Mestre Ricardo Cachorro is a red-cord graduate from Grupo Bantus de Capoeira at Morro do Pavão e Pavãozinho. The first Master of the YMCA Capoeira Group in Governor’s Island in 1975, he became a certified Mestre in 1976 at age 21. That same year, he introduced capoeira to the U.S. in a live television show. He lives in Rio de Janeiro.