Capoeira is an art, which unites everything together and removes differences between people and cultures. It is a very complex union of fight with music, acrobatics and dance. Everyone can find his own way in capoeira. Who likes music can become a recognized singer and musician, somebody else can be well know for his acrobatics, other for his effective play style and fight technique. In capoeira there are many different types of game and together they make capoeira.

The teacher of our group if Professor Paçoca. As a native Brazilian he started with capoeira a kid in 1981 in Recife under the guidance of Mestre Bentivi. In 1985 he got introduced to Mestre Camisa and 3 years later he started training with him in Rio de Janeiro.

Later on he started giving classes himself. In 1992 he moved to Europe, founded a school in Frankfurt(Germany) and trained 3 graduados: Arisco, Camelo and Cuelho. In 1999 he founded a second school, in Barcelona, Spain.

Currently, Paçoca lives in Vienna, Austria, from where he travels around the schools in Central and Eastern Europe that are joined under him and the Abadá Capoeira logo. His students are training in Vienna - Austria; Slovakia - Bratislava and Komarno; Czech Republic - Liberec, Mladá Boleslav, Nový Jičín, Brno; Russia - Moscow and others. His teaches and gives workshops wherever possible to ensure the development of capoeira, its students and the brazilian culture. He is known for great technique and variability of his training method, which makes him well known all around Europe and the world.

Professor Paçoca is a member of the ABADÁ Capoeira organisation, for more information see the section ABADÁ.