Rochester Capoeira Center is a local establishment in Rochester, NY that offers classes in Capoeira Angola, an Afro-Diasporic art of self-defense, dance, and resistance. Their approach to Capoeira Angola focuses on mindful fitness and wellness, incorporating playful martial art movements disguised as flowing dance-like motions.
Capoeira, created by enslaved Africans and Indigenous peoples in Brazil, is played as a game between practitioners inside a circle of spectators, other players, and a band of musicians. Rochester Capoeira Center practices Mindful Capoeira, a style developed by their Master, Mestre Ombrinho, which emphasizes cooperation, proper technique, and control over violence, making it accessible to people of all ages and abilities.
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