09/21/2021
Someday soon….
When they tell the history of Capoeira, and they speak of the importance of a place like Santa Cruz CA. as one of the most important Capoeira Cities outside of Brazil… they will speak of this Roda.
By my own words… People will know that this was the place where Capoeira came to play, and hug, and sing, and dance, and smile and eat together without fear or oversight or regulation or mandate.
When most bent,
When others stopped,
When everything changed…
In Santa Cruz CA. at Mestre Valter Santos’s home in his front yard on Seabright Avenue, Capoeira lives on as it has always struggled to be…
Free.