Contra-Mestre Chicote began Capoeira at the age of ten, by playing in the streets. Then, noticed by Mestre Matias (today in Switzerland), he started to train in the group Berimbau de Ouro. In 1996, he became part of the group Cordão De Ouro and has never looked back.

He traveled all of Brazil, from one roda to another, gaining knowledge from many Mestres and enriching his diversity in the art and culture of Capoeira. He kept maintaining a successful Cordão De Ouro branch of Capoeira within Patos de Minas (Minas Gerais). This social and educational project makes it possible for several teenagers to be fully invested in Capoeira and to reach high levels. Among these, Professor Piolho, Instructor Tizil, Tineca, Dino and many others, in Chicote's absence, have taken charge of this project and are continuing to succeed.

Chicote left Brazil for the United States in 2001, when he settled in Iowa. There, he taught Capoeira for the PLAIN club of the local university (Cedar Falls), a project founded and maintained by Jill Hartleip, Instrutora Pulginha. Chicote also contributed to the establishment of Cordão De Ouro in the Midwest, by assisting with the arrival of Contra Mestre Denis (2003), Professor Xara (2004). He then made his way west to California where he established other schools being led by his students in LA, Oakland, Emeryville, and Vallejo. Professors Berinjela and Xangô, Instructor Preá, and Estagiario Zumbi are currently leading this branch of his schools.

A subsequent course of events led him to France, where he settled in Paris in March 2005. He began sharing his knowledge and his experience with the pupils of the Association Capoeira Cordão De Ouro - Paris. Professor Piolho is at his side and, since their arrival in France, the Cordão de Ouro Capoeira - Paris branch has flourished and enjoyed several successful events and a growing substantial contingent of students. One of them - Monitor Frajola - has recently moved to South Africa and opened this new branch of Capoeira Cordao de Ouro in Cape Town, under the supervision of Contra Mestre Chicote.