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There is no way to peace
Peace is the way

Mahatma Gandhi


Class Schedule

Mestranda Edna Lima
ABADÁ Capoeira New York

MESTRANDA EDNA LIMA


MAGAZINE FEATURES

CAPOEIRA WORKOUT®


New York City Council
Black History Month


MEMORIAM


Consciência Negra


African Burial Ground
National Monument



Renton Kirk
September 26, 2004



Master Nakayama
April 15, 1987

FRIENDS & SUPPORTERS



ABADÁ Capoeira
World Headquarters
Mestre Camisa




ABADÁ Europeus
Grão Mestre Camisa Roxa


Mestre Acordeon
50 years of Capoeira


Mestre Jelon Vieira



Capoeira Angola Center
Grão Mestre João Grande



Brazilian Consulate
New York City


Helen D. Foster
NYC Councilmember


International Shotokan Karate Federation
Master Teruyuki Okazaki


Shotojuku Dojo
Shihan Kai Leung


Brooklyn Jiu-Jitsu
Sensei Gene Dunn


U.S. • Japan • Brazil
Intercultural training and
business development


Sounds of Brazil
204 Varick Street @ Houston

Afro-Brazilian Rhythms


Brooklyn Brazil Bop
Billy Newman Quintet


Ethnic HypHopNotics
Akim • Funk Buddha


Andrew Feldman, MD
Sports Medicine Othopedics


Gary Guerriero, PT/AT
Recovery Motion Therapy©


a history of blackness
in speculative fiction


CARLTON JONES
STYLIST


ABADÁ Capoeira NY
raised $3,195.00!!
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Today's class schedule:

Over 20 Years in New York City

Mestranda Edna Lima

New York City • 1988-2008

Brasilia • Rio de Janeiro • 1973-1988

It is said that Edna Lima has the fire and excitement
of legendary martial arts masters


1991 video interview

Mestre Camisa and
Mestranda Lima


ABADÁ CapoeiraCapoeira Workout® • Capoeira Youth

ABADÁ CAPOEIRA SCHEDULE

Basic Capoeira classes
• New students through Batizado •
Basic techniques and patterns,
partner work, music rhythms

Advanced Capoeira classes
• Initiated through Graduated students •
Advanced techniques and applications,
class roda, berimbau tocques

Monday
Basic 7:30-8:15pm • Advanced 8:15-9:00pm
ASHTANGA YOGA
SoHo / Broome Street

Wednesday
Basic 7:30-8:15pm • Advanced 8:15-9:00pm
ASHTANGA YOGA
SoHo / Broome Street

Saturday
Basic 3:30-4:15pm • Advanced 4:15-5:00pm
CAMERON DANCE
SoHo / Spring Street

Sunday
Basic 12:00-12:45pm • Advanced 12:45-1:30pm
CAMERON DANCE
SoHo / Spring Street






 

The Capoeira Experience

ING New York Marathon 2006 Capoeira Bateria IOC Olympics Athens 2004 Stage Performance ABADÁ Capoeira New York Classes NYC Blizzard 2006 Outdoor Capoeira Training

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

 

ABADÁ Capoeira New York Youth Batizado 2006 Brazilian Cultural Performance 2006 Bronx New York ABADÁ Capoeira Workshop with Mestre Camisa Capoeira Stage Performance at Long Island University

Capoeira training • Brazilian culture • Instrument crafting • Martial arts training
Technique impact training • Theatrical performance • Health and safety

 

Capoeira Youth

Do you remember the joy of movement? Your kids should, too.

Edna is a true master of her art
and a superb educator.

Mirko Cavar, Ph.D.
Trevor Day School

Edna's ability to work with even our
youngest students is astonishing.

Michael Lofton, Ed.M.
Broadway Housing Communities


 

Capoeira Workout® now featured at New York Sports Clubs

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.


The Karate Experience

International Shotokan Karate Federation
Master Teruyuki Okazaki

ISKF Karate Master Camp 2007


 
Master Teruyuki Okazaki, 10th dan
Founder & Chief Instructor, ISKF
Sensei Edna Lima, 5th dan, ISKF


[left-right]
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

Sensei Edna Lima at ISKF Master Camp

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)


Sensei Lima demonstrating
bunkai oyo (applications) with multiple attackers

Sensei Edna Lima • ISKF Master Camp 2006


Shihan Hideo Ochi and Sensei Edma Lima


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Capoeira Workout® is a registered trademark
Capoeira Youth™ is trademarked

Mestranda Edna Lima and ABADÁ Capoeira New York are represented by the Axé Capoeira Association, Inc., a New York State 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation formed by Edna Lima in 1994 and awarded IRS tax-exempt status. Donations to Axé Capoeira Association are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Axé Capoeira Association is a registered New York State Non-Profit corporation
Capoeira Workout, Inc. is a registered New York State corporation
Capoeira Workout® is a registered US Trademark

Mestranda Edna Lima and Axé/ABADÁ Capoeira are currently presenting:
Capoeira Youth™ programs at Harlem Children's Zone, Trevor Day School in Manhattan, Neighborhood Holistic in Harlem; and NYC Public Schools
Capoeira Workout® exercise programs at New York Sports Clubs throughout New York City;
Capoeira Workout® wellness programs for Women's Heart Truth™ programs with the US Department of Health and Human Services.

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