Edna Lima successfully adapted the dynamic movements of Capoeira into her trademarked Capoeira Workout, combining the elegance of dance, the power of martial arts, the science of kinesiology, and the rhythms of Afro-Brazilian music.

Capoeira Workout was recently featured in Martha Stewart's Body+Soul Magazine and in Latina Magazine.

Capoeira Workout has been presented at ImPulsTanz The Vienna International Dance Festival, The Wingate Institute in Israel, Chelsea Piers, Duomo, Equinox, New York Sports Clubs in New York City, and fitness centers in Japan and Brazil.

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Capoeira Workout has been featured in magazine articles around the world, including: Fitness, American Health, Dance Teacher, New Yorker, New York Times, Vogue-Paris, Boa Forma-Brazil, Notorious, Cosmopolitan and television programs on CNN Worldwide, TLC The Learning Channel, Discovery, Good Morning America, Fox News.

The physiological effects of Capoeira Workout have been studied at Long Island University and Chelsea Piers Sports Center.

What others are saying about Capoeira Workout™

	"People love watching capoeira, but they are very intimidated because it's very dynamic," says Edna Lima. The modified *Capoeira Workout™* she teaches at New York Sports Club (and programs across the country) removes the scarier elements from the sport. This version gives you most of the cardio and strength-training but requires none of the combat.
	Edna Lima travels worldwide conducting capoeira workshops; she just returned from a six-week stint in Israel, France, Belgium and Brazil. "It took 20 years for my dreams to come true." With a degree in physical education, Lima has taught capoeira at colleges through different departments, ranging from dance to sports science, and developed a trademarked *Capoeira Workout™*, available at New York Sports Clubs .
	Edna Lima gets her new Capoeira Workout™ on the roster at Chelsea Piers, gaining instant access to a membership full of freelance writers, health and beauty editors, and television producers all hungry for stories.
	When she’s not conducting training workshops for teachers throughout Brazil and around the world, Edna Lima teaches *Capoeira Workout™*, a step-by-step introduction she created to bring the exciting martial art to a larger audience, at New York Sports Clubs in New York City.

Capoeira Workout™ at ImPulsTanz International Vienna, Austria 2002
Edna Lima leading Capoeira Workout classes for international refugees
Edna Lima with refugees from Afghanistan and Nigeria	New friendships during Capoeira Workout classes

You have improved the lives of countless men and women through Capoeira Workout™ and your youth programs in Harlem. You have made a great contribution to the people of New York. (2003)

William Jefferson Clinton
President of the United States
1993-2001

CAPOEIRA WORKOUT RESEARCH©

Capoeria Workout fitness research from 2002-2005
at the Long Island University World Dance Program

A review of University Capoeira and Capoeira Workout classes
presented by Mestranda Edna Lima during
Jogos Europeus 2007 in Brussels, Belgium

For me, the first health benefit of Capoeira is self-confidence and to have fun, to laugh. My philosophy is not about how much you weigh, it’s about how happy you are, how coordinated you move. The benefit is not to lose weight—eventually you will lose weight—this is a consequence.

Little by little the person is going to feel more motivated, more dynamic, say to themselves, ‘I can move better, I am more agile’. Those are the things I focus on.

Mestranda Edna Lima

CAPOEIRA YOUTH™

NEW SATURDAY CLASSES FORMING

9:30-10:30am • Neighborhood Holistic
in Harlem on 128th Street

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

How do you stop kids from moving ... from laughing ... from running, jumping, and turning cartwheels? It is their nature. Their bodies demand it. Their minds thrive on it. Moving keeps kids balanced. It's natural. You don't start nature ... or kids ... you nurture them. And then they grow: strong, healthy, and happy!!"

Capoeira Youth™ is everything kids and teens need to get fitter, healthier, and happier. Kids naturally love to move ... running, jumping, and cartwheels are natural parts of active, motivated, and healthy lives. Kids love to exercise with Capoeira Youth™. The moves are natural, easy to learn, fun and exciting enough to keep them interested.
Capoeira Youth™: Its more than just fun ... For children, almost any physical activity is enough to keep them healthy as long as they are moving ... and Capoeira Youth™ really keeps them moving!

