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Mestre Luizinho Barravento - Capoeira Instructor |
 Luizinho Barravento was born in Salvador - Bahia - Brazil on the 26th of March 1974. Luiz has been involved with Capoeira since the age of three. He began in 1977 with his father and teacher Mestre Geni. He has travelled around Brazil and South America doing displays to promote Capoeira Zambiacongo. He studied physical education from 1993 - 1995 but deferred his studies and traveled to Australia to extend Capoeira Zambiacongo.
Luizinho Barravento opened the first Australian Zambiacongo Capoeira School at the Gold Coast, Queensland in January 1996. In 2000, he became a Mestrando (level below Master). This was the year Luiz also took a group of 10 Zambiacongo Students to travel Brazil and his home state of Bahia, allowing his students to gain even more knowledge and experience with the history of Capoeira.
Luiz has followed in the footsteps of his father and contributed to the growth of Zambiacongo and not just only in Brazil. The group is growing immensely and he has established schools in Gold Coast, Brisbane, Byron Bay, Kingscliff and Darwin. In 2002 his father Mestre Geni graded Luizinho as a Master in Capoeira. That same year Luizinho made the top 10 in the World Capoeira Championship organized by Group Muzenza in Curitiba - Brasil.
Check out Zambiacongo Capoeira website for photos, videos and history of Capoeira
http://www.zambiacongo.com.au |
