Capoeira changed Brazilian native Mauro Romualdo's life. Now he's passing on the martial art/dance to Utahns.
SALT LAKE CITY — Mauro Romualdo's students — who are more like a chosen family — call him by his capoeira name, Mestre Jamaika.
"I remember being a young kid in Brazil and — today I know what it is — but back then I was confused and I was like why do I feel like I'm being excluded? No matter what I did, people always saw me in a different way. People never gave me the value that I felt I deserved," Romualdo continued. "Brazil is a very beautiful country. The diversity in that country is amazing, but we still have to deal with a lot of issues.
Those moments were the beginning of Romualdo's lifelong journey to replicate the change capoeira has made in his own life, including founding"I try to use capoeira as a tool to bring love into people's hearts, and that's my goal here in Salt Lake City," he said. "I don't feel that I'm teaching, like this if my job, or this and that — I feel like this is my mission, brining love to people's lives. ...
"When we get together, if you look at it, we make a circle. Two people go in the circle and keep constantly moving. Once you get out of the circle, you're still moving, still clapping hands, still singing — we're all connected," he said. "That's what the world is about, this whole connection." Feyd Taylor, who recently received a professor title in capoeira, had a similar experience. As an 11-year-old, Taylor sought out martial arts classes in an attempt to defend himself from bullies. The closest thing his after-school program had was capoeira. Seventeen years later, Taylor said he's gained so much more than the self defense skills his 11-year-old self was looking for.
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