Monitor Juba

Monitor Juba leads classes in Decatur, leads classes at Emory University, and oversees the new program at Agnes Scott College. He first started teaching informally in 2005. He travels to Brazil regularly to keep his capoeira and teaching updated.

Juba earned the rank Graduado (Graduate) in September 2007 and the rank Monitor in July 2010. His teaching, development, and event coordiation is supervised by Mestre Fran.

If you'd like to leave Juba a message, you can send him an email here.

Biography

When Monitor Juba first moved to Georgia to go to school, he arrived with an open mind and an inclination to try new things. Without any concept of what capoeira was, he accepted an invitation of a fellow classmate to try it out. In September 2003, he tried his very first class with Mestre Fran, the founder and leader of Grupo Maculelê, at Emory University's Student Activity & Academic Center. He has practiced capoeira ever since and quickly earned the capoeira nickname of "Juba".

Monitor Juba has helped plan and coordinate events in Atlanta. In addition, he has traveled to Grupo Maculelê's Brazilian headquarters in Londrina, Paraná four times to attend capoeira events and to train. He co-founded a capoeira club at Oxford College of Emory University, serving as its President. Since 2005, he has been a Fitness Emory Instructor at Emory's Woodruff Physical Education Center. With over 650 volunteer hours teaching capoeira, Juba currently he teaches classes at Several Dancers Core in Decatur, GA and at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.

Juba's primary objective is to offer the highest quality capoeira instruction as possible. In pursuit of this objective, Juba is committed to traveling to Londrina, Paraná, Brasil at least annually. There, he improves his own skills, keeps current on trends in capoeira, and develops capoeira-teaching methods.

Outside of capoeira, Juba is a Business Analyst and Project Manager for a consulting firm that specializes in adult and continuing education. In addition to improving business practices and processes, he is also a Certified Technical Trainer. Aside from being an instructor and a curriculum designer, Juba is a devoted learner who loves learning for the sake of learning.

Capoeira Experience

Juba has trained continuously since 2003 when he first encountered capoeira. Practice of capoeira goes beyond the class, however.

Graduation and Honors

Juba is dedicated to constant improvement. As a result, he works hard to continue his own professional improvement in capoeira by preparing for graduations. He also regularly enrolls in cooperative capoeira competitions.

Here is a list of his achievements:

• September 1, 2007: Received Graduado First Degree at the 5th Annual Batizado of Capoeira Maculelê in Atlanta, GA.
• August 17th, 2008: Received Graduado Second Degree at the First Mundial of Capoeira Maculelê in Londrina, Paraná, Brasil.
• August 17th, 2008: Won a medal for Melhor Estrangeiro (Best Non-Brazilian) in the Benguela Championship at the First Mundial of Capoeira Maculelê in Londrina, Paraná, Brasil.
• March 20th, 2010: Juba's Emory team won the 1st Festival Universitario do Grupo Maculelê in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• July 4th, 2010: Received Monitor corda at the 3rd Annual Jogos Mundias de Capoeira in Londrina, Paraná, Brasil.

Events

Capoeira Decatur, under Juba's leadership, works with the Emory Capoeira Club to host events approximately every six months. These events, called batizados, bring professional capoeira teachers and capoeira students from all over the US and the world.

Here is a list of events that Juba has worked to realize on behalf of Capoeira Decatur:

• March 26–28, 2009: Co-hosted and coordinated the 6th Annual Batizado of Capoeira Maculelê in Atlanta, Georgia.
• August 5–8, 2009: Acted as a supporting organizer for the First Annual Mundial de Capoeira Maculelê in Miami, Florida.
• October 1–3, 2009: Hosted and coordinated the 7th batizado in Atlanta at Emory University.
• April 14–17, 2010: Co-hosted and coordinated the Maculelê Atlanta Batizado Spring 2010 in Decatur and Atlanta, Georgia.

Latest Sequence from Juba

You can check out the latest capoeira sequence from Capoeira Decatur, taught by Juba, here: