At least 6 months after 1st belt and training 3x a week.

Ideally 10+ months after 1st belt, training at least 2x a week and coming to fundamental class.

Be able to hold:

1. Squat 1 min

2. Plank 1 min

3. Wall handstand 30 sec

4. Low squat 30 sec

Ginga:

1. How to move laterally and around your partner with ginga

2. 1st fase da ginga

3. 2nd fase da ginga

4. 3rd fase da ginga

5. Arm variations 2 tempos

Escapes:

1. Lateral side to side

2. Lateral opposite side

How to block:

1. Galopante

2. Espelho

How to do:

1. Cutila

Negativa variations:

1. Troca a negativa

2. Senta na perna do rolê

3. Costura

Kicks traumatizantes:

1. Benção

2. Martelo

Acrobatics:

1. Au negativa e rolê

2. Au retorno

3. Bananeira with a partner up and down

Moving around:

1. Rolê 1 tempo

2. Rolê 2 tempos

3. Getting up from rolê laterally

4. Getting up from rolê backward

Understand the difference between the entrada and finta.

Entradas:

1. Entrada de armada

2. Entrada de meia lua de compasso

How to combine moves:

1. Meia lua de tras and meia lua avançando

2. Meia lua de frente base da ginga queixada

3. Meia lua de frente e armada

4. Armada and queixada

5. Armada and meia lua de compasso

6. Meia lua de compasso and queixada

Understand these 3 elements to improve your game strategy and be able to counterattack.

1. Direction:

1. Attack in favor

2. Attack against your partner

2. Distance:

Be able to work your ginga, kicks, and escape distance.

3. Timing:

Improve your timing.

1. Be able to do volta ao mundo.

2. Be able to play a 30 sec game where you use 2 different kicks, 2 different escapes, move around, do at least one acrobatic movement (e.g., au), and be able to respond to your partner.

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

Be able to clap and respond the chorus.

Participate in one event outside the studio. This can be a performance, outside roda or training, or another school’s event.

At least 2 years in capoeira.

If from another school, at least 6 months training with us.

Be able to:

1. Do 20 push-ups

2. Hold ponte for 20 sec

3. Play capoeira for 3 min without stopping

4. Touch your toes with straight legs

Ginga:

Be able to escape using fases da ginga.

Escapes:

1. Esgrima the part head

2. Pendulo

3. Esquiva do martelo

4. Esquiva da benção

5. Defende a ponteira

6. Esquiva com balanço

Negativa variations:

1. Negativa avançando

2. Negativa lateral

3. Negativa in diagonal to meia lua de compasso

4. Negativa de costas

Attacks:

Kicks from different bases:

1. Queixada avançando

2. Armada from back

3. Meia lua de compasso from back

Hand attacks:

1. Galopante

2. Espelho

Kicks traumatizantes:

1. Benção pulada

2. Chapa

Acrobatics:

1. Queda de rins

2. Entrada da ponte

3. Carneirinho to au

4. Bananeira de cabeça

Moving around:

Apply ginga, au, negativa, and rolê to move in the game.

1. Finta armada come back with queixada

2. Finta meia lua de compasso chang for negativa

1. Armada, esquiva baixa, and martelo

2. Armada, esquiva recuada, and martelo

3. Negativa lateral, rolê, and benção

4. Be able to combine 3 kicks without ginga

Fundamental sequences with a partner:

1. Armada + passagem + martelo

2. Armada + passagem + meia lua de compasso

3. Sequencia da meia lua de frente de tras

4. Sequencia da meia lua avançando

5. Sequencia da queixada recuada

6. Sequencia da queixada avançando

7. Sequencia da armada

8. Sequencia da meia lua de compasso

Fundamental sequences solo:

1. Meia lua de frente + au + negativa

2. Queixada + au + negativa

3. Meia lua de frente + armada + au + negativa

Be able to connect moves and create a conversation.

Movement position:

Based on your partner’s distance and movement, known how to move:

1. Forward

2. Backwards

3. Laterally, and around

Movement direction:

Which moves you can do at a diagonal or with your back to your partner, and how to apply them.

