Evolve Miami Team · North Miami, FL
You've been
thinking about it.
Now see why.
You don't need to know anything about capoeira. You just need to be curious. What happens next might surprise you.
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Something is
calling you.
Maybe you've been feeling stuck. Maybe you want to get in shape but every gym feels like a chore. Maybe you're looking for something for your child. Something that builds confidence, discipline, focus. But doesn't feel like just another after-school activity.
"Most people who walk through our door don't know what capoeira is. They just know something is missing. And they're right."
Here's what nobody tells you: the thing you're looking for isn't a workout. It's a transformation. And capoeira has been doing exactly that for hundreds of years. Turning ordinary people into people who move differently, think differently, and carry themselves differently.
You don't need to be athletic. You don't need experience. You don't need to be young. You just need to show up.
Capoeira is not
what you think it is.
Most people think capoeira is just a martial art. It's not. It's a complete system. And every element of it changes something in you.
Martial Art
Self-Defense and AwarenessYou develop real self-defense skills, spatial awareness, and the ability to read people. Skills that transfer directly into everyday life.
Confidence. Focus. Resilience.Dance
Movement and ExpressionCapoeira teaches your body to move with fluidity and grace. You develop coordination, flexibility, and a relationship with your own body you've never had before.
Body Awareness. Coordination. Grace.Music
Rhythm and CultureEvery class has live music. The rhythm of the berimbau controls the game. You learn to feel it, respond to it. It rewires how you process stress and emotion.
Stress Relief. Rhythm. Cultural Depth.Acrobatics
Strength and AthleticismHandstands. Cartwheels. Flips. Things you thought were only possible in movies. Your body becomes capable of things you never imagined.
Strength. Agility. Belief in Yourself.Real benefits.
Real life.
Capoeira doesn't just change what you can do. It changes who you are. Here's what students consistently experience.
FOR ADULTS
Physical Transformation
Full-body conditioning, flexibility, strength, and stamina. Without ever feeling like you're just working out. Every class is a challenge you want to come back to.
Stress Release
The music, the movement, the community. It's impossible to stay in your head. Students report better sleep, lower anxiety, and a clearer mind after class.
Confidence That Carries Over
When you learn to do something you thought was impossible, it rewires how you see yourself everywhere else in life.
Community
You'll train with people who become real friends. This isn't a gym where everyone stares at their phone. We laugh, we sweat, we celebrate each other.
FOR KIDS AND TEENS
Focus and Discipline
Capoeira requires listening, following sequences, and paying attention. Kids who train consistently show measurable improvements in school focus and behavior.
Confidence and Anti-Bullying
Kids who know how to move and defend themselves carry themselves differently. They don't need to fight. They just don't get picked on.
Physical Literacy
Coordination, balance, spatial awareness. Skills that make kids better at every other sport and activity they try. Capoeira builds the foundation.
Cultural Identity
Kids learn Portuguese words, African history, Brazilian culture. They grow up with a broader view of the world and a deep respect for where things come from.
More than
a class.
When you join Evolve Miami Team, you're not just signing up for a workout. Here's everything that comes with your membership.
Watch: Everything included in your membership
Everything you get as a bonus.
On top of your capoeira classes, every membership includes these extras at no additional cost. Click each one to learn more.
Free Gym Access
Full access to Adapt Gym included in your membership
Every Evolve member gets full access to Adapt Gym at no extra cost. That means strength training, conditioning equipment, and a full fitness facility. All included in the same membership. You train capoeira and stay in shape. No separate gym membership needed.
Spa Access: Sauna and Cold Plunge
Recovery tools that most gyms charge extra for
After training, you have access to the sauna and cold plunge. These are recovery tools used by elite athletes worldwide. They reduce soreness, improve circulation, and help your body adapt faster. Most gyms charge extra for this. It's included in your membership.
Free Evolve T-Shirt
Welcome gift for every new member
Every new member receives a free Evolve Miami Team t-shirt when they join. It's our way of welcoming you to the family. Wear it to class, wear it to the gym, wear it anywhere. You're part of the team now.
