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Via the drop down menu above, you can make a selection. There are more then 2500 capoeira schools worldwide. Most of them are in Brasil. However, since the 80's Capoeira is spread all over the world. Especially in Europe and Asia capoeira schools are growing and growing each year.

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Capoeira schools - worldwide!

School name:	Address:	Country:	Telephone:	Website:	Contact:	Instructor:	Information:
Capoeira Angola	Eindhoven Brabant	Nederland	0031 - 061 3483758	http://	email	Totti Angola
Balanca	Westerlaan Zwolle Overijssel	Nederland	0031 06 20 788 053	http://	email	Cyclone	Supergave trainingen. Kleine groep. Super instructor!
grupo capoeira brasil - europa	Galijoenstraat 49-09 Tilburg Brabant	Nederland	0031 623603845	http://	email	mestre Paulao Ceara
Academia Capoeira de Mar	Heerenveen Friesland	Nederland	0031647552418	http://	email	Formado Padeiro
Balanca	Nijmegen Gelderland	Nederland		http://www.balanca.tk/	email	Pardal, Alagoas
Batuque Capoeira Group	Oude Velperweg 36 Arnhem Gelderland	Nederland	+31651690396	http://www.capoeiraholland.com/	email	Contra-mestre Vladimir Frama
Batuque Capoeira Group	Groenewoudseweg 322 Nijmegen Gelderland	Nederland	0031629524647	http://www.capoeiraholland.com/	email	Contra-mestre Vladimir Frama
Escola Senzala de Capoeira	Munnekeholm 10 Groningen Groningen	Nederland	0031-20-615 86 05	http://	email	Trombadinho
Blijd - Capoeira	Platformtheater, Boterdiep 46 Groningen Groningen	Nederland	0031-50-312 26 66	http://www.baotrieu.com/	email	Mestre Gildo Valu
Senzala	Rjinbeekstraat 8 Venlo Limburg	Nederland	+31 77 352 1858	http://www.capoeirasenzala.nl	email	Professor Formiga
Capoeira brasil	eikendonkplein 21 Den bosch Brabant	Nederland	00310736121565	http://www.gowiththeflow.nl/	email	amigao
Batuque Capoeira Group	Hockeyweg 8 Uden Brabant	Nederland	0031646273066	http://www.capoeiraholland.com/	email	Aluno Graduado Verminoso
Grupo Capoeira Brasil	Eindhoven Brabant	Nederland	0031613764806	http://www.capoeira-eindhoven.tk/	email	Professor Tayson	mo: 21:00-22:30 we: 16:30-18:00 & 19:00-20:00 fr: 17:00-18:30 & 21:00-22:30
Grupo Capoeira Brasil	Oliemolen 31 Roosendaal Brabant	Nederland	0031-165-56 34 29	http://members.tripod.com/~CapoeiraBrasil/classes.	email	Mestre Paul
Pernada Baiana	Amsterdam Noord-Holland	Nederland	0031625453105	http://www.pernada-baiana.nl/	email	Contra Mestre Robô Gigante
Grilo	Verbindingsstraat 2 Amsterdam Noord-Holland	Nederland	0031653610318	http://www.grilocapoeira.com/	email	Contra-mestre Grilo	ALL LEVELS Tue from 19.00 to 21.30 De Mosaiek - Verbindingsstraat 2 from 19.00 to 21.30 Thu Montessori school - Karel du Jardinstraat from 19.00 to 21.00
Escola Senzala de Capoeira Amsterdam	Fannius Scholtenstraat 58 I Amsterdam Noord-Holland	Nederland	+31-20-684 39 58	http://	email	Contra-Mestre Samara (Claudio Lemos)
Grupo de Capoeira Volta ao Mundo	Kuiperstraat 47 I Amsterdam Noord-Holland	Nederland	+31-20-675 12 63	http://www.grilocapoeira.com/	email	Contra-Mestre Grilo
Associao de Capoeira Berimbau de Ouro	Overtoom 89 II Amsterdam Noord-Holland	Nederland	+31-20-618 82 14	http://	email	Mestre Marreta (Luiz Carlos Afonso)
Street Capoeira	Andreas Bonnstraat 28 Amsterdam Noord-Holland	Nederland	+31-628-47 41 75 (Mobile)	http://	email	Mestre Miti
De Mar	J.P. Thijsseschool Den Helder Noord-Holland	Nederland	+31647552418	http://www.geocities.com/capoeiraned/	email	Formado Padeiro
Capoeira School Semente da Senzala	Gasthuisvest 47 Haarlem Noord-Holland	Nederland	0031 06 47950717	http://www.capoeirahaarlem.nl/	email	Formado Geraldo Coutinho / Lisette Spaargaren	Dinsdag: 19.30-21.30 Donderdag: 20.15-22.15 Cultureel Centrum de Egelantier
Rabo de Arraia	Nieuwe schoolweg 45a Enschede Overijssel	Nederland	0031 06-12345678	http://www.tinko.nl/	email	Contra-Mestre Xingu
Casca Dura Capoeira Company	Utrecht Utrecht	Nederland	0031 6 51526904	http://www.cascadura.nl/	email	Picapau
Abada Capoeira Holanda	Bandoengstraat 77 Utrecht Utrecht	Nederland		http://	email	Pica-Pau
Alddeia	De Vliegerstraat 55 Rotterdam Zuid-Holland	Nederland	+31 6 15637803	http://www.capoeira.nl/	email	Araminho
Abada Capoeira Rotterdam	Rotterdam Zuid-Holland	Nederland	0031-10-478 05 43	http://www.imachine.nl/capoeira/	email	Araminho
Grupo Capoeira Brasil	Rotterdam Zuid-Holland	Nederland	0031 010-2818333	http://	email	Mestre Paul
Abada Capoeira Rotterdam	Rotterdam Zuid-Holland	Nederland	0031-10-478 05 43	http://www.imachine.nl/capoeira/	email	Araminho
oficina da capoeira	Berchemstadionstraat 73 - sportcentrum Antwerpen Antwerpen	Nederland	(0032) 0495-35 50 74	http://	email	graduada abelha
Capoeira Porto de Minas vzw	Louizastraat 17 Antwerpen Antwerpen	Nederland	0495/355074	http://	email	Totti Angola
Abada Capoeira Bruxelles	Rue de la glaciere 16-18 Brussels Brabant	Nederland	0477.448.304	http://	email	Professor Br
	nijmegen	Nederland		http://	email
grupo capoeira brasil - europa	Galijoenstraat 49-09	Nederland	0031 623603845	http://	email	mestre Paulao Ceara
Association of Capoeira Master Bimba ( ACMB )	Indoor Gijzelaarsstraat 23 - tram 8 Antwerpen Antwerpen	Belgie	0474.93.35.31	http://www.kaupoeira.be/	email	KAU AMORIM	Monday Antwerpen from 21.00 till 23.00 hs Tuesday Mechelen * from 18.00 till 20.00 hs Wednesday Antwerpen from 21.00 till 23.00 hs Thursday Antwerpen from 20.00 till 22.00 hs Saturday Antwerpen from 16.00 till 18.00 hs
Meia lua de Bezios	Judozaal KSK Beveren Beveren	Belgie	0498/120 777	http://www.capoeirista.be/	email	Mestre Gideon	Beveren: wednesdays 18h30
Grupo Cativeiro Capoeira	Brabant 1150 Brussel Brabant	Belgie	03/440.99.59	http://www.capoeira-school.be	email	Mestre Djop	Friday, 7pm-8.30pm

