The Capoeira Angola Center Finland is affiliated to an international capoeira group led by Mestre João Grande. The founder of the Capoeira Angola Center, Mestre João Grande, lives in New York, where he teaches at his academia.

Other affiliate groups are located in Italy, Serbia, Japan, and in Califormia and Colorado (USA). All groups practice the traditional Capoeira Angola style taught by Mestre João Grande.

 

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Capoeira arrived to Turku in 1989, when dancer and dance teacher Ritva Saastamoinen (1957-2004) founded a capoeira regional group in Turku. Her first student Heta Yrjänäinen founded a capoeira angola group in Turku in 2002; this had been her dream for already 10 years. During the the first months our group was affiliated with Mestre Sapo's (Olinda, Pernambuco) group Capoeira Angola Mãe. In Spring 2002 our group became an affiliate of Mestre João Grande's (New York, US) group Capoeira Angola Center.