1. Be able to connect movements from sequences in the game.

2. How and when to use volta ao mundo.

3. Play fast capoeira with a lot of kicks.

4. Be able to buy fast games.

Roda structure

Be able to change among different formats of rodas: for example, multiples games going on at once, to one, to small, to compra compra, to only music in the end

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

1. Be able to play pandeiro solo.

2. Know the chorus of 10 corridos.

Participation

1. Complete 3 trainings outside class.

2. Participate in 1 event from another school.

3. Participate in 3 outside rodas.

At least 3 years in capoeira.

If from another school, at least 6 month training with us.

Be able to:

1. Do 10 single-arm negativa push-ups 10x

2. Hold ponte for 30 sec

3. Hold squat for 3 min

4. Hold plank for 2 min

5. Hold bananeira for 3 min (on the wall)

6. Play capoeira for 5 min without stopping

See how many queixadas you can do in 10 seconds.

Ginga:

Ginga to the breimbau rhythms of Mestre Bimba

Ginga variations:

1. Ginga recuando

2. Cruz

3. Sampaio ginga arms variation

Escapes:

1. Esquiva com balanço variation

2. Resistencia

3. Negativa angola and enrrolada

4. Aranha

5. Pendulo to escape jab and cross

6. Pendulo to escape hook

Kicks:

From different bases:

1. Armada avançando

2. Meia lua de compasso avançando

3. Meia lua de compasso for angola game

Traumatizantes:

1. Chapa giratoria

2. Joelhada to block negativa

Acrobatics:

1. Ponte to queda de rins

2. Bananeira de cabeça and hold for 10 sec

3. Au pesado

4. Au agulha

5. Au boca de siri

6. Bico de papagaio

7. Au de cabeça

How to do:

1. Rasteira

2. Vingativa

1. Finta armada + turn as you do the kick and escape

2. Finta queixada to ginga

Be able to do:

1. Two armada

2. Two meia lua de compasso

Fundamental sequences with a partner:

1. Sequencia de treino 1

2. Sequencia de treino 2

Fundamental sequences solo:

1. Sequencia meia lua de frente + au + negativa + meia lua de compasso + negativa + role senta na negativa + queda de rins

2. Sequencia queixada + au retorno + meia lua de compasso + negativa recuada + ponte

3. Sequencia meia lua de frente + armada + au + negativa trocada + meia lua de compasso + giro pelo alto + au

Bimba sequences:

1st, 2nd, and 3rd

Be able to identify direction patterns connect movements, following or breaking directions

1. Identify capoeira lineages

2. Know the difference between and when to play low, middle, and high games

3. Be able to play close to the ground, middle, and up

4. Buy different types of games

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

Identify rhythms:

1. Angola

2. São bento pequeno de angola

3. São bento grande de angola

4. São bento grande da regional

1. Organize a training with your peers/training partners

2. Participate in 1 event in another state or 3 local events

3. Participate in 3 outside rodas

At least 4 years in capoeira.

If from another school, at least 6 month training with us.

Flexibility

Be able to do front split or lateral split

OR

Strength

Hold squat for 5 min

OR

Speed

Beat last year’s number of queixadas in 10 sec

Ginga:

1. Be able to escape with fase da ginga

2. Do 3 different variations in the ginga using Mestre Bimba berimbau rhythms

3. Differentiate the ginga: Padrao, angola, and regional

4. Do ginga variation: Pega milho

5. Do ginga variation: Quebra da ginga

6. Do ginga variation: Giro da ginga pra meia lua de compasso

Escapes:

1. Negativa vazada

2. Espalhada

3. Arriada

4. Escala

5. Resistencia troca o lado

6. Passo a frente

Kicks:

1. S batido

2. Parafuso

3. Defend cabeçada with esgrima

Kicks traumatizantes:

1. Esporão

2. Cabeçada em pé

3. Joelhada to counterattack cabeçada

Acrobatics:

1. Ponte perna no alto

2. Au de cabeça

3. Corta capim

4. Queda de rins batida

5. Au defend cabeçada

6. Currupio

Moving around:

1. Rolê de cabeça

2. Passagens de costas

Be able to apply with a partner:

1. Rasteira

2. Rasteira no chão

3. Vingativa

4. Banda de costas

5. Bate coxa

1. Finta armada + martelo after the turn

2. Finta armada + change leg to meia lua de compasso

3. Finta armada + vingativa

1. Five armada

2. Five meia lua de compasso

3. Bananeira + ponte

4. Mei lua de compasso transforma ponte

5. Esquiva baixa troca perna queixada

Sequences to start playing miudinho:

1. Sequencia cordão amarelo

2. Sequencia da aranha with partner

Sequence flow:

1. Finta meia lua to ponte por dentro

2. Finta meia lua to ponte por fora

3. Meia lua de compasso escala to ponte

Bimba sequences:

4th, 5th, and 6th

1. Be able to use fintas in the game

2. Respond to tesouras de angola

1. Apply takedowns in the game

2. Be able to start each type of games in different ways to enter the roda

3. Volta ao mundo capoeira angola

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

Play berimbau:

1. Angola

2. São bento pequeno de angola

3. São bento grande de angola

4. São bento grande da regional

Be able to hold the pandeiro and atabaque rhythm in the roda

1. Organize a training with your peers/training partners

2. Participate in 1 event in another state or 3 local events

3. Participate in 5 outside rodas

At least 5 years in capoeira, or 10 months training non-stop after your last belt.

If from another school, at least 5 years in capoeira and 6 months training with us.

Flexibility

Be able to do front split or lateral split

OR

Strength

Able to do 50 push-ups non-stop

OR

Speed

Beat last year’s number of queixadas in 10 sec

Ginga:

1. Swing em baixo (mestre mão branca)

2. Swing da esquiva lateral with arms straight

3. Swing jump

Escapes:

1. Passo ao frente and passo ao lado

2. Arriada

3. Passo ao frente to arriada

4. Valha meu deus

Kicks

1. Camaleão

2. Biqueira

From different bases

1. Armada from lateral base

2. Meia lua de compasso from lateral base

Acrobatics:

1. Ponte perna no alto + relogio

2. Volta por cima

3. Transforma da queda de rins pra ponte

4. Relogio + volta por cima

5. Giro da queda de rins

6. Volta na ponte

7. Macaco

8. Au CDO

9. Au pra frente

10. Parada CDO

Moving around:

Volume of different connected moves

1. Tesoura de costa

2. Tesoura de frente

3. Arrastão

4. Trava arrastão

5. Escape from agarramento from back

6. Escape from vingativa with another vingativa

7. Escape from vingativa using arms, negativa, tesoura de frente

1. Base lateral, side shuffle to kick meia lua de compasso

2. Base lateral, side shuffle to kick martelo

3. Finta biqueira to martelo

4. Finta armada gira meia lua de compasso

5. Finta meia lua de compasso negativa to S batido

6. Finta meia lua troca base meia lua de compasso

1. Be able to do 2 armadas without your kicking foot touching the floor

2. Be able to do armada followed by meia lua de compasso without your kicking foot touching the floor

Mestre Bimba sequences:

7th and 8th

Sequences to start playing miudinho:

Sequencia meia lua de compasso and passo a frente with partner

Sequencia takedowns:

Armada + vingativa + trava + vingativa + grab head + negativa to tesoura

Sequence flows:

1. Currupio

2. Meia lua de compasso escala to macaco

3. Meia lua de compasso escala corta capim transforma to ponte

4. Meia lua de compasso escala to L

Learn to create your own sequences:

1. Create 1 sequence solo

2. Create 1 partner sequence

Chamadas

Play angola using aranha sequence

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

1. Play berimbau and sing

2. Play samba pandeiro and agogô

Research capoeira history

Research capoeira Angola

Research mestres:

1. Besoura Mangangá

2. Maria Doze Homens

3. Madame Satã

4. Mestre Cobrinha Verde

5. Mestre Waldemar

6. Mestre Caiçara

7. Mestre Pastinha

8. Mestre Bimba

Practice Portuguese

At least 6 years in capoeira, or 10 months training nonstop since your last belt.

If from another school, at least 5 years in capoeira and 6 months training with us.

Research

1. Be able to explain the differences between strength, mobility, speed, power, endurance, balance and how to train those elements.

