Abada Capoeira DC

I moved to Northern Virginia a year ago, and was anxious to find a capoeira group that I would enjoy training with. I feel very lucky to have found Professora Yara and Abada-​Capoeira DC. Over the past year my skills and understanding of capoeira have increased greatly. Yara is a great instructor because she guides everyone, regardless of their background, skill level or physical ability to become better capoeiristas and better people. I look forward to training more with this excellent community!

Hands down the best work out (mental and physical), cultural experience, and family building activity I’ve ever done. I started capoeira when I was in New York and fell in love with the art immediately. When I moved to D.C. I tried several studios and ABADA was the best fit for me. The dynamic and didactic training of both the combat but also the music, the history and the culture was exactly what I was looking for. The instructor, Yara, comes with years of experience (she’s from Brazil and is a student of the founder of ABADA) and the students in the class have become good friends of mine. We’ve traveled to Brazil together several times!!! If you are looking for something to get your kids up and moving, if you are looking for a new and exciting work out, if you are looking for a great set of unique friends and experiences, I can’t recommend ABADA capoeira enough (seriously, check how many places I give 5 stars… this is serious!)!!

Capoeira, to me, has many meanings. As a Brazilian, it was always important to make sure that this art form was thought with care to safety, knowledge of its history and heritage, as well as its techniques. After years of searching for the right time and place to start capoeira, I am very happy to have found Abada-​Capoeira and Professora Yara. Abada-​Capoeira is a international institution formed by amazing professionals with over 65 000 members in 55 countries, organized as a corporation like structure that is able to keep to its roots and develop capoeira in all of its manny features in order to pass it on to its members not only as the art form but also spreading the Brazilian culture, language, music, spirit in all of its most noble forms. The quality of this institution and Professora Yara bring its members the best of capoeira to the DC metro area, just like it is done in Brazil, at its best capoeira centers. Unfortunately, in such a rare art form, it is easy to have unprepared people taking advantage of those trying to learn, and teaching it just wrong. Yara and Abada-​Capoeira will not only teach you the art of capoeira, but will also teach you Portuguese, music, Brazilian culture, discipline, while making it safe, athletic and fun to all. No matter what age, young or old, sex, origin or background. I fully recommend Abada-​capoeira DC and Professora Yara as the best capoeira program in the DC metro area.