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Show Thursday, August 9, 2007 Page 12 Brazilian transplant brings capoeira to Utah County Fur Hr.iiliiin m;ister l llsdll "X(M liuiho" I.im;i iii kJ his wife, Kiiria. .ijMM'ir ii is not iisl ;i rmirtial art or ,i lui rn of cnHTtain-rTiT cnHTtain-rTiT it . hut a wav of 1 1 J . "first of all. h'( aiisc ii was crcali'd hy niv an i-siors, I he African slaves hrounht lo Urail, in a M'tUKl when ihcv were not allowed lo prac lice Iheir own culture,' Xo hmho savs; "hut also het air.e I learned most of my pun' iles hy practicing cap'K'iia lie ie alls how. when (jmw-iriH (jmw-iriH ul 111 ' 'oiiuh ar ea in Brail, his rn i h'-i was smart enough to put him m aMH-ira lessons to keep him tnisv and out of trouhle I learned there that I shouldn't he out on the streets, that I shouldn't use dr uj;s or K' with the wronn kind of people Somehow, i aMiena took me out ol t he wronj; was and put me in the i if;ht one " Hut w hat exactlv is a-H'ii a-H'ii a ' for some, it's a martial art, lor others it's a lorm of acrobatic acro-batic dance "To put it in simple terms, I would sav it s a martial mar-tial ait with dam r-likc movements move-ments ." Xoi hmho says In lad. it all goes back to Its origins, w hen Alr ic an slaves living in Hrail in the 17th cen-turv cen-turv had to disguise their way ol lighting as a dance. On the numerous plantations of the Brazilian countryside, enslaved Africans pr acticed and used these methods to defend themselves, them-selves, but after this form of lighting was banned by slave owners and other authorities, the community found ways to keep it alive. It was then that capoeira was incorporated into dance movements in public, pub-lic, and secret locations were arranged lor its practice in private. Whether it's an African or a Hi aihan art has often lcen disputed Xochinho says that the most recent studies seem to confirm that, although created by African Af-rican people, it w as actually Ixirn on Hi ailian soil, also influenced in-fluenced by Brazilian Indians. Whatever its origin is, in its present form. ca)oeira has already crossed the Brazilian Brazil-ian holders, spread all over the world and reached Africa where the number of capoei-nstas capoei-nstas is increasing steadily, esccially in Angola and Mo-.ambi(ue, Mo-.ambi(ue, former Portuguese c )lonn-s 4fi ' A' .v3'' ."""r'-S 1 ft4 I ill W:'1 f r LIKE NEW: 2 beds, 1 .5 balhs. over 1200 sq ft in Northeast Orem, new carpet, new paint, $2,500 in incentives incen-tives and a 1 -year home warranty. ACT NOW!: Payments from $870 (P&l, O.A.C.). Go to http:vwwv.utahrealestate.com708969 or call 1-800-240-4396 x 170 for property details. Call 801 367-7077 or 801-372 3512 to set an appointment with Matt and Dan at Summit Realty, Inc. Aspen Mortgage )oar Home Loan Specialists U tt B W villi, (IV UTAH'S LENDING LEADER FOR: New hiimc punluse loans. (I nc prc-qualificaiions) Ri-hnaiKiiif; vonr Adjustable rate mortgage to a Fixed rate mortgage, f ixed rates arc low. Debt consolidation - Consolidate your Home Equity l ine and high interest credit cards. Refinance to remove mortgage insurance. ("all us todav tor free answers with no obligation. Wc want to help von! ' V Ok 1 Bert Wilson Over 50 years combined lending experience. 250 West Main American Fork 756-7434 PurchaseRefinance ETrWODDEiIOXR!WAREHOUSE ""'V. ' S) '''fi T"'A)S .... ' ' ' Capoeira instructor Edson "Xochinho" Lima helps Spencer Cuevas Want to learn capoeira? OREM CAPOEIRA CLUB Where: 530 South 1200 West Courtside Apartments (Club House) Orem, Utah 84058 When: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Contact: Edson Lima "Mestrando Xochinho" 427 9047 xochinholdshotmail.com The same as samba, soccer or Carnival, capoeira travels with Brazilians. Edson and Karla Lima arrived in Utah in December 2006 to study public health education and psychology respectively. They had met 10 years ago in their native Brazil also thanks to capoeira. "I was in a park and saw this 'roda' (a circle made of capoeiristas playing music and dancing) and asked Xochinho Xo-chinho what that was," Karla recalls. "Then, he told me he Bruce Henriksen, PLM could teach me capoeira, and we started dating." The couple has been married for six years now. As all capoeiristas, Edson and Karla have nicknames: "Mestrando Xochinho", as Edson Ed-son is known in the capoeira world, means the "Slim Master." Mas-ter." Karla is called "instrutora quase morta" or "the half -dead instructor," referring to her quiet and soft demeanor. Since Edson had taught capoeira in a big school in Brazil, they decided to do the same in Orem, where they live now, and started their own school. For them it's not a matter of making a living or just trying to make ends meet, but rather a need. "It's Y - Mi 7 WAflbrdable 1UACUU OMUUIUII L Look Like 377-7828 1774 N. 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