Caçapa on Tokyo MX
お疲れ様でした！
Here’s the video from Instrutor Caçapa’s appearance on “The Golden Hour – Yokoso 9Ch”.
Monthly Archive for February, 2010
Caçapa on Tokyo MX (Live TV)
Instrutor Caçapa will be appearing on live television in Japan tonight!
Tokyo MX (Channel 9) has invited Caçapa to appear on the show “The Golden Hour – Yokoso 9Ch”. A short talk-show type program aiming to promote Non-Japanese living in, or visiting Japan.
Date: Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Time: 9pm-10pm (Yokoso 9Ch starts around 9.40pm)
Japanese TV or OneSeg: Channel 9, Tokyo MX
If you’re not in Japan then you may be able to watch live using this program, Keyhole TV.
Otherwise stay tuned for the YouTube upload.
オンライン・ショッピング
Instrutor Caçapa here throwing some recommended capoeira stuff your way!
First up, I just got my hands on some PUMA 917 Lo Sneakers, and I gotta say, they are great. They were on sale at Kichijoji Parco’s ABC Mart, but you can buy them online right here from Amazon (US/Japan).
The second recommended shoe comes from our very own GBCJ Kids Capoeira maniac, Oto-chan. The Jinga, a shoe designed just for capoeira.
We’ll have some more info about the shoe helping kids in Brazil soon, but in the meantime, here’s a sneak preview from Amazon (Japan).
More recommended goodies!
2009 Wrap-up
2009 was a year of reflection. We started off with a bang, with several exciting workshops and performances in January and the pace hardly slowed down after that. However, things weren’t all great. Membership dropped off a little in April, we became a smaller, let’s say ‘streamlined’ group. We were not ready to have our 3rd batizado in 2009, or visit our Bantus brothers and sisters in Brazil for the World Meet. Maybe it was a side effect of the Lehman Shock, maybe it was a sign to head in another direction.
Whatever it was, it was time to reflect. It didn’t effect our dedication to capoeira though, just focused our attention more on creating better relationships within the capoeira community in Japan, and creating a better future for GBCJ in 2010.
The 2009 highlights included:
Visiting Guests
Thanks to Instrutor Sabão, Capivara, Chá Mate from GBC Australia, Instrutor Coelho