2008 Wrap-up
Capoeira 24/7/365!
2008 was the year Brazil came to Japan!
We saw Timbalada, Jorge Ben Jor, Maria Rita, Gilberto Gil, even a tribe of Amazon Indians paid us a visit. Famous Brazilian musicians, artists, politicians, sports men and women all made their way across the seas to share the Brazilian culture in the International Year of Exchange, 100 Years of Immigration Brazil-Japan.
But the biggest stars of all waited until the end of October to touch down on Japanese soil. Instrutor Lula, Instrutor Grão, Graduado Rafael, Graduado Claudinho, and Mestre Pintor stayed for a total of 2 weeks of workshops, street rodas, and our 2nd Batizado!
One instructor decided to stay over for a little bit longer, and Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japão had three months of intense capoeria classes with Instrutor Lula.
The 2008 highlights included:
Instrutor Canguru in Tokyo
Founder of Grupo Bantus Capoeira Australia (1997), Canguru hopped over to Japan to share some of his capoeira and musical knowledge with members of GBCJ in a couple of workshops and rodas in Tokyo.
Summer of Capoeira!
As soon as the weather heated up, so did the capoeira! We took to the streets of Kichijoji, we took to the parks (Showa Kinen Koen & Inokashira Koen), and we took to the beaches (Tsujido & Zushi). Spreading the word that capoeira is for everybody, GBCJ wasn’t afraid to let everyone know that we love capoeira!
Our 2nd Batizado!
The biggest event this year had to be the 2nd Bantus Capoeira Japan Festival and Batizado. Two weeks full of workshops, street rodas, and cultural exchange right here in Tokyo. Brazil landed in Kichijoji and Mitaka bringing with her 5 humans that eat, sleep, breath, and dream capoeira. No other capoeira festival in Japan brought over such a wealth of knowledge and experience, such a dynamic team of capoeira experts, a family of capoeira professionals! The 2nd Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japan Batizado brought together the pounding percussion of Japanese Taiko drums, the soulful improvisations of Mestre Pintor on berimbau, the amazing acrobatics of Bantus Capoeira, a team of Sambanistas and sexy samba dancers, and guests from all over Japan. Cafuné gained her Verde/Amarela (Green/Yellow cord), and Caçapa moved up to the ranks of Instrutor receiving his Amarela (Yellow cord) from Mestre Pintor himself.
4th World Meet Bantus 2008 in Malaysia
Caçapa and Sorriso represented Japan on their trip down to Malaysia and Singapore. It was a fantastic experience catching up with old and new Bantus Capoeira friends from Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.
Check out the list of over 50 highlights from 2008, read more and leave comments below.
- Expressão e Arte Batizado: January 6th
- 2008 commences with New Monday Night Classes at Event Hall Musashino: January 14th
- New Wednesday Night Classes at Space 38: January 16th
- New 4 Hour Saturday Class: January 19th
- Major Blog Update: January 25th
- Google Group Email List announced: January 25th
- GBCJ Googlepages Mobile Website announced: February 10th
- Samba/Capoeira Workshop with Instrutor Canguru (GBC Australia) BumB Tokyo Bay Sports and Culture Center, March 8th
- March in March (National Union of General Workers Tokyo Nambu), Shibuya: March 9th
- Annual General Meeting, 2008: March 23rd
- Hanami and Park Roda, Showa Kinen Koen, Tachikawa: March 30th
- QR Code Launched: April 7th
- Workshops with Chacal (GBC Australia), Kichijoji: April 14th-19th
- Open Roda, Grupo Tempo, Shinjuku: April 19th
- Earth Day Roda, Showa Kinen Koen, Tachikawa: April 20th
- Pokebras Blog Re-launched: April 23rd
- Park Roda: Inokashira Koen, May 4th
- Mitaka Yon Sho used for the first time: May 7th
- Tsukuba Festival with Grupo Marana, Ibaraki: May 11th
