My name is Contramestre Caxambu (he/him). After many, many years of informal exposure to capoeira, sufficient time opened up in my schedule in 1995 for rigorous sustained formal training that continues to this day.
My first opportunity for working with children was given to me by my mestre in the late 90s, teaching in the basement of Mt. Zion Baptist church.
I strive to use the music, movement, and improvisational aspects of this rich art form of capoeira to propel the kids to exceed their self- and societally-imposed limitations, with surprising results.
Indeed, “sometimes magic happens!”