{"id":20,"date":"2013-03-30T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-30T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/londoncapoeira.com\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:26:38","slug":"the-history-of-ginga-de-quilombo-and-mestre-israel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/londoncapoeira.com\/?page_id=20","title":{"rendered":"Mestre Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id20_26570f-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id20_26570f-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id20_26570f-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-lg, 4rem);max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-xxl, 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.wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column20_7b6993-e6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-start;}.kadence-column20_7b6993-e6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:flex-start;}.kadence-column20_7b6993-e6, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column20_7b6993-e6:not(.specificity){margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-md, 2rem);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column20_7b6993-e6 kb-section-dir-vertical inner-column-1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c\"]{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);text-align:center;font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-xxl, 4rem);line-height:1.2;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c\"]{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-lg, 2rem);text-align:left!important;}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_2f07c3-1c\">Mestre Israel<\/h1>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_543975-69, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_543975-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_543975-69\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_543975-69 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_543975-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_543975-69\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_543975-69 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_543975-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_543975-69\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_543975-69, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading20_543975-69[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_543975-69\"]{text-align:left!important;}}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading20_543975-69 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-4-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading20_543975-69\">Mestre Israel was born in 1973 and started street Capoeira in 1982, training with a descendent of enslaved people. He is a graduate of Mestre Joanito Baiano, founder of the group Ilha de Itaparica. Whilst with this group he met many famous mestres, including Mestre Carioca, Mestre Valdir , Mestre Demir (now deceased), Mestre Almir, Mestre Risada, Mestre Ananias, Mestre Miguel, Mestre Joel, Mestre Brazilia and Mestre Santana, to name but a few. Although his Capoeira lineage is short, it is very noble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>He trained and graduated with the group Ilha de Itaparica with Mestre Joanito Baiano. Mestre Joanito Baiano is in turn a graduate of the group Capit\u00e3es de Areia led by Mestre Almir das Areias, who is a graduate of the group Cord\u00e3o de Ouro led by Mestre Suassuna. In 1996, when he felt he was ready to teach, he founded the capoeira group Ginga de Quilombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In 1997 he started travelling and played Capoeira in more than 90% of the cities in the S\u00e3o Paulo state, and in S\u00e3o Paulo itself, one of the biggest cities in the world. He also played Capoeira in Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso do Sul, Panama, Minas Gerais, Goi\u00e1s, Bahia and within numerous other states in Brazil. He also witnessed and played Capoeira with the indigenous Brazilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In 1998 he received the certificate of professional Capoeira teacher. It was given to him by the Brazilian Association of Capoeira, and signed by the president of the association and the secretary of employment and work relations. He became Mestre in 1998 after years of hard work and dedication put into Capoeira teaching and training. He learned a bit more about Capoeira Regional with Mestre Luizinho Machado, son of Mestre Bimba. He learned a bit more of Capoeira Angola with Mestre Jogo de Dentro, Marcelo Angola, and Marcelo son of Cobra Mansa among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>He is the founder of the project \u2018Capoeira in Childhood\u2019. The project required him to teach Capoeira in primary and secondary schools to more than 500 children. He is also the founder of a project for street children, which was developed in conjunction with the Culture, Education and Sports departments of Brazil, and the support of the town council and its deputies. He was the organiser of the national meeting of Capoeira called Ginga Mogi Gua\u00e7u, where more than a 1000 Capoeiristas of more than 58 different Capoeira groups from several Brazilian states and more than 30 Mestres of Capoeira, came together to honour the biggest open Capoeira championship in Brazil in 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In 2003, the group was implemented in several cities of the state of S\u00e3o Paulo, all led by teachers that were true Mestre Israel\u2019s students. In the same year, the group Ginga de Quilombo started operating in London, England.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column20_66e3fa-12 inner-column-2\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image20_d86a16-5b .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;border-top-left-radius:15px;border-top-right-radius:15px;border-bottom-right-radius:15px;border-bottom-left-radius:15px;}.kb-image20_d86a16-5b img.kb-img, .kb-image20_d86a16-5b .kb-img img{border-top-left-radius:15px;border-top-right-radius:15px;border-bottom-right-radius:15px;border-bottom-left-radius:15px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.wp-block-kadence-image.kb-image20_d86a16-5b:not(.kb-specificity-added):not(.kb-extra-specificity-added){margin-right:0px;margin-left:0px;}}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image20_d86a16-5b kb-image-is-ratio-size\"><div class=\"kb-is-ratio-image kb-image-ratio-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/londoncapoeira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MestreOverlay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-3383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londoncapoeira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MestreOverlay.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/londoncapoeira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MestreOverlay-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/londoncapoeira.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MestreOverlay-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd{text-align:center;}.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column20_0a845c-bd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column20_0a845c-bd kadence-column_mstr_stat1\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ginga de Quilombo \u00b7 Est. 2003 Mestre Israel &amp; Contra Mestre Liong Two humans, one lineage. Over four decades of combined practice and teaching the art of Capoeira Regional Mestre Israel Mestre Israel was born in 1973 and started street Capoeira in 1982, training with a descendent of enslaved people. 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