Summary

Combining capoeira with education can generate a very significant improvement in the school life of children and adolescents, producing greater student achievement and rescuing values such as respect, friendship, and camaraderie. Many public and private schools have already included capoeira as an intra- and extracurricular activity, awakening children to the practice of the sport from the earliest childhood and creating athletes for the future. (MENDES, 2006, p.74) Dance and capoeira are always a prominent preference among young people in Salvador. It is possible to use them as elements for work in preventing social risks, offering participants a perception not only as leisure, but as elements in the constitution and formation of Brazilian cultural traits, that is, the formation of their cultural identity. Furthermore, it is a path to personal and interpersonal development. In the way the experimentation is being proposed, it allows the acquisition of skills, discipline, balance, motor coordination, flexibility, rhythm, spatial awareness, and especially creative construction. These proposed activities will play a fundamental role in reducing violence inside and outside educational institutions, certainly having a positive impact on the learning process of children and adolescents. In school, based on the Curriculum Framework for Early Childhood Education (1998) MEC, the objectives are the integral formation of the child, as well as their identities. Beyond this Framework, capoeira transcends the motor aspect, through the work and cultural knowledge it provides. At Lar Joana Angélica, capoeira classes taught by educator Jaqueline Mateus incorporate historical artifacts and the fundamentals of the martial art, teaching songs, musical games, and activities that stimulate interest and provide experiences with previously unknown elements. During the classes, children experience flexibility, coordination, and spatial awareness, allowing them to connect with their bodies and their limitations. The activities contribute to both motor development and improved learning processes. In 2018, we obtained funding from CESE to carry out internal and external activities.