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Grupo Axé Capoeira is one of the many Capoeira Grupos around the world. It can be classified as a school that teaches "Contemporary Capoeira" (Capoeira Contemporânea). Mestre Barrão's philosophy is that Capoeira

Capoeira

Capoeira is a Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, sports, and music. It was created in Brazil mainly by descendants of African slaves with Brazilian native influences, probably beginning in the 16th century...

must always change/evolve to improve itself and has been striving to see this purpose achieved. Based in Vancouver, he tours the world conducting workshops, doing demonstrations and conducting batizado

Batizado

A Batizado is normally an annual event for a Capoeira group in a region or country. The practice of Capoeira Batizados originates from Capoeira Regional, but has been extended to other styles.Batizados are large events and are very important for the group organizing it...

s for the advancement of his school and, by extension, Capoeira

Capoeira

. It was founded and led by Mestre Barrão

Mestre Barrão

-First Mestre: Mestre Pirajá:Marcos "Barrão" DaSilva was born in Recife in 1961 into a state of poverty. He displayed an early talent for the drums with which he earned his keep as a lad. At the age of 13, Mestre Pirajá took young Marcos under his wing and started to teach him Capoeira...

History

Grupo Axé Capoeira began in Recife

Recife

Recife is the fifth-largest metropolitan area in Brazil with 4,136,506 inhabitants, the largest metropolitan area of the North/Northeast Regions, the 5th-largest metropolitan influence area in Brazil, and the capital and largest city of the state of Pernambuco. The population of the city proper...

, Brazil in 1982. Today, with academies throughout Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, United States, Europe, Asia and South America, the Grupo continues to rise as one of the world's leading Capoeira organizations. Backed by worldwide releases of eight albums of music on CD, the video release of the 2000 International Encounter and two Performance videos from the Axé Capoeira Volume IV and V CD releases, enrollment continues to steadily increase. The Grupo also continues to travel around the world promoting Brazilian culture, music and dance, and participating in Capoeira and open martial art exhibitions and competitions.

Objectives

Axé Capoeira is working hard to ensure that Capoeira has a strong future . Through research, travel and participating in events, we hope to increase our knowledge in the art and contribute to the evolution of Capoeira. Our goal is for Capoeira to be placed among the most widely practiced and respected martial art forms in the world.

Philosophy & Methodology

The philosophy of Grupo Axé Capoeira is to respect all the mestres, preserve the roots and traditions of Capoeira, and train Capoeira in all its aspects: as a fight, art, dance, music and culture. We endeavor to teach and educate so that capoeira will grow in a positive healthy way. We attempt to pass on to the students physical and mental methods of training so that they learn to create situations and maintain a dialogue within the game. By playing both with friends and enemies, students learn to deal with any situation in or out of the roda. In North America, we not only teach movements, but the Brazilian language and customs as well so that the students may become true capoeiristas. The Grupo is very tight-knit, and can be seen at times as exclusive of others. This is not due to disrespect, but the need for Grupo Axé to focus on developing the group before all else.

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