mestre jonja, me, we start out our process in the beginning of the '80s.ds. what was it like in the beginning? the very first women who did it? >> mothers or fathers or the family, you know, said that, "well, capoeira's not for women, why you decide to do this?" >> afro-brazilian cuisine is the result of many, many years of cooks experimenting with african and portuguese dishes combined with local ingredients like seafood, chilies, coconut milk. this is angelica's house, open one day a week as a restaurant serving her unique style of bahian dishes. beautiful! wow look at that. >> it looks very good. [ speaking in portuguese ] >> how has being a master of capoeira -- how has that changed the rest of your life? >> i think it changed a lot. women in general, they don't learn to fight. learning how to be involved in real fights, game and fight at the same time, we became more prepared to be involved with the symbolic fight. and, in our society, the women, they are not so well prepared like men. ♪ >> it was purely african in the beginning, and now it's afro-bra