Fridays 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm N.O.R.D. Annunciation Center is located at 800 Race St
Increase awareness using a pre-visualization technique by being aware of what your body is capable of and the ability to be able to visualize the movements you need to execute in your mind naturally. Also, knowing your energy level, along with controlling and maintaining your emotional levels
Tranquility – Calmness – Patience -Self-Control
Cleverness – deception and tactical maneuvers
Rhythm – Expression – Feeling – Re-connect to your Soul – ” both Mind and Body”
Freedom of movement – Mobility – Balance
Naturalness – Subtlety
Objectivity – self-preservation, and protection AKA Self Defense
Attire: Sneakers, T-shirt, and loose-fitting clothes, no shorts or tank tops. Classes taught by MESTRE Curtis Pierre students. The roots of “Kapoeira ” are in Angola, West Africa. It was brought to Brasil in the 1500s by enslaved Africans. Created as a means of self-defense in honor of their indigenous culture. Capoeira was originally an Angola. “Zebra dance” is used to seeing beginners