Lang Maria Liu is a martial artist, dancer, teacher and healer. For over twenty years, she taught capoeira (a form of dance/martial arts developed by enslaved Afro-Brazilians) in Toronto, using a community-based, transformative approach. Her mother school, Filhos de Bimba, is based in Salvador da Bahia.
At 36, Lang was diagnosed with a right-hip condition (FAI) that limits her range of motion and creates imbalances in the body. Rather than give in to the doctors' prognoses that she would eventually require a hip replacement and should stop any strenuous physical activity, Lang embarked on a journey in search of...Read more