My name
Hector Ilias, I am 22 years old known as
> proffesor Sol I have studied Capoeira for the past 6
> years with grupo Cordao de Orou . Originally born in
> Honduras where I lived till I was 2 before moving to
> the U.S.A. with my Mother becuase of political
> instability in Central America during that time.
> I Capoeira is a Brasilian art form created by
> the slaves during the colonial period. The slaves
> would disguise the fighting form as a dance this way
> the masters would not know they where training self
> defense. I mainly studied in the United States for
> Elemantary , Middle School and High school except for
> 2nd grade & 9th where I returned to Honduras to
> perfect my reading and writing in Spanish. Raised by a
> single mother having 3 brothers and 2 sisters we
> indured many hardships like living in a car,shelters
> having to survive of what my mom made and food stamps
> things where not always easy. With out a father it is
> difficult to raise 5 children. So from a young age my
> mother thought me to appreciate waht we have and to
> help others when ever possible. So that is exactly
> what I did the summer of 1999 I volunteered with an
> International organization called Amigos del Mundo
> there I chose to volunteer in Brazil and worked with
> community projects dealing with health sanitation and
> recreation. During this period I began to be exposed
> to Capoeira little by little and during debriefing
> there was a Demonstration, with fire,music &
> acrobatics. Lets just say it was love at first sight
> because I am still with the same group certified to
> instruct and do not have plans of discontiinuing.
> After returning to America I focused all my
> energy on returning to Brazil to study Capoeira and to
> be involved in Community elevation projects. In
> college I studied theater,Dance and languages. I also
> took up gymnastics and was part of a Capoeira
> demonstration team. There I was incouraged to start
> working with kids got a job teaching at summer camps
> and shools. I always remembered how my teacher said he
> founded a shool of Capoeira in 1996 to help endangerd
> youth and impoverished children become good citizens.
> Since Capoeira turned my life around in such a
> positive magnificent way I was all for creating this
> school. Along with other ongoing projects we founded
> an international exchange so people from around the
> world could experince Capoeira and Brazilian art
> culture while helping and fighting Brazils poverty..
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