Professor Rolha

Corky Brown, a.k.a. Professor “Rolha”, is an accomplished capoeirista whose passion for learning and helping others to learn has made him a successful instructor, entrepreneur, software engineer, musician, and parent. He’s proud of his many years of experience with developmentally disabled children and adults, and considers teaching to be his one true talent. Corky has been with Mestra Gata Brava since the founding of Capoeira Morro Verde in 2009.

Corky has created many websites to provide the capoeira community with information and tools to help navigate the folkloric art through the digital age. As an amateur linguist, he created the Capoeira Language, an alphabet for transcribing the movements of capoeira. And as a self-taught musician, he now feeds his musical appetite with the deep traditions of capoeira and other Afro-Brazilian arts.