*This is a mask mandatory event. Ages 12 and up must provide proof of vaccination as well. Photo of card on phone is acceptable.
You will learn techniques, music and more in our first Portland workshop with Mestre Kinha.
Mestre Kinha is an accomplished master of capoeira who has dedicated his life to the art. But more than that, he cares deeply for his students and his community. His energy and spirit are as inspiring as his capoeira skills, and are a big part of the reason why capoeira has grown in Hawaii over the past 2 decades. Mestre Kinha instills in his instructors and students a warm aloha for the art of capoeira and for our school 'ohana. He is the heart and soul of Capoeira Besouro Hawaii.
Born as Paulo Linhares da Silva in 1969, Mestre Kinha began training at the age of seven with Mestre Beiçola (founder of Capoeira Besouro) in Quitungo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Mestre Kinha continued to study and eventually began teaching capoeira when he received his “professor” cordel in 1990. In 1991, Mestre Kinha was the capoeira state champion in Rio de Janeiro. The following year, he was one of the top ten capoeira finalists for a national competition for the entire country of Brazil. Kinha received his "cordel de Mestre" from Mestre Beiçola in 1994.
Mestre Kinha has led capoeira schools in Rio de Janeiro since 1990. The schools are now under the direction of five of Mestre Kinha's students, Mestre Naja, Mestre Tininho, Professor Neneco, Instructores Cobrinha and Abobrao. Mestre Kinha has also taught in Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil. Mestre Kinha first visited the USA in 1999 to teach several workshops with Mestre Beicola at Beicola's academy in Palo Alto. Mestre Kinha then returned to the USA in 2001 to assist another capoeira school in Hawaii known as Capoeira Hawaii. Mestre Kinha led classes at Capoeira Hawaii until 2004. Mestre Kinha opened his own school (Capoeira Besouro) in Hawaii in 2004.