Meet the Artist Brian Shields, is a senior student of Capoeira Angola at Mestre Themba’s school. Practicing closely with Mestre Themba and other instructors, Brian overcame severe burnout through Capoeira Angola. His journey back to clarity and productivity through this traditional art form resonates deeply with today’s overstressed young adults.
Capoeira, Afro-Brazilian art form and martial art
Chinese lion dance and kung-fu
California Traditional Artist Plaza
Mel Orpilla
Filipino Martial Arts + Bamboo carving of fighting sticks
California Traditional Artist Plaza
Amelia Butler
Haka (Traditional Māori War Dance)
Poi ("poi balls")
Kapahaka (Traditional Māori Performing Arts)
Te Reo Māori (Māori language)
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Anil Natyaveda
Kalari ppayattu Martial Arts
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Ling Mei Zhang
Ruth Yafonne Chen (San Francisco) will study Chinese Wushu (sword dance) with Ling Mei Zhang (San Francisco). Zhang studied with masters Liu Yuhua and Lee Wenjin in Tian Jinh and became the double straight sword Wushu champion for all of China in 1975. She has taught martial arts for over…
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Marcelo “Cadeirinha” Pereira
As part of ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program in 2006 Marcelo taught Isis Raele, his step-daughter, the art of capoeira. Capoeira is the only indigenous martial art of the Americas and was developed by enslaved Africans in Brazil. Mestre Pereira started playing capoeira on the streets of São Paulo, Brazil, as a child and…
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Crispulo Atillo
Crispulo Atillo is a Grandmaster of eskrima, a non-aggressive, weapons-based martial art rooted in Filipino history and culture. Great Grandmaster Atillo began studying eskrima as a teenager with his father and with Great Grandmaster Teodoro Saavedra. He was a master artist in ACTA’s Apprenticeship Program in 2006 with apprentice, Red Dagum. *** From…
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Ginga Arts
Ginga Arts is a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles that emowers underserved and at-risk youth by offering ongoing classes featuring the traditional Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira. Ginga Arts uses capoeria — part martial arts, part dance, part percussion, and part game — as an…
