Mestre
Mindinho
Capoeira is a conversation you have with your body. Mestre Mindinho has been having it since he was a boy in Rio de Janeiro, and he still learns something in every roda.
Grupo Capoeira Brasil · in the lineage of Mestre Paulinho Sabiá
M-Coach
Personal coaching from Mestre Mindinho, on top of the classes you already take. It starts in January 2027. Join the list to hear first.
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Curriculum, graduations, help running a school, technical guidance and visits from Mestre Mindinho.
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Workshops for capoeira schools, gyms, universities, cultural events and festivals.
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He grew up in Rio de Janeiro, started capoeira as a child and was already teaching it as a teenager.
Mestre Mindinho teaches in Grupo Capoeira Brasil, in the lineage of Mestre Paulinho Sabiá. He built a school in San Diego, and then one in Palm Springs, where he teaches today.
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Bring capoeira to your floor
Workshops built from a lifetime of practice: movement, music and the strategy of the game. Any level, any room.
All workshopsBeginners and mixed levels: ginga, kicks, esquivas, roda culture, and the essentials of the game.
Smooth transitions, floor movement, creative entries and exits: capoeira as a flowing conversation.
Safe progressions into aú, macaco and bananeira, built into the game, not performed beside it.
The roda doesn't ask where you're from. It asks if you'll play.
— Mestre Mindinho
Open Roda & the online class
Open Roda
A letter from Mestre Mindinho every week: a word, a song, something to watch. Free.
Read it and sign upOnline class
Saturdays at 12:00 PM Pacific, confirmed week by week. All levels, from wherever you are. Free.
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