he Italian Capoeira Association was established by Mestre Baixinho in 1991 with the aim of spreading the knowledge and practice of capoeira in Italy; since 2002, as evidence of Mestre Baixinho's decision to devote himself to the study of Capoeira Angola, it has become the Italian Association of Capoeira da Angola.It is based in Milan at the Academia de Capoeira in Via Angelo della Pergola 15 where it offers courses for all levels and all ages and, through students trained by the Master, he holds courses at other locations in the cities of Milan, Pavia, Bergamo, Como, Genoa, Istanbul and Lubango (Angola).