We all learned so much and are committed to keep alive what Edna started.

Mirko Cavar, Ph.D.
Director of Physical Education
Trevor Day School

Her students, and indeed our entire program, have benefited from her creativity, vision and passion.

Michael Lofton, Ed.M.
Director of Youth Services
Broadway Housing Communities, Inc.

Capoeira is a Brazilian performance and martial art with roots in the African Diaspora. It has an oral history told in songs integrated with physical play and a written history traced to the early 19th century. In the 1970’s Capoeira was officially adopted as a national sport in Brazil and has national and world championships extending from South to North America, throughout Europe, and wildly popular in Israel and Japan.

Capoeira is performed to music augmented by drums, tambourines, and the distinctive berimbau. Participants form a ring and the audience sings and claps while pairs of performers engage in the jogo (game) of Capoeira … a blend of dance, gymnastics, and martial arts. The music involves rhythm which establishes the tone of the game, tempo which sets the pace of movement, song which combines melody and text in folk tales, and various instruments and hand-clapping.

Capoeira creates a study of cultures and individuals without regard for gender, race, or physical development. Classes reveal students interacting in new and challenging experiences, learning and working together to learn skills reflected in popular youth culture. Capoeira classes are conducted by a master teacher but rely on individual attention and peer support.

A core of physical training with diverse focal interests: ethnography, performance arts, language arts … The social history of African Diaspora … dance and martial applications … gross motor skills … Portuguese vocabulary … music instruments: drum, tambourine, berimbau … vocal performance: song structure (call & response), rhythms, and stories (translation and purpose).

Capoeira does not separate movement and music … they are integral a meaning that has been shaped by almost 500 years of the African Diaspora and experience of practitioners … definite periods from Slavery, Political, Academy, and Modern eras … including contemporary New York experiences which inform the ongoing development of Capoeira and society.

Capoeira is not practiced individually. The definition of capoeira is shaped in the roda (performance circle) as student pairs participate in jogo (the game). Students succeed through performance collaboration that promotes mutual respect.

As students enter Capoeira training they progress through excitement of contact with a distinctly Western performance art … challenges of performing movements which echo “up-rock” of contemporary dance and unique groundwork … self-confidence of accomplishing movement patterns drawn recently popularized (Meet The Fokkers, Catwoman, MTV, Ocean’s 12).

Capoeira provides a dynamic and immediate movement laboratory … personal challenge, new experience, collaborative performance, partnership and teamwork … creative and hands-on small-group activity. Every student has a positive, shaped experience … growth and self-confidence are integrated with performance … without distinction for gender or body-type … as they engage in activities which enhance perceptual skills, stamina, balance, and progressive motor skills. As students learn the songs and music of Capoeira they learn to play the instruments and understand the folk tales in its oral traditions … songs are performed in call-response patterns that reflect historic and personal conditions.

Finally, it is reasonable for students to complete short writing assignments or journals. Students can keep a journal of their experiences, listen to recordings, or attend outside performances and write short papers: description of events and perceived lessons.

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What others are saying about Capoeira Workout™

CAPOEIRA WORKOUT RESEARCH©

CAPOEIRA YOUTH™

NEW SATURDAY CLASSES FORMING

9:30-10:30am • Neighborhood Holistic
in Harlem on 128th Street

Edna Lima: A Life of Movement

CAPOEIRA WORKOUT™

What others are saying about Capoeira Workout™

CAPOEIRA WORKOUT RESEARCH©

CAPOEIRA YOUTH™

NEW SATURDAY CLASSES FORMING 9:30-10:30am • Neighborhood Holistic in Harlem on 128th Street

Edna Lima: A Life of Movement

NEW SATURDAY CLASSES FORMING

9:30-10:30am • Neighborhood Holistic
in Harlem on 128th Street