Poster for COLA Capoeira Encounter, April 11th 2026.

COLA Capoeira Encounter 2026

Join us for our first COLA Capoeira Encounter. This event will celebrate the first year of Capoeira Angonal in Columbia, South Carolina with workshops, a roda, as well as our first batizado (Capoeira initiation where a student receives a controlled kick or controlled takedown for the first time from an experienced player) and entrega de cordas (belt giving ceremony).

We are excited to have the presence of our Capoeira master, Mestre André, who will be visiting the United States for the first time from his home in Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Confirmed guests

  • Mestre Queixo - Capoeira Carioca, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Contramestra Risadinha - Capoeira Vereda, Greenville, South Carolina
  • Professora Linda - Capoeira Carioca, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Treinel Brandon - Palmetto Capoeira, Columbia, South Carolina

Workshops

We will have two 2-hour workshops taught by Mestre André.

10am-12noon will be a Capoeira workshop, and 1-3pm will include two dances that are closely associated with Capoeira, Maculelê - a stick dance that is a stylized version of an older stick fighting art, and Samba de Roda - a traditional dance used widely in Capoeira to relax and have fun.

Workshops are $40 for one, $60 for both (adults), or $25 for one, $40 for both (kids).

The roda is free to watch or participate in.