Tucson Capoeia visits Mestre Suassuna in Rio

Tucson Capoeira visits Mestre Suassuna. Mestre Suassuna was raised in Itabuna and began practicing capoeira in the early 1950s, initially because it was prescribed to him by a doctor, as treatment for a physical handicap in his legs. He graduated under Masters Sururu, Abine in Itabuna, and later studied under Waldemar, Canjiquinha, and Bimba. When he met & trained with Mestre Acordeon.