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Workshop with Formando Curuman

Mar 5th

Last Saturday we had a wonderful class with a guest visiting from Brasil, Formando Curuman. We were very lucky to have him spend the day with us and to have the opportunity to learn from him. He has a lot of experience as he trained capoeira for many years with Mestre Paulinho Sabia. He told us about the history of Capoeira Brasil and about the early days of our group. It was a pleasure to have him train us and to have him participate in our Roda of the Month.

Michelle ‘Pocahontas’ had these nice words to say about the day:

“Thanks to Formando Curaman for giving a great capoeira class on Saturday which consisted of second phase kicks and take-downs which are always fun to practice. This followed by the first roda of the month where a few people from other groups came to contribute to the good axe and great roda. After that a few of us spent the rest of the afternoon down at Coogee enjoying the gorgeous weather. Thanks Formando Curaman and Professora Portiguara!!

Pocahontas x”

Coming in October!

Sep 25th

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1^st Capoeira Batizado & Encounter for Capoeira Brasil Sydney – Professora Potiguara, under the supervision of Mestre Boneco

This exciting event will run over the course of 5 days from the 19^th to the 23^rd October at different locations around Sydney and will include workshops by local and international guests on:

Capoeira (kids and adults)
Maculele
Traditional Capoeira music – songs and instruments
Brazilian dance and culture

Workshops will be held in the evenings between Tuesday 19th and Friday 22^nd. The Batizado will be on Saturday 23^rd from 11am.

The guest of honour is Mestre Boneco (www.capoeirabrasil.com) who will be leading the event. It will be an electric week having Mestre Boneco, one of the founders of Group Capoeira Brasil, here in Sydney as he teaches multiple workshops and leads the Batizado. The main event will be held on the Saturday 23^rd of October and will be an exciting day for the members of Team Potiguara who will be receiving their new cords.

Guests are more than welcome to come along and participate in the workshops. Friends and family are encouraged to come along to watch and bring their energy to the Batizado which is sure to be a vibrant and electric finish to the 1^st Capoeira Batizado & Encounter.

Leading up to the workshops and Batizado there will be a ‘Latin Party’ fundraiser held at UTS Glasshouse Bar on Saturday 9^th October to help raise money to support this event. Tickets are $12 ($10 if you are a UTS student) and everyone gets a free drink on entry! The Latin flavoured beats will be provided by Tropicante Sound Systema. For more information and to RSVP see the Facebook event page.

Professora Potiguara and her team are excited to be holding their first event. We look forward to getting in the action in October and hope to see you there!

For more information contact Professora Potiguara (marianacapoeira@gmail.com) or Tristen (suadocapoeira@gmail.com)

1^st Capoeira Batizado & Encounter for Capoeira Brasil Sydney – Professor Potiguara, under the supervision of Mestre Boneco

The event will run over the course of 5 days from the 19^th to the 23^rd October at different locations around Sydney and will include workshops by local and international guests on:

Capoeira (kids and adults)
Maculele
Traditional Capoeira music – songs and instruments
Brazilian dance and culture

Workshops will be held in the evening between Tuesday 19th and Friday 22^nd. The Batizado will be on Saturday 23^rd from 11am.

Locations: TBC
Costs:

Guests are more than welcome to come along and participate in the workshops. Friends and family are encouraged to c

1^st Capoeira Batizado & Encounter for Capoeira Brasil Sydney – Professor Potiguara, under the supervision of Mestre Boneco

The event will run over the course of 5 days from the 19^th to the 23^rd October at different locations around Sydney and will include workshops by local and international guests on:

Capoeira (kids and adults)
Maculele
Traditional Capoeira music – songs and instruments
Brazilian dance and culture

Workshops will be held in the evening between Tuesday 19th and Friday 22^nd. The Batizado will be on Saturday 23^rd from 11am.

Locations: TBC
Costs:

Professora Potiguara and her team are excited to be holding their first event. We look forward to getting in the action in October and hope to see you there!

ome along to watch and bring their energy to the Batizado which is sure to be a vibrant and electric finish to the 1^st Capoeira Batizado & Encounter.

Professora Potiguara and her team are excited to be holding their first event. We look forward to getting in the action in October and hope to see you there!

Suado Visits Capoeira Brasil San Francisco

May 2nd

Posted by Suado in Capoeira Event

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I recently went to San Francisco, California to visit friends for a couple of weeks and managed to attend some classes with Professor Aranha and his team from Grupo Capoeira Brasil, SF. I had a great time training and learning with them all. They were all very kind and welcoming to me and went the extra mile to help make me feel at home.

Professor Aranha’s training style is very hard and fast. I almost died during the warm-up which was probably twice as bad considering the jet-lag I was suffering at the time. I really enjoyed the intensity of their training which I am sure is a reflection on the style that Professor Aranha plays with. Techniques and application was explained then no time was wasted before getting down to business, drilling the moves then working them through with a partner almost non-stop. The students were amazingly enthusiastic and excellent to train with. They push hard and are very eager to learn and grow as capoeiristas which was inspiring to see.

I learned a lot of new techniques and gained some new insight into the game of Capoeira by training with the crew from San Francisco. I feel my time spent with them was invaluable and I would like to thank Professor Aranha and his students for welcoming me into his school. I would also like to thank Minhoca and Koala for hosting me and taking such good care of me while I was there. It was an amazing trip and one that I will never forget.

Until my next Capoeira adventure. Thanks for reading.

Suado

For more photos please see Flickr gallery here.

Oregano gives us some Capoeira insight from her South American adventure

Mar 15th

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Orègano wrote to us while she was travelling through Brazil to share her thoughts on Capoeira, food and life in Brazil. Thanks Orègano!!

“Hi everyone,

Here are some of my reflections of Capoeira and Brazil:

- You make instant friends with whoever you train with, its great
- Capoeria is much more fast
- Capoeira is much more male dominated (or we just have a fair number of women)
- Watching a really long roda of Angola in Salvador, wi…th games played by experts, has made me really like the style, and the humour (very important) of it.
- It is true that Brazilians (in general of course) are very friendly, every place I visited I had people helping me out, after only knowing them for a few minutes.
- It is true that Brazilians (in general of course) know how to dance, it is very pleasing
- Not all Brazilians play capoeira (this is obvious, but still disconcerting when talking to some Brazilians and I know more about the sport than them)
- Everybody in the world needs to try Açai na tigela, and tapioca and macaxeira, my three favourites (tapioca is made from macaxeira flour)
- Salvador is the best city in the world with the best people (that one is for Mariana)
- Go Nordeste!
- Brazil is very big
- More when I get back

Miss you all,

Hope training is going good,

Orègano

xxoo”

Mestre Boneco’s January Newsletter

Jan 23rd

Posted by Suado in Capoeira News

Check out Mestre’s Boneco’s January Newsletter!!!

Articles on their activities in LA, great Capoeira photos, training tips, songs and an awesome picture of yours truely, Professora Potiguara!!