- Ben Parks Dance Photography Exhibition Opening Party, Asuka Cafe, Daikanyama : May 11th
- GBC Japan Constitution 2008 launched: May 24th
- World No Tobacco Day Roda, Tachikawa Showa Kinen Koen: May 25th
- GBCJ Facebook Group announced: May 31st
- Tamagawa 300m Matsuri: Futako Tamagawa, June 1st
- Message from Mestre Pintor International Year of Exchange: June 19th
- Grupo Bantus Capoeira Anthem, mp3 uploaded: June 19th
- Ache Brasil Batizado, Osaka: June 22nd
- Bantus Summer Capoeira Camp and Festa Junina, Yamanashi: June 28-29th
- Monday Night Street Rodas start, Kichijoji: July 7th- November 27th
- Grupo Tempo Batizado, Shinjuku: July 21st
- Park Roda: Inokashira Koen, July 20th
- Google Streetview Maps Launched: August 7th
- Marana Batizado, Ibaraki: August 24th
- Nação Capoeira Batizado, Shinjuku: August 31st
- GBCJ 2nd Batizado and Capoeira Festival announced: August 23rd
- New class fee system announced: September 8th
- Capoeira Nação Batizado, Saitama: September 14th
- Capoeira Classes start at French School of Tokyo, Asakusabashi: September 30th
- MISHOP World Festival 2008, Mitaka: October 5th
- Dr. Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Festival, Sendagaya: October 11th
- All Japan Capoeira Festival 2008, Gunma: October 12th
- Mitaka Sports Festival, Mitaka: October 13th
- Instructor Lula arrives in Japan and Membership Drive Announced, Kichijoji: October 20th
- Workshops and Street Rodas with Mestre Pintor, Graduado Claudinho, Grauado Rafael, Instrutor Grão, & Instrutor Lula, Kichijoji & Mitaka: October 27th – November 7th
- 2o Batizado de Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japão, Mitaka: November 2nd
- Regional Japão Batizado, Nishi Kasai, November 9th
- GBCJ participates in the GBC Festivals in Malaysia and Singapore, November 10th-23rd
- South of the Border Party, Sam and Dave’s Nightclub, Akasaka: November 15th
- Filhos da Terra Batizado, Gunma, November 23rd
- Capoeira Angola Classes with Instrutor Lula, Kichijoji, November 28th
- Capoeira Presentation, Omotesando, November 29th
- Metropolis Magazine: Global Village: December 5th
- Nagoas Batizado Shizuoka: December 7th
- Andar com Lua Angola roda with Mestre Rene, Shinjuku: December 13th
- Berimbau Workshop with Instrutor Caçapa: December 14th
- GBCJ 4th Anniversary Bounenkai 2008, Noodle Chafe & Bar, Kichijoji : December 27th
In 2008 we saw more blood, sweat, and tears. Bucket loads of it! Teamwork and sheer dedication made this year a huge success. Making posters, flyers, promo- videos, t-shirts, application forms, proposals, and updating the blogs. Long distance phones calls to Brazil, emails around the world, sending invitations, committee meetings, sponsorship meetings, searching for venues, making applications for visas, distributing flyers, advertising in the media, and putting up 7 capoeira guest instructors in our apartment.
GBCJ Committee 委員会 2008
Chairperson責任者:: Caçapa (Marcello Pietrantonio)
Vice Chairperson副責任者: Cafuné (Kinuko Pietrantonio)
Secretary秘書・書記: Sorriso (Hiromi Sato) & Pikatchu (Sachiko Asakura)
Treasurer会計: Tatu (Tatsurou Suga) & Caboclo D’Agua (Toshihiro Kataoka)
Events Coordinator行事・イベントコーディネーター: Cotonete (Hiroshi Tsumura) & Espantalho (Tatsuyuki Tanaka)
Promotions Officer広報: Saci Pererê (Akiko Suenaga)
Student Representative生徒代表: Formiga (Jun Tateishi)
Translation Team
Saci Pererê, Sorriso, Caboclo D’Agua, Cafuné
Multimedia Team
Cotonete, Pikachu, Saci Pererê, Espantalho
GBCJ Class of 2008
Caçapa, Cafuné, Urso Polar, Largatixa, Cotonete, Toupeira, Tatu, Barril, Girrasol, Formiga, Pikachu, Sorriso, Maskara, Machado, Espantalho, Papa Capim, Gavião, Caboclo D’Agua, Atsushi, Saci Pererê, Coringa, Urso, Festa
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