Capoeira Mandinga is part of the world famous CORDÃO DE OURO group
with branches all over the world from Brazil to Iceland.
Brazil
Capoeira Mandinga was founded in 1984 by Marcelo Caveirinha, a student of Mestre Suassuna from the Cordão de Ouro group. The main idea of his group was to combine the two main styles of capoeira – Angola, the slower playing style, and Regional, the fast capoeira with combat elements.
China
Capoeira Mandinga Shanghai is the first capoeira school in China, which was created in 2005 by Professor Diego “Guerreiro”, a student of mestre Marcelo. Thanks to his initiative and academic connections, he managed to create an effective training system.
WHAT DIFFERS OUR SCHOOL FROM OTHERS
Instrutor Alex
The classes are run by Instrutor Alex who is a qualified teacher with over 11 years of experience in Capoeira and over 8 years of teaching. Blue belt (title “instrutor” ) since 2019. He received certification from capoeira masters Edan and Cueca in the Capoeira Instructors Course and graduated from the IBCE (Instituto Brasileiro de Capoeira-Educação) program for capoeira teachers. He founded a branch of the school in Hangzhou, supervises branches in Chengdu and Hefei.