There are many definitions of what people would think Capoeira is. Is it a Dance? Martial Art? Acrobatics? Music Class? Language Class, History Class? It is all of these! Capoeira can be classified as an aspect of Afro-Brazilian culture expressed through a dance-like martial art that was created through experimentation, constant modification, and necessity by African and Native slaves in the Colonial era of Brazil dating back to the 1500's. The slaves would hide its fierceness from Slave Masters through stealthy and acrobatic movements, music, singing, and dance like gestures during their unwilling time spent in the Senzalas (Slave Quarters).The proven effective methods of defense, stealthiest and constant modification, Capoeira has manifested historically as a deadly martial art, a societal aspect of unity and problem solving and today as a top notch and challenging form of fitness. Capoeira has appeared in famous movies such as Önly the Strong" "The Run Down" Öcean's 12" and "The Protector" "Are We Done Yet" and the newest INDIANA JONES movie "Legend of the Crystal Skull".

Associação Brasileira Capoeira Sol Nascente

With the dream to divulge the afro-Brazilian culture of Capoeira, The Associação Brasiliera Capoeira Sol Nascente, (ABCSN) was created in 1986.  Since the beginning, the ABCSN aims at developing a Socio-cultural, educative work with children, adolescents and marginality at risk youth .  It  has been an effective entity, published without lucrative ends, the objective diffusion of the Brazilian culture through the Capoeira .  Its exercise is a strong social instrument of integration; therefore, works with all class types and makes possible the rescue of the notion of citizenship. Today and currently one of the greatest revealers of the true cultural root, inside and outside of Brazil, ABCSN carries through courses, seminars, lectures, projects and the most significant national and international events of Capoeira, and has accomplished representation in 12 Brazilian states and 6 countries, including the United States, Long Branch New Jersey under Profesor Baiano  with a total of approximately 12,000 thousand associates directed by Mestre Romeu, one of the most famous Brazilian capoeiristas.

THE FIRST CAPOEIRA GROUP IN CENTRAL JERSEY

Capoeira Sol Nascente, Long Branch is the first prgram of Afro-Brazilian Capoeira to exist in Monmouth County and Ocean County. The group was founded by Sub Contramestre Didi and Baiano. Also it was the first to introduce Capoeira to the shore area and is the longest standing group since 2002 in Long Branch NJ. We follow the methods taught to us by our teachers and eclectical methods experienced through application.

Cord Rank Colors

Cord colors are used as a means of advancement and knowledge that each student must attain, almost similar to traditional martial arts such and Karate and Tae Kwon Do. The students participate once a year in an initial Batizado(first time test) or Troca de Corda (cord change) in which they test their knowledge and earn their cord through demonstrations of defense movements, escapes,attacks, flourishes, and playing and singing of music in Brazilian Portuguese as well as their knowledge of some history and folklore. Different Capoeira schools have different cord colors, meaning different ranks, so don't be suprised if you see a white cord, he/she may just be a mestre, or just a beginner. Here are the cord colors for our group Capoeira Sol Nascente:

Laranja	Laranja-Azul	Azul (Monitor)	Azul-Verde (Istrutor Est.)	Verde (Istrutor)	Verde-Roxa (Istrutor Formado)	Roxa (Profesor Est)
Roxa-Marrom (Profesor)	Marrom (Profesor Formado)	Marrom-Amarela (Sub Contra Mestre)	Amarela (Contramestre)	Amarela Vermelho Mestrando Est.	Vermelho Mestrando Formado