2. Understand the different types of flexibility exercises and when to apply them.

3. Be able explain how to do a push-up, squat, hinge, plank, and one more exercise of your choice.

Perform:

Power:

1. Beat last year’s queixadas

2. Check how fast you can do meia lua de compasso

3. Measure how far or high you can jump

Strength and control:

Hold handstand 20 sec off the wall

Ginga:

Be able to teach someone how to do ginga, arm circles, and partner ginga.

Perform:

1. Quebra da ginga lateral + cocoras

2. Quebra da ginga recuando + swing da queixada

3. Po de mico

4. Swing no pé do berimbau

Escapes:

Ginga pendulo da base da ginga de trás

Kicks:

1. Parafuso com martelo rodado

2. Break the kick in the middle

Acrobatics:

1. Au coluna

2. S dobrado

3. Corta capim

4. Giro de mão

5. Au com giro de mão

6. Au sem mão

7. Meia lua na queda de rins

1. Boca de calca

2. Presilha

3. Tomba da ladeira

4. Escape from vingativa with tesoura de costas

5. Passagens de costas + banda

6. Passagens de costas + vingativa

7. Passagens de costas + tesoura de frente

1. Use hands to distract partner/place them where you want

2. Finta meia lua de frente quadril

3. Finta queixada quadril

4. Create 1 situation using finta

1. Rasteira face the kick meia lua de compasso

2. Rasteira face the kick chapa giratoria

3. Passagens de costas + resistencia

4. Esquiva na ginga pra meia lua de compasso

5. Baixa voltando no giro da rasteira

6. Resistencia troca to rasteira de chao

7. Meia lua de compasso + au sem mão

Miudinho sequences:

1. Sequencia cocobunda

2. Sequencia do rolê

Regional sequence:

One sequencia de balão

Sequence flows:

1. Armada finta meia lua de compasso indo pra que da rins

2. Meia lua de compasso escala entra no relogio, corta capim S

3. Meia lua de compasso do outro lado desce na esquiva com balanço relogio volta por cima, conectando o giro da queda de rins

4. Meia lua de compasso escala to L

Create your own sequences:

1. Create 3 different sequence solos with at least 3 moves

2. Create 2 partner sequences

Practice show choreography that includes each of the following:

1. Angola

2. Takedowns

3. Fast kicks

4. Game

Play miudinho

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

1. Play berimbau angola and sing 1 ladainha

2. Play São Bento and sing corridos

Play atabaque bases:

1. Congo

2. Barravento

3. Ijexa

4. Samba

1. Research capoeira lineages

2. Learn the maculelê choreography

Practice Portuguese

At least 7 years in capoeira, or 10 months training nonstop since your last belt.

If from another school, at least 6 years in capoeira and 1 year training with us, and must complete 60% of movements from previous levels.

Be able to do:

1. 5x pistol squat each leg

2. 15x jump squats

3. 15x push-up claps

4. 30 sec skater jumps

5. Beat last year’s meia lua de compasso

6. Hold handstand 30 sec off the wall

Ginga:

Study how two different mestres do ginga and mimic them.

Escapes:

1. Ponte to escape

2. Escape with au

3. Escape with another kick

Kicks:

1. Martelo de chão

2. Armada pulada

3. Chapa pulada

4. Voo do morcego

Plus, study 3 kicks from different schools and mimic them.

Acrobatics:

1. Au coluna trocado

2. Meia lua de coluna

3. Parafuso de costas

Trava negative pass above and tesoura de costas

1. Create 2 situations using fintas

2. Finta meia lua de compasso, change legs and martelo

1. Macaco com giro de mão

2. S dobrado com giro de mão

3. Macaco descendo pra cabeça

4. Meia lua de coluna

5. Bico de papagaio com giro de mão

Miudinho sequences:

1. Sequencia au retorno

2. Sequencia carneirinho

3. Sequencia rasteira cabeçada

4. Sequence currupio na armada

5. Sequence au defend the cabeçada

Mestre Bimba sequences:

1. The 8 sequences of Mestre Bimba

2. Two balão sequences

Create your own:

1. Create 3 sequence solos with at least 5 moves

2. Create 2 partner sequences using attacks and counterattacks

3. Create an angola sequence situation

New choreography with sequences that include:

1. Angola

2. Takedowns

3. Fast kicks

4. Game

Be able to start the roda

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

Play berimbau rhythm São Bento Grande da Regional and sing

Play atabaque drum:

1. Congo

2. Barravento

3. Ijexa

4. Samba

1. Research capoeira miudinho

2. Learn the puxada de rede choreography

3. Help me in my kids class to see how I work with the kids for 1 month

Start to have conversations in Portuguese

Teach a CapoFit class

At least 8 years in capoeira, or 10 month training non-stop ince your last belt.

