinced President Getúlio Vargas to lift the legal ban on capoeira, declaring it Brazil's national sport.
- He introduced systematic innovations like white uniforms, a formal graduation system using colored scarves, and standardized combat sequences.
- Disillusioned by a lack of government support in Bahia, he moved to Goiânia, where he tragically died in poverty a year later.