History
Capoeira Mandinga was founded in 1984 by one of the Brazilian pioneer masters in the USA mestre Marcelo Pereira. We have been promoting and spreading the art of Capoeira through-out the US and abroad through capoeira classes, performances and lectures in venues ranging from simple street performances to some of the highest and most respected performing stages in the word. Featured in many local, state and country wide media mestre Marcelo was also the real person who modeled for the famous Playstation video game Tekken under the character's name Eddy Gordo, Tigger Jacson and Christie Montero. The school have been based in Oakland for the past almost 30 years with branches in different locations such as Alameda, Berkeley, San Francisco, Sta Rosa etc. Besides that Capoeira Mandinga have also many satellite schools country wide and abroad. We are a non-profit organization committed to building community to improve life and integrate people of all kids of background.
Specialties
* Besides the listed classes on this page we also have a Saturdays class at a different location from 1-3 pm at Flex Gym in Oakland at 3925 Piedmont Ave, CA 94611. We teach and perform capoeira in many venues all over the Bay Area