Mestre Valmir

Country :  Brazil (Salvador / Bahia)

Born on the 27th of August 1965, in the city of Salvador da Bahia, Valmir Santos Damasceno, “Mestre Valmir”, entered the world of Capoeira in 1982, when he began training with the Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelorinho (GCAP), under Mestres Moraes and Cobra Mansa.

In 1992, he received the title of Contra-Mestre while working on Capoeira Angola related projects with different social organizations.

In 1994, he left GCAP and began his own group, which later became part of Mestre Cobra Mansa’s International Capoeira Angola Foundation (ICAF).

In August 2003, he received the title of Mestre at the 9th Annual International Capoeira Angola conference, in Belo Horizonte.

As a Capoeira professional, Mestre Valmir has conducted workshops in the USA, Russia, Japan and all over Europe and Central America. He is one of the most prominent angoleiros from his generation. Mestre Valmir currently lives in Salvador and leads FICA-BA, the Brazil Head Branch of the International Capoeira Angola Foundation.