Tekken

Namco invited Mestre Marcelo out to Japan and digitized his movements. These movements were used for Eddy Gordo, Tiger and Christie Monteiro in the Namco hit games Tekken 3, Tekken Tag and Tekken 4. Therefore, Eddy Gordo, Tiger and Christie are the digital incarnation of Mestre Marcelo himself. With few exceptions, all of their movements are authentic Capoeira, as practiced by Mestre Marcelo.

Strangely, the English names of the moves have been changed. In the Japanese version of Tekken 3, the Brazilian names that were given by Mestre Marcelo were used,but with minor mistakes in pronunciation and naming.

Does Eddy have a capoeira nickname?
Eddy's second costume has the word, "Faisca" on it. Faisca means 'spark' in Brazilian Portuguese . Mestre Marcelo once had a student he nicknamed Faisca.

What color is his belt?
In the second costume Eddy has a blue and white cordão.  Not bad for a 27 year old! (A blue and white cordão is considered a master of third degree by the Capoeira Federation System and usually takes at least 25 years to achieve...after being graduated in Capoeira).

Where did the gymnastics flare come from?
We know that Namco wanted to use the troca é pião move for the flair since that is what the move is called in Tekken 3. Mestre Marcelo thinks Namco lost the motion capture for troca é pião and hired a gymnast to do the flare.

What is Eddy's most effective move?
According to Marcelo, he told Namco that the cabeçada should be a fast and deadly move.  Indeed, the strongest Eddy players agree that the cabeçada is their bread and butter ground game move.

In a tribute to his Mestre, Mestre Marcelo suggested a combinação Suassuna:  two mid-cabeçadas followed by a cabeçada uppercut to the jaw.  Regrettably, Namco chose not to include this deadly sequence.