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Monitor: Mala

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Davi Gomes Maranhão, better known in the Capoeira world as Instrutor Mala, was born on April 8, 1985 in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. Mala had his first encounter with Capoeira at the age of nine with Capoeiristas of the region in which he lived. At the age of 10, his mother placed him in a school that organized activities to help needy children of the neighbourhood and children of the street of Recife to learn professional skills for their futures.
  
While attending the school, Mala met Alex Carneiro da Silva,known in the capoeira world as instructor (negao) who took him to his first Capoeira class. It was then that Mala met a capoeira master  who  was teaching Capoeira at the school as an extracurricular activity. Mala learned his first steps in Capoeira with him and trained with him for 11 years.

Around the age of 17 Mala started teaching Capoeira to street kids of Recife at a community centre to show them a better way of life. In 2006, Mala started a new life in Vancouver, BC, Canada where he continued training and teaching what he had learned. Shortly after moving to Vancouer,Mala continues to teach Capoeira and perform at various events and venues in the community. He participates in Capoeira festivals throughout North America and frequently returns to Brazil to keep up with the Capoeira scene and fine tune his technique.
Founder Contra Mestre Bola (Marinaldo DaSilva) was born in Olinda, Pernambuco - a thriving centre of Afro-Brazilian culture with a long-standing Capoeira tradition. He began training
with a top Capoeira Master
in 1988. Initially, Bola moved to Vancouver in 1995 where he taught Capeoira for some time, but then relocated to Toronto in 2000 to open an academy. In 2005 he   found Capoeira Camará, which now includes academies in Toronto, Peterborough, Montreal, and Calgary, Canada, Bermuda, Russia and Brazil.

Beyond his teaching duties in Toronto, Bola participates in numerous Capoeira events all over the world. He is also an accomplished musician and is responsible for producing five successful annual Batizado e Troca da Corda shows. Overall, Bola has been promoting Brazilian culture and Capoeira for 15 years. His travels have taken him to training sessions and performances in St. Croix and to Capoeira workshops as far away as Russia.
Bola’s Capoeira expertise and leadership have also earned him international recognition. And, on numerous occasions, major media both in Canada and Brazil exclusively have interviewed him.
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