Professor Quebra (Chris Baird) and Professora Serenata (Rebekah Parkes) are responsible for the teaching at the Mayfield West branch of Capoeira Aruanda. Both are university-trained high school teachers and work professionally in the field of education, Quebra as a Drama teacher at a local high school, and Serenata as a teacher educator in Physical Education at the University of Newcastle, where she is currently completing a PhD focused on Capoeira. Quebra and Serenata been studying Capoeira under Mestre Borracha for over a decade-and-a-half. In addition to their Capoeira training, both are also qualified Manunudlo (instructors) of Bernas Estocadas, a practical fencing-style stick-and-blade martial art from the Philippines (popularly known as Arnis, Eskrima, or Kali). Both Quebra and Serenata also have significant experience as circus performers, and in the teaching of gymnastics, outside Capoeira. Serenata, as a professional musician, is also lead singer for the world music band Big Jarda, and the Afrobeat band, Kalakuta Republic.