Category Archives: Important Information

Adding Value

How can we add more value to our classes to make our students have a better experience *Have pads, dummies and bags to use *Have mats for flipping and Capoeira tricks *Have instruments available to be used *Work on social media to bring the community together *Post the classes or techniques online so the students […]

CapoKids Batizado summer 2015

CapoKids Summer and Batizado EVENT 2015 Capoeira Volta Ao Mundo Wednesday,  May 27th Kids & Teen Roda        4:00pm-5:30pm Sarasota Academy (4672 McIntosh Lane, 34232) (ALL Children (not preschoolers)will ride the CapoBus to Sarasota. Bus leaves LWR at 3:30pm all teens are invited to attend we will Return by 6pm  Parents to Pick up in Lakewood […]

Dates For Batizados

Sarasota/Lakewood Ranch/Tampa/ St Pete/Miami 2015 CapoKids Batizado May 29th, Friday – Graduation of the CapoKids Preschool May 30th, Saturday – CapoKids Batizado and celebration of the end of the school year. May 31st, Sunday – Adult Batizado * more detailed information about the batizado in this page. Please, keep checking it from time to time […]

Batizado November 2014!

The batizado is designed to celebrate the students and their effort in learning this incredible art of Capoeira. Some people will be rewarded with a cord or their next cord but this should be a consequence of their hard work in class. The main reason for the batizado is: *to get together to see and […]

Volta ao Mundo Handbook

About Capoeira (kah-po-way-tta)   Capoeira took its shape in the bubbling cauldron of Brazil. Its roots trace from the African peoples enslaved there dating from the early 1500Æs. Its own evolution is testimony to the creative adaptability and will to survive of its people and culture. Still truly evolving, Capoeira has been spreading worldwide in […]

What Capoeira is About

Volta ao Mundo is a group of academies of Capoeira, a Brazilian Martial Art and Art form. Weáare a group of people dedicated to teach and instruct students and friends this art form created byáslaves in the 1500Æs in Brazil. We use the philosophy, movements, music and everything else related toácapoeira like maculele, puxada de […]