Capoeira News Online

The Brazilian who brings capoeira to Bucharest, from Romanian-Insider.com:

In 2008, Minhoca, then a man in his ‘20s, with strong arms and some hardly visible scars on his face from the days when capoeira was raw and aggressive, but with a soft voice, came to a Bulgarian resort on a two-year contract. He performed in a show combining capoeira elements with other dance elements originating from Africa. During his stay in Bulgaria, he met a Romanian guy who said that he would help him start a…

Online social news network Rappler.com recently published the newest entry in their Gameplan series, featuring Kadara Capoeira of Manila, the Philippines. The entry’s focus is a smooth and inspiring video led by new Gameplan host Mara Lopez and captures the experience of her first capoeira class.

Joseph Pagulayan, country director of an international capoeira school named Kadara Capoeira, shared what these songs conveyed. “There’s this (Brazilian) Capoeira song that perfectly…

Mestre Acordeon on YouTube UCA Berkeley Official Website

Mestre Ombrinho of New York City’s Capoeira Angola Quintal was recently honored with the Lower East Side Community Leadership Award, as covered by Lindsey Ellefson for the Lo-Down:

“I feel there’s lots of times people don’t get awards for their service and I’m lucky this time,” he said. “I’ve been doing this work for a long, long time.”

Mercury News, a San Jose, California paper, recently covered Capoeira of San Jose in an article titled, Brazilian martial art demonstration draws crowd to Milpitas Public Library:

The free hour-long performance in the auditorium, part of the library’s Summer Reading Challenge program, included songs in Portuguese and music created on instruments with origins in Brazil, such as the berimbau, a one-string, bow-like string instrument. Familiar instruments included a drum and a tambourine.