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Capoeira Angola

Angola is considered to be the true root style of capoeira, often characterized by slower, sneakier movements played closer to the ground and with the players playing their games in closer proximity to each other. Capoeira Angola, in actuality, is played in a great range of speeds, ranging from Mestre Rene's school (with fast, highly acrobatic movements and frenetic high tempo music) to Mestre João Pequeno's school (with much slower, methodical movements to low tempo, hypnotic music). The father of modern Capoeira Angola is considered to be Mestre Pastinha (Paas-cheen-yah) who lived in Salvador, Bahia. Today, most of the Capoeira Angola media that is accessible comes from mestres in Pastinha's lineage, but this isn't to say that he was the only one or that he was the originator. Many others helped in the preservation and propagation of Capoeira Angola, including Mestre Caiçara, Mestre Bobo, Mestre Noronho, Besouro Mangangá, etc. The Angola style, while emphasizing the traditions and history of capoeira remains a contemporaneous art in the vibrant street scene of Salvador, Bahia. There is a diversity of styles and players, all of the traditional form, playing or performing in a great range of speeds and testing each other in various academies and in the street.

Capoeira Regional

Regional is a newer and more martially-oriented game. Regional was developed by Mestre Bimba to make capoeira more mainstream and accessible to the public, and less associated with the criminal elements of Brazil. While capoeiristas can sometimes play Angola-like, slow games, the Regional style is most often composed of fast and athletic play. On the contrary to what you might read elsewhere, Bimba's Regional style contains almost none of acrobatic movements so often associated with capoeira. It is combat oriented while maintaining the trickiness of Capoeira Angola.

Later, so called modern Regional came to be (see the next section about capoeira contemporanea). Developed by other people from Bimba's Regional, this type of game is characterized by high jumps, acrobatics, and spinning kick. This Regional should not be confused with the original style created by Mestre Bimba.

Regional ranks capoeiristas (Capoeira players) by ability, denoting different skill with the use of a corda (colored rope, also known as cordel or cordão) worn as a belt. Angola does not use such a formal system of ranking, relying instead upon the discretion of a student's mestre. In both forms, though, recognition of advanced skill comes only after many years of constant practice.