INSTRUCTORS

Mestre Preguiça (Wandenkolk Olivera) has been a pioneer and influential figure of contemporary Capoeira for 50 years. From the age of 12 until he was graduated to master in 1963, Mestre Preguiça trained under the legendary Mestre Bimba. In 1965, Mestre Preguiça moved to Rio de Janeiro and co-founded Grupo Senzala, which in 20 years gained worldwide renown and became the prominent Capoeira style in Brazil. In 1984 he moved to San Francisco and founded Omulu Capoeira Group. Mestre Preguiça's passion for the art and commitment to helping people improve their lives through Capoeira has affected thousands of students worldwide. 

Mestre Di Mola (Jorge Luis de Lima) has devoted his life to Capoeira for over 30 years. In 1998, Mestre Di Mola founded Capoeira Guanabara in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With a distinctive and unique teaching style, Mestre Di Mola strives to improve the quality of Capoeira and educate about the roots of the art. In 2003, Mestre Di Mola began the Sweden chapter of Omulu Capoeira Guanabara, while maintaining the group's chapters in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mestre Di Mola is a highly sought out teacher and conducts remarkable workshops around the world.

Monitor Mosca (Carlos Armancanqui) has been training capoeira since 1997 and has been traching for more than 8 years. Mosca is lead instructor the Madison chapter of Omulu Guanabara Capoeira, teaching at Madison West and Memorial High Schools, UW-Madison and the community capoeira group at Kanopy Dance Studio.

Mandioca (Jamie DeRuyter) has been training capoeira since 1999. She teaches community classes and the kids classes at Kanopy Dance Studio.

Guerreira (Kelly Schumann) has been training Capoeira since 1997 and teaching at UW Madison for over 10 years.  She has also taught classes through Horizon Health & Fitness, the YMCA, and assisted with the community classes at Kanopy Dance Studio. Kelly is now teaching classes on the West side of Madison at Madison Dance Life.