the group was officially founded in 1990 under the lead of Mestre Jogo de Dentro in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, In order to preserve and promote the tradition of Capoeira Angola, according to the way it was passed on from Mestre Joao Pequeno.
Over the years the group expanded to other regions in Brazil such as Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, and later to several countries around the world such as Canda, Italy and Israel among others, to which the Mestre makes annual visits in order to teach and help evolve their work with capoeira angola according to the group’s philosophy.