Mestre Doutor

Capoeira Arte Antiga works under the guidance and teaching of Mestre Doutor (Adenilson Jose dos Santos). Mestre Doutor comes to North Carolina (Boone and Chapel Hill) on a regular basis to assess students' progress and teach workshops.

Mestre Doutor has practiced Capoeira for nearly three decades and has been teaching for twenty years. IN 1989 Doutor won first place in the Song Competition for Original Music Composition and in 1990 placed first in the prestigious Berimbau de Oro Capoeira Competition (lightweight division) in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mestre Doutor is a dedicated and charismatic teacher who is very successful with his students. Based in Philadelphia, he is the founder of ASCAB (American Society of Capoeira and Arts from Brazil/Associacao Santista de Capoeira Areia Branca) and the Philadelphia Capoeira Arts Center. Mestre Doutor was recognized as "person of extraordinary ability in his field" and granted permanent US residency in 2004.

Capoeira Arte Antiga is a North Carolina nonprofit organization whose primary purpose is to promote cultural diversity and global awareness, particularly in North Carolina's High Country, and to share with communities the history, art, and music of Capoeira. Through educational activities, public performances, workshops, lectures, and training, the primary objective of Capoeira Arte Antiga is to cultivate an interest in the art of Capoeira, to foster character-building and self-confidence, to promote physical fitness, and to develop a strong sense of community among future "capoeirista" children, adolescents, and adults of Watauga and surrounding counties.