Capoeira News Online

Celine Schmitt’s article for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Ahead of Rio 2016, capoeira brings a taste of Brazil to DRC:

“Before we had capoeira, we had problems. Capoeira brought peace, self-control and love,” says Diack, one of Gardinois’ students. “Now we live well together, we are relaxed and are able to control ourselves. We also live well with the host population. They also come to do capoeira with us in the evening. We walk them home and we talk.”

Mestre Doutor’s Project Capoeira and Brazilian Day Philadelphia will be putting on an exciting show tonight at alongside one of the world’s largest private art collections.

Mestre Esquilo continues to inspire his students in Charlotte, North Carolina, even from afar.

August 3 is Dia do Capoeirista in Brazil, or Capoeirista Day!

With the 2016 Olympic Games fast approaching, the culture of Brazil—and especially of Rio de Janeiro—is getting lots of attention. Rocinha’s Acorda-Capoeira, led by Mestre Manel, was recently featured in a Reuters article detailing the mestre’s extraordinary efforts in building a successful capoeira community in one of Rio’s most notorious favelas.