Bavua Ntinu André

{{Short description|Spiritual master of the psv}}

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| birth_name = Bavua Ntinu

| birth_date = {{birth year|March 22, 1939}}

| birth_place = Mbanza-Ngungu, Belgian Congo

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2013|10|5|74|df=y}}

| death_place = Mbanza-Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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| occupation = Religious leader and martial art practitioner

| known_for = Puissance spirituelle du verbe; founder of the National School of Martial Arts

| successor =

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Bavua Ntinu André (March 22, 1939 – October 5, 2013) was a martial art practitioner and initiator of Japanese sports (Karate and Judo) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as the Great Master Bavua Ntinu Decantor, founder of the National School of Martial Arts (EMAM) and, Supreme Chief of Spiritual Power of the Verb (PSV), which he was also founder and first spiritual leader of the organization.{{Cite web|last=Martin Enyimo|date=2013-10-07|title=Karaté : décès du grand Me Bavua Ntinu Decantor {{!}} adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo|url=https://www.adiac-congo.com/content/karate-deces-du-grand-me-bavua-ntinu-decantor|access-date=2021-11-05|website=www.adiac-congo.com|language=fr}}{{Cite web|last=lephare|date=2010-06-01|title=" Grand maître " Bavua a une solution pour l'Afrique noire|url=https://www.lephareonline.net/grand-maitre-bavua-a-une-solution-pour-lafrique-noire/|access-date=2021-11-05|website=Journal Le Phare, Quotidien indépendant paraissant à Kinshasa|language=fr-FR|archive-date=2016-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822034511/https://www.lephareonline.net/grand-maitre-bavua-a-une-solution-pour-lafrique-noire/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite journal|last=Kabongo|date=2011-04-20|title=Centrafrique: La puissance spirituelle du verbe dévoilée|url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201104200733.html|journal=Africa Info (Douala)|language=fr}}{{Cite web|date=2014-12-22|title=Un des précurseurs du Judo en RDC : Gd Me Mukuna fête ses 75 ans d'âge|url=https://7sur7.cd/un-des-precurseurs-du-judo-en-rdc-gd-me-mukuna-fete-ses-75-ans-dage|access-date=2021-11-06|website=7sur7.cd|language=fr}}{{Cite web|last=Jean-René Bompolonga|date=2002-01-30|title=Un grand maître congolais recommande l'initiation des Noirs aux sciences occultes|url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200201300603.html|website=Le Phare|language=fr}}