South Texas Capoeira is a branch of the Capoeira Group: Raça em Moveimento. The group in McAllen is a capoiera awareness group.
Classes are taught by Contramestre Graveto under the supervision of Mestre Efraim Silva. The main academy is located in Brownsville, TX. CM Graveto occasionally organizes trainings, seminars and rodas in the McAllen area. Those events will be posted here on this page. If the interest in Capoeira increases in McAllen, we will once again host an academy locally.
02/16/2024
Mestre Graveto’s band released their new music video today! Check it out.
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06/19/2022
05/12/2022
✅ Are you considering a summer camp for your kids ?
✅ Perhaps you were interested in martial arts? How about music?
✅ Gymnastics?
✅ Maybe learning a new language?
➡️ Look no further as CAPOEIRA combines all of these and so much more.
Our summer camps are half day intensive introductions to the amazing Afro-Brazilian art form of Capoeira! Your kids will go from absolute beginners to leaving with a wealth of knowledge while having a great time.
Send us a message 📧 or give us a call 📞 to find out more.
Our class sizes are kept small so spaces are extremely limited. Secure your spot by enrolling today !
Online registration here :
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04/21/2022
As we celebrate our 10 year anniversary, we plan on hosting several workshops with guest instructors throughout the year. We kick things off next month with none other than my dear friend Mestre Pinga Fogo! We will also have a mini Batizado ceremony at the end for the few students who can not be here in June for our annual event. Workshops are open to all levels and outside groups are welcome. Message us for more info!
About our invited guest:
Guilherme Torres, also known as “Pinga Fogo”, a native of Taubate, Sao Paulo, Brazil started practicing capoeira at the age of 5 in Brazil. Guilherme always knew that he wanted to dedicate his life to capoeira and so he began his career as a Capoeira teacher in 1995.
In December of 2000 he earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from UNITAU (University of Taubate).
He moved to Connecticut in 2003 where he had the opportunity to perform in wonderful places such as the Museum of the City of New York, YALE University, Mohegan Sun Casino, WTNH channel 8, International Festival of Arts & Ideas and much more. He has been living in Austin,TX since 2013. Mestre Pinga Fogo and Mestre Graveto developed a close friendship starting in 2002 and would work together in Mestre Efraim’s performance company “Ginga Brasileira” and as teaching artists for “Young Audiences of America”
We are super excited to have Mestre Pinga Fogo here with us once again to share his experience and dynamic capoeira game.
📷 credits : the amazing Wilfred Hernandez
03/24/2022
The date is set! Join us as we start our year long celebration of 10 years in the RGV!