Children’s classes · Ages 3–13

Capoeira for Kids

Movement, Music, Rhythm & Play

Capoeira is a dynamic Afro-Brazilian martial art that weaves together acrobatic movement, live music, interactive strategy, and creative play. It is an all-in-one discipline designed to help children discover what their bodies and minds can do—building strong foundations for life through energy, rhythm, and teamwork.

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The whole child

Why Capoeira is an unparalleled tool for child development

Capoeira doesn’t isolate fitness to repetitive drills or high-pressure competition. Instead, it nurtures the whole child across physical, cognitive, and interpersonal dimensions.

Total Body & Physical Ability Development

Capoeira moves across three-dimensional space—standing, rotating, crouching, and balancing upside down.

Functional Strength & Core Control: Animal flow, low stances, and transitional acrobatics build wrist, shoulder, spine, and core strength rarely developed in traditional field sports.
Bilateral Coordination & Balance: Working both sides of the body equally builds neural pathways that support balance, fine motor skills, and spatial awareness.
Agility & Mobility: Children develop fluid movement, learning how to dodge, roll, and transition cleanly across the floor without heavy impact.

Live Musicality & Sense of Rhythm

Music is the heartbeat of every Capoeira class. Rather than training to background tracks, the children actively create the rhythm.

Percussive Training: Children learn traditional instruments—the berimbau, atabaque (drum), pandeiro (tambourine), and agogô.
Auditory-Motor Integration: Kids learn to synchronize their physical movement to changing musical tempos, fine-tuning their internal sense of pulse, timing, and focus.
Vocal Confidence & Language: Singing energetic call-and-response songs in Brazilian Portuguese exercises auditory memory, pronunciation, and vocal projection.

Social Skills & Working Together

In Capoeira, training is fundamentally cooperative.

The Power of the Roda: Everyone gathers in a circle where every child has an active role—clapping, playing an instrument, singing, or moving in pairs in the center. There are no sidelines or benchwarmers.
Shared Energy & Partnership: Children learn that a great game requires collaboration. Rather than trying to defeat a partner, they learn to communicate through movement, read each other’s cues, and create a shared dialogue.

Discipline Through Engaging Play

The best learning happens when discipline and joy work hand in hand.

Focus & Self-Regulation: Inside the circle, children practice situational awareness, patience, waiting for their turn, and keeping their focus sharp under dynamic conditions.
Play as a Learning Tool: Games, challenges, and improvisation keep training fun and natural, channeling high energy into positive discipline and genuine self-confidence.

Class structure & age groups

One community, age-tailored coaching

We operate as one joint community group, allowing all students to share the collective energy, songs, and musical circle. During practice, we split the class into targeted, age-tailored sub-groups led by our lead instructor and teaching assistants to ensure age-appropriate coaching, safety, and focused attention.

03–06

Mini Group

Focuses on foundational balance, animal walks, rhythm games, listening skills, and playful coordination.

07–13

Junior Group

Focuses on martial technique, evasive movements, acrobatics (cartwheels, handstands), instrumental skills, and movement strategy.

Practical essentials

What parents need to know

What to Wear

Comfortable tracksuit bottoms or leggings and a breathable T-shirt. Training is barefoot on clean, suitable indoor flooring.

No Prior Experience Required

Whether your child has practiced gymnastics or has never taken a movement class before, Capoeira meets them right at their current baseline.

Positive, Safe Environment

Capoeira teaches non-violent movement and evasive agility—children learn how to move fluidly with a partner rather than strike or collide.

Fridays · 16:00–16:45

Give your child room to move.

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