If from another school, at least 6 years in capoeira and 1 year training with us, and must complete at least 60% of movements from previous levels.

Be able to do all sequences learned up to this point.

Our training sequences:

1. Armada + passagem + counterattack

2. Sequencia de treino 1

3. Sequencia de treino 2

4. Takedowns sequence

Traditional Regional sequences:

1. 8 sequences of Mestre Bimba

2. Two balão sequences

Sequencia Angola:

1. Meia lua de compasso

2. Chamadas

Flow sequences:

1. Sequencia meia lua de frente + au + negativa + meia lua de compasso + negativa + role senta na negativa + queda de rins

2. Sequencia queixada + au retorno + meia lua de compasso c negativa recuada c ponte

3. Sequencia meia lua de frente + armada + au + negativa trocada + meia lua de compasso + giro pelo alto com au

4. Finta meia lua to ponte por dentro

5. Finta meia lua to ponte por fora

6. Meia lua de compasso escala to ponte

7. Meia lua de compasso escala to macaco

8. Meia lua de compasso escala corta capim transforma to ponte

9. Meia lua de compasso escala to L

10. Armada finta meia lua de compasso indo pra que da rins

11. Meia lua de compasso escala entra no relogio, corta capim S

12. Meia lua de compasso do outro lado desce na esquica com balanço relogio volta por cima, conectando o giro da queda de rins

Miudinho sequences:

1. Sequencia cordão amarelo

2. Sequencia da aranha

3. Sequencia da meia lua compasso passo a frente

4. Sequencia do currupio

5. Sequencia cocobunda

6. Sequencia do role

7. Sequencia au retorno

8. Sequencia carnerinho

9. Sequencia rasteira cabeçada

10. Sequence currupio na armada

11. Sequence au defend the cabeçada

Lead a roda with your friends

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

Play berimbau rhythm:

São Bento Grande da Regional and sing quadra

Play atabaque rhythms drum variations

1. Congo

2. Barravento

3. Ijexa

Be able to sing a ladainha, louvação, and corridos in the roda

1. Help me in my kids class to see how I work with the kids for 1 month.

2. Research mestres from our school.

Write a ladainha and one corrido

Be able to lead an adults class for beginners

1. 3 years training consistently after Instrutor belt

1. Complete online teachers course

2. Teacher under my supervision for 2 months

3. Complete teacher requirements

4. Teaching capoeira in schools and/or in a studio for one year

• Do not start or become involved in any problem or drama in our community.

• Behave with respect for yourself, your teacher, and your training partners.

• Avoid drama: don’t create problems that interfere with the harmony and balance of the group.

• If something is affecting you, handle it with ethics, honor, sincerity, humility, integrity, and good intentions.

Travel to Brazil at least one time

1. Play mestre bimba rhythms

2. Play capoeira angola rhythms

3. Play miudinho

4. Be able to also play rhythms in the agogô, pandeiro, and atabaque

Play Iuna

1. Time at least 5 years after instructor belt

2. More then 20 years old

3. Be training consistently

4. Developing a “trabalho” with capoeira

5. Be involved with the community

You be going through a process off learn the most important tools that you will need to be able to success us a teacher

1. Requirement: 3 years training with me, if you came from another group, 3 year training at least and 1 year training with me

2. Complete my teacher course

3. Accompany me 1 month in one of my classes where you want to teacher

After Complete Learning phase you start your trial phase

1. You need to have a criminal report

2. Requirement: 20 hours experience teaching capoeira with my supervision in my studio

After complete Learning and trial phase you can start teaching under my supervision

* This don’t means you have the title of teacher in capoeira, only you complete each belt requirement to move forward

Only after you get your professor belt you will not need my supervision to teach but only if you accomplish all the steps needed