Capoeira Mocambo

What Capoeira Mocambo does

Capoeira Mocambo, formally Centro Cultural de Capoeira Mocambo, is a North Wales-based capoeira school founded in 2010 by Monitor Colin Daimond. It operates as a private for-profit micro-enterprise affiliated with the Associação de Capoeira Senzala Santos under Mestre Sombra, providing direct Brazilian-lineage authentication. The school delivers capoeira classes alongside complementary music, movement, and wellness instruction to the local Bangor community, with classes held at the Old Goods Yard in Bangor and at Penrhyn Castle.

The core offering is in-person group capoeira instruction priced at approximately £5-7 per session for adults, with family discounts and a 6-week block structure for children's classes. The business has expanded its surface area modestly through online training resources and a bilingual (Welsh/English) web presence, but its revenue base remains concentrated in physical attendance at two regional venues. Go-to-market is community-driven, relying on a Facebook community group and word-of-mouth within the North Wales capoeira and cultural-arts scene rather than paid acquisition or institutional channels.

From a business-model perspective, Capoeira Mocambo is a single-instructor services business with the key-person dependency that implies. Initial capital formation came via an Arts Council of Wales training grant in 2010; no subsequent funding rounds, partnerships, or institutional customers are evident. The school is best characterized as a community-scale cultural enterprise whose strategic optionality is tied to the personal brand and lineage credentials of its principal instructor rather than to scalable product, technology, or distribution assets.

Name

Capoeira Mocambo

Legal name

Centro Cultural de Capoeira Mocambo

Website

https://capoeiramocambo.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Capoeira Mocambo is a North Wales capoeira school founded in 2010, operating from venues in Bangor and Penrhyn Castle. It delivers Brazilian-lineage capoeira classes to local adults, children, and families under Monitor Colin Daimond, using community word-of-mouth and a small Facebook group as its primary acquisition channel.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Martial Arts Instruction

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Fine Arts Schools (611610)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Camps (Theater, Musical Theater, Dance) (EDAMALAI)

Keywords

• Capoeira instruction
• Martial arts classes
• Movement arts training
• Youth physical education
• Brazilian cultural arts

Headquarters

HQ city

Wales

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Class Fees: Pay-per-class model for adults and children, with per-session pricing ranging from £5-7. Children's classes require upfront payment for 6-week blocks after trial period. Family discounts available.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Centro Cultural de Capoeira Mocambo operates an in-person capoeira school in North Wales offering structured weekly sessions for adults, youth, and children. The school teaches the Brazilian art form combining dance, music, martial arts, and theatrical gameplay, with direct lineage to Mestre Sombra and the Senzala Santos tradition. Classes are held at The Old Goods Yard in Bangor and at Penrhyn Castle.

Product overview

Capoeira Mocambo is a single-location capoeira school (Centro Cultural de Capoeira Mocambo) affiliated with Associação de Capoeira Senzala Santos in Brazil. The school offers a structured program of in-person capoeira classes across multiple skill levels: adult classes (Monday and Wednesday evenings), youth classes (ages 7-11 on Wednesday afternoons), children's classes (ages 4-7 on Wednesday afternoons), and beginner instruction. The school also provides online training resources and holds classes at Penrhyn Castle. All instruction traces to Grand Master Mestre Sombra (Roberto Teles de Oliveira) through the Senzala lineage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adult Capoeira Classes Evening capoeira classes for adults at all experience levels, including beginners, held on Mondays and Wednesdays at The Old Goods Yard in Bangor. Sessions teach the Brazilian art form combining dance, music, martial arts, and theatrical gameplay.
• Children's Capoeira Classes (Ages 4-7) Introductory capoeira sessions for children aged 4-7, held on Wednesday afternoons (4:00-4:45pm) during school terms. Sessions introduce basic movements, musicality, and the cultural traditions of capoeira.
• Children's Capoeira Classes (Ages 7-11) Capoeira classes for children aged 7-11, held on Wednesday afternoons (4:45-5:30pm) during school terms. Sessions teach movement, rhythm, and the cultural traditions of capoeira, with 6-week block payment required after the trial period.
• Penrhyn Castle Capoeira Classes Regular capoeira training sessions held at Penrhyn Castle, providing a second venue for instruction in North Wales.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Associação de Capoeira Senzala SantoscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentro Cultural de Capoeira Mocambo is affiliated with Associação de Capoeira Senzala Santos, the school of widely respected Grand Master Mestre Sombra (Roberto Teles de Oliveira) in Santos, São Paulo State, Brazil. Colin Daimond spent 6 months training under Mestre Sombra at their academy in 2005 and was made Monitor (2nd level teacher) by Mestre Sombra. The group invested Mestre Sombra with the mission of perpetuating and divulging their knowledge, tradition and culture, and he founded the academy in 1975.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Abada Capoeira: International capoeira organisation with global reach, founded by Mestre Cobra Mansa. Comparable as a capoeira instruction provider with established lineage, though operating at significantly larger scale and broader geographic footprint.
• Pineapple Dance Studios: Large London-based dance and movement studio offering adult and children's classes across multiple disciplines. Comparable as a UK dance/movement instruction business operating multiple weekly class slots at similar per-session price points.

Regional players

• North Wales Dance Collective: North Wales-based dance and movement organisation where founder Colin Daimond previously worked. Comparable as a regional dance/movement instruction provider in the same geographic market with overlapping cultural arts mission.
• Dawns i Bawb: Welsh national community dance development organisation. Comparable as a Wales-based dance/movement education provider serving similar community and youth segments, with which the founder has prior professional affiliation.

Others

• Sport Wales: Welsh government body responsible for sport development and funding in Wales. Relevant as a potential funding source and ecosystem partner rather than a competitor — comparable in serving the same North Wales community sport segment.

Direct peers

• Cordão de Ouro UK: UK branch of the international Cordão de Ouro capoeira organisation, offering weekly classes in multiple UK cities. Directly comparable as a lineage-affiliated capoeira instruction business with similar scheduling, pricing tiers and target demographics.
• Grupo Capoeira Brasil UK: Major UK capoeira organisation affiliated with Grupo Capoeira Brasil, offering regular classes across multiple UK cities. Directly comparable as a UK-based capoeira instruction business targeting adults, youth and children with weekly class structures and similar pay-per-session economics.
• Capoeira Unção: UK-based capoeira school founded by Mestre Peixinho, offering classes across the UK. Directly comparable as a community-led capoeira instruction business with similar target audience of adults, youth and children and weekly in-person class delivery.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CapoeiraMocambo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/capoeira-mocambo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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