Kate Haber
Vaccination Status: fully boosted
Kate Haber (“Instrutora Pimenta”) is the manager of Flying Tortoise. She has been a student of martial arts since 2006. Her favorites are Northern Chinese Kung Fu, which she studied in Beijing with Joey and Capoeira which she teaches today. What she finds appealing about both these arts is their ability to positively transform the practitioner from the inside out. She has been a Capoeirista since 2009 when she began her studies under Mestre Batata in Los Angeles. She studies now with Mestre Kinha of Capoeira Besouro Hawaii. Her teaching experiences include The Source Academy / River City Warriors under Joe Heller, the Cedarwood Waldorf School and the Sun Community Schools. She is comfortable teaching larger gymnasium classes. She likes to refer to capoeira as her 'martial arts soul food': it offers expedient fun, health and community. She runs a thriving kids' capoeira program for ages 5-13. She also owns and manges the clinic next door and the Flying Tortoise Food Cart Pod.
In her classes Instrutora Pimenta stresses cooperation, strength building, safety and an open heart. Please visit Capoeira Besouro Oregon for more info.
"I love how kids take capoeira out of the academy and into their neighborhoods. Capoeira inspires playfulness, challenges you and inspires growth physically as well as emotionally."