Team Topazio USA's Blog (2)

ABOUT TOPAZIO: The Topázio group was founded in 1987 by Raimundo dos Santos – Master Dinho. The group has been known for introducing new movements in the capoeira fight. The group was founded to keep together Master Dinho..s trainees that were teaching capoeira in other communities. It was a way to officialize what all of them felt. They were members of the same family. Since then the group has been branching out and increased the number of trainees. There are school branches all over Brazil a… Continue

CORDEL SYSTEM Green: First Graduation. It means the baptism of the trainee. Green Yellow: The trainee starts to feel how important is to improve its technics. Yellow: The trainee is ready to learn other technics. Yellow Blue: The trainee starts to show the results of the training. The training becomes harder and stronger than it was before. Blue: The trainee is graduated and needs to act as an example to be followed by the beginners. Red: Developing in the capoeira world to get knowledge t… Continue