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Dia Nacional da Consciência Negra
Black Consciousness Day • November 20
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Basic Capoeira classes
• New students through Batizado •
Basic techniques and patterns,
partner work, music rhythms
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Advanced Capoeira classes
• Initiated through Graduated students •
Advanced techniques and applications,
class roda, berimbau tocques
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Begin your journey in Capoeira
• forge a link across continents and cultures
• join the path of freedom and self-expression
Receive one lesson
with a highly-qualified instructor
and experience the methods of ABADÁ Capoeira.
This special training session is your opportunity:
• meet your instructors
• view the training facilities
• learn how this program will help you
There is absolutely no obligation
Call now (212)368-2103
or E-mail:
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Traditional Capoeira Training with Mestranda Edna Lima
35 years Capoeira teaching and training • World's first female Capoeira Mestra/Mestranda
32 years Karate training and competition • 17 international championships • 5th degree blackbelt
Capoeira training • Brazilian culture • Instrument crafting • Martial arts training
Technique impact training • Theatrical performance • Health and safety
Do you remember the joy of movement? Your kids should, too.
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Edna is a true master of her art
and a superb educator.
Mirko Cavar, Ph.D.
Trevor Day School
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Edna's ability to work with even our
youngest students is astonishing.
Michael Lofton, Ed.M.
Broadway Housing Communities
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Harlem • Lincoln Square • Union Square
In the late 1990's Edna successfully adapted the dynamic movements of Capoeira into her trademarked CAPOEIRA WORKOUT® group exercise program. Capoeira Workout forms a bridge between cultures that links participants in a moving communications with a dynamic aesthetic that transcends social boundaries.
The methods of CAPOEIRA WORKOUT® combine the elegance of dance, the power of martial arts, the science of biomechanics, and the rhythms of Afro-Brazilian music.
CAPOEIRA WORKOUT® was recently featured in Martha Stewart's Body+Soul and in Latina Magazine
CAPOEIRA WORKOUT® has been presented at ImPulsTanz, International Dance Festival, The Wingate Sports Science Institute in Israel, New York Sports Clubs, Chelsea Piers, Equinox, and Duomo in New York City, plus fitness centers throughout Brazil and Japan.
The physiological effects of CAPOEIRA WORKOUT® have been studied at Long Island University and Chelsea Piers Sports Center.
Graö Mestre João Grande • Mestranda Edna Lima • Mestre Camisa
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande • Sunday Roda • June 24, 2007
NY Times Slideshow featuring ABADÁ Capoeira New York
performing onstage at Mile 11 in Brooklyn
The Karate Experience
International Shotokan Karate Federation
Master Teruyuki Okazaki
Master Teruyuki Okazaki, 10th dan
Founder & Chief Instructor, ISKF
Sensei Edna Lima, 5th dan, ISKF
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Master Hirokazu Kanazawa, 10th dan, SKIF
Sensei Edna Lima, 5th dan, ISKF
Master Yutaka Yaguchi, 9th dan, ISKF
Master Hideo Ochi, 8th dan, JKA-Europe
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Master Class Demonstration
Sensei Frank Woon-A-Tai, 7th dan, ISKF-Canada [R]
Sensei Edna Lima, 5th dan, ISKF [L]
Sensei Edna Lima leading
Tekki kata (karate forms)
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Sensei Lima demonstrating
bunkai oyo (applications) with multiple attackers
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Shihan Teruyuki Okazaki, 10th dan JKA/WF
Founder and Chief Instructor ISKF
greets Sensei Edna Lima
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Francisco Carneiro, Shihan Okazaki, Edna Lima
Edna tested for blackbelt with Carneiro
30 years ago in Brasilia
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Shihan Hideo Ochi and Sensei Edma Lima Shihan Hideo Ochi, 8th dan JKA/WF
Chief Instructor JKA/Europe
talks to Sensei Edna Lima at ISKF Master Camp
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CAPOEIRA WORKOUT®
Mestre Acordeon 
Afro-Brazilian Rhythms
