Activities such as Surf, Skate, Parkour and other extreme sports have got their proper highlight on TV today. Capoeira, despite its beauty and musicality, never got into the reality of audiovisual main structures. ABeiramar.tv Capoeira Chnannel comes as the first to look for an audiovisual identity for capoeira, bringing a contemporary way to present its elements and its complexity. Today, it is the greatest reference in Capoeira videos, with more than 2.000 filed videos, and has been watched in more than 100 countries. In this way, it contributes to enhance Capoeira's prestige and popularity around the world.
Xango Capoeira Group was founded by Mestre Luizinho Barravento in Australia 2011. His group, however, have been operating in Australia since 1997 under the name Zambiacongo which was founded by Luizinho's father, Mestre Geni in Salvador - Bahia, Brazil.
The group's main objective it to Research, Divulge and preserve the Afro-Brazilian Culture. Promoting individual and community values based on Respect, Co-operation and Freedom. Using Capoeira as social integration tool, abolishing violence, discrimination and pre-conception, making friends and respecting all.
Mestre Luizinho leads the group's headquarters in the Gold Coast with branches also in Brisbane, Airlie Beach, Coffs Harbour, Darwin and Singapore. The group has two full time Capoeira studios, one at the Gold Coast and one in Brisbane which is run by Professor Caracol. His father, Mestre Coracao, is a former student of the Great Master Bimba and was the founder o Capoeira in the state of Queensland in 1990.
In Cambridge there aren't many classes where you can get fit, learn a new language, brush up on your singing skills and play an instrument all at the same time. Play Capoeira is open to all ages and aims to connect and inspire people through the philosophy of Capoeira, an exhilarating and elegant dance, fight, game from Brazil.