Structured Curriculum
A clear path from beginner to advanced. No guessing.
You always know what you're learning and why. Every class builds on the previous one. You can track your own progress week by week. No confusion, no randomness. A real system designed to take you from zero to confident.
Music and Culture Classes
Berimbau, pandeiro, atabaque. History and culture.
Learn to play the instruments that drive every capoeira class. Understand the African and Brazilian history behind the art. This isn't just a fitness class. It's a cultural education. And it's included in your membership.
25+ Hours of Online Content
Videos, tutorials, and technique breakdowns. Anytime.
Train at home. Review what you learned in class. Get ahead before your next session. Our online library has over 25 hours of content covering technique, music, history, and conditioning. Available to all members at no extra cost.
Start your two weeks today.
Finish and join. We'll give you a free full uniform.
Start your 2-week trial now. When you finish and start your full membership, we will include a complete capoeira uniform at no extra cost. This bonus is only available if you sign up in the next 5 minutes.
How it works:
1. Sign up for the 2-week trial today ($29).
2. Complete your trial and love it.
3. Start your full membership.
4. We give you a full uniform. No extra charge.
Start My 2-Week Trial
Here's exactly
what will happen.
No surprises. No intimidation. Here's what your very first class looks like from the moment you walk in to the moment you leave.
What to Expect in Your First Capoeira Class
Watch: Full walkthrough
You're welcomed in
The first rule here is that everyone is kind. You'll be introduced, not thrown in. We know what it feels like to walk into a room full of strangers.
Warm-up and Music
We start with a guided warm-up simplified for new students. Then we play some instruments so you feel the energy that drives every class.
You learn the ginga
The ginga is the foundational movement of capoeira. The constant flow that everything else builds on. You'll learn it in your first class.
One kick. One escape.
By the end of class, you'll know one real capoeira kick and one defense movement. You'll practice them with a partner. You'll feel what capoeira actually is.
Floor work and acrobatics
Animal drills, ground movement, maybe a handstand or cartwheel. Your body starts learning how to move close to the ground. The foundation of everything.
The roda: the game
If you're comfortable, you'll see or even try the capoeira game. Two people in the circle, music playing, movement flowing. This is what it's all about.
FOR KIDS
With kids, everything above is done through games. Tag games, obstacle courses, music games, stations. The goal is the same. But kids learn through play, and that's exactly how we teach them. They leave sweaty, smiling, and asking when the next class is.
What we do
in class.
Click on your program to see a real class in action.
Adults and Teens Program
Our adult program starts with the fundamentals. Ginga, kicks, escapes, and partner drills. And progressively builds toward advanced techniques, acrobatics, and the full capoeira game. Every class is a workout, a cultural experience, and a community gathering.
Kids Program
Our kids program teaches the same capoeira fundamentals. But through games, challenges, and play. Kids develop coordination, discipline, confidence, and cultural awareness in a safe, structured, and joyful environment. They don't just learn capoeira. They grow into it.
We've been
recognized.
When national television comes looking for authentic capoeira in Miami, they come to us.
Univision's Number 1 Morning Show
International Brazilian Network
The truths about
capoeira.
Most people have the wrong concept or idea about capoeira. Here are 5 myths that keep people from starting, and the truth behind each one.
Capoeira is just dancing. It's not real self-defense.
There's a reason this one comes up so often. It's completely wrong.
Discover the real truth
Capoeira is just dancing. It's not real self-defense.
Capoeira was created by enslaved Africans in Brazil as a way to train self-defense while disguising it as dance. The kicks, sweeps, and takedowns are real and effective. They just look beautiful when done well. It's not a performance. It's not just exercise. It is a complete martial art with a 500-year history, a structured belt system, and techniques that have influenced fighters in MMA, movies, and military training worldwide. The dance element is what makes it unique. And what makes it so hard to defend against. You never know what's coming next.
Capoeira is just dancing. It's not real self-defense. The movements are too flowery to work in a real situation.
Capoeira's unpredictable movement and deceptive kicks make it one of the most difficult martial arts to defend against. It's been used in real combat for 500 years. MMA fighters study it specifically because of how hard it is to read.
You have to be young and flexible to start.
Age and flexibility are the two most common reasons people talk themselves out of starting.
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You have to be young and flexible to start.
We have students from ages 3 to 60+. The body adapts at any age. Adults who start later often progress faster because they understand the value of consistency. And nobody walks in flexible. Flexibility, coordination, and body awareness are things you build through training. Students who start completely stiff consistently become some of the most fluid movers in the room. You don't need flexibility to start. You need to start to get flexible.
You have to be young to start. If you're over 30 or 40, you've missed the window. And if you're not already flexible, capoeira is not for you.
We have students from ages 3 to 60+. Flexibility and athleticism develop over time. You start exactly where you are. That's the whole point.
I'm too busy. I don't have time for this.
The busiest people we know are our most consistent students.
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I'm too busy. I don't have time for this.
Two classes a week. That's all it takes to see real progress. Most of our students are working professionals and parents. They train because capoeira gives them more energy, better focus, and a way to decompress that nothing else provides. When something genuinely improves your life, you find the time. The question isn't whether you have time. The question is whether this is worth making time for.
Adding another commitment to an already full schedule is impossible. There's no room for a new activity right now.
Two classes a week is all it takes. Most of our students are working professionals and parents. Capoeira gives them more energy and focus for everything else in their life.
I can't afford it right now.
Let's talk about what you're actually comparing this to.
Discover the real truth
I can't afford it right now.
Your membership includes capoeira classes, full gym access, spa access, structured curriculum, online content, music and culture training, and community events. Compare that to a gym membership plus a martial arts class plus a spa membership. You're getting all of it in one. And you start with just $29 for two full weeks. No commitment. No risk. Just show up and see for yourself.
Martial arts classes are expensive. It's not in the budget right now.
Gym access, spa, capoeira, music, culture, online content. All in one membership. You start for just $29 for two full weeks. No commitment. No risk.
Capoeira is not a real martial art. It's just for show.
This one has been around for decades. Here's where it comes from and why it's wrong.
Discover the real truth
Capoeira is not a real martial art. It's just for show.
Capoeira has a structured belt system, a defined curriculum, and techniques that have been tested in real combat for 500 years. It has been adopted by military units, used in MMA, and featured in major films because of its effectiveness and unpredictability. The reason people think it's just for show is because it looks too good to be real. That's the point. It was designed to look like something else. That's what makes it dangerous.
Capoeira is a performance art. It looks cool but it wouldn't work in a real fight. It's not a real martial art.
Capoeira has a 500-year combat history, a structured belt system, and has influenced MMA fighters worldwide. It was designed to be disguised. That's exactly what makes it effective.
Capoeira in
movies and culture.
Those moves you've seen in action films and thought were impossible? That's capoeira. And our students learn to do them.
Capoeira in film. The movements you thought only existed on screen.
The acrobatics, the kicks, the flow. All real capoeira technique.
After a few months of training, our students start doing things they only thought were possible in movies. That's not an exaggeration. That's what happens when you show up consistently.
This is what
changes.
People come to us not really knowing what capoeira is. They're curious, maybe a little hesitant. And over time, without even realizing it, something shifts.
They start moving better. They stand taller. They have more energy. The mood improves. They start wanting to work out more, eat better, sleep better. It becomes a cycle. The more you do, the more you want to do.
"We don't want just a workout class. We want an environment where people can come and work their physical, their mind, their social, their cultural. And just become a better human being."
That's the goal. Not just a skill. A better version of you.
The only thing
left is to start.
You've read this far because something resonated. That's not an accident. The question is whether you'll act on it or keep wondering.
No experience needed. No commitment required. Just show up.