PROFILE

Name: Dennis Eckart / Simpson
Date of birth: 16-June-1982
Origin: Nuernberg - Germany
Level: Professor
Group: Grupo Cativeiro Capoeira – Jamaica
Master: Mestre Paulo Sorriso
Arrived in Jamaica: March-2004

Skills:

• General:

• Certificate of General University Matriculation
• Capoeira Instructor Diploma
• Fitness Trainer License
• Nutrition Trainer Diploma
• Emboscada I Certificate

• Languages:

• German
• English
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• (Latin)

Experience:

• Martial Arts Experience (besides Capoeira):

• Judo (3 years)
• Karate (4 years)

• Various:      
  • Fitness trainer experience in Germany
  • Participation in Capoeira workshops in Holland, Poland, Austria and Belgium
  • 4 trips to Brazil between 1999 and 2004
  • Coordinator of “Ashe Brazil”, May-2007
  • Capoeira trainer experience in Germany, Brazil and Jamaica
  • Participation in the “Move” music-video of Damian “Jr.Gong” Marley, 2006
  • Successful participation at Cage-Fight 2004 in Kingston
  • Coordinator and founder of Grupo Cativeiro Capoeira – Jamaica
  • Managing Director of Capoeira Alafia

 

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