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Over 20 Years in New York City
Mestranda Edna LimaBrasilia • Rio de Janeiro • 1973-1988
It is said that Edna Lima has the fire and excitement
of legendary martial arts masters
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1991 video interview
Mestre Camisa and
Mestranda Lima
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ABADÁ Capoeira
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Capoeira Workout®
• Capoeira Youth™
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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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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
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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.
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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[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
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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
