“Carsky, an avid capoeira practitioner, traveled to Porto Seguro, Brazil in 2015 for the 7th World Encounter of Capoeira Sul Da Bahia and plans to go back this summer. “I witnessed people from all around the world who came to absorb capoeira where it originated,” he says. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that incorporates dance. “The African influence in Porto Seguro is rich, and observable in the food, artwork, people.”

“Capoeira Exchange Crew led participants from the crowd in basic capoeira movements Ginga, Cocorinha (escape), and Queixada (kick). This concluded the wonderful Halfway There! Community Celebration.”

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“It took me a couple months, but eventually I got the capoeira program at the facility started, and it was really successful. I was teaching about 20 to 60 kids per day. It was exactly what these kids needed.”

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