ABADÁ-Capoeira Rio de Janeiro (headquarters lineage)
Headquarters culture of ABADÁ-Capoeira, founded by Mestre Camisa. Local Rio training feeds international chapters; students share a cord system, rodas and large encounters that keep a Brazilian home linked to diaspora schools.
One of the world's largest capoeira associations. Start at a local class page via abada.org rather than treating the brand as an abstract network.
External page. Check current meetings, membership, and joining details directly with the group.
Other capoeira groups
Los Angeles academies of Grupo Capoeira Brasil, the lineage founded by Mestres Boneco, Paulinho Sabiá and Paulão Malonês. Weekly rodas, belt progressions and batizado festivals mix martial training with berimbau music and a tight student-mestre social life.
Historic Rio capoeira group from the mid-century academy generation that helped move capoeira from street roda into structured teaching. Mestres of the Senzala lineage seeded schools across Brazil and Europe that still share repertoire and etiquette.