Answers to the questions parents and new students ask before their first class, from the instructors and students of Conejo Valley Capoeira. For the history of the art, start with What is Capoeira?
What capoeira teaches children ages 5 to 14: coordination, confidence, music and teamwork, plus what a kids class in Thousand Oaks looks like and how to start.
Read moreStarting capoeira at 15, 35 or 55: what happens in a first adult class, what you need, and the worries every beginner has. Adult classes in Thousand Oaks.
Read moreHow capoeira differs from karate, taekwondo, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and kickboxing: the game, the music and the movement, and which kind of student each one suits.
Read moreWhy capoeira is played to live music, what the berimbau, pandeiro, atabaque, agogo and reco-reco do in the roda, and how the call-and-response songs work.
Read moreLooking for an after-school activity in Thousand Oaks? Why capoeira works for kids ages 5 to 14, how it compares with team sports, and when classes run.
Read moreRoda, ginga, au, meia lua, berimbau, batizado: the Portuguese words you will hear in your first capoeira classes, explained in plain English.
Read moreHow capoeira students progress: what the cord around the waist means, what happens at a batizado ceremony, and why there is no rush to the next level.
Read moreThe difference between Capoeira Angola and Capoeira Regional, the mestres behind each, and what contemporary capoeira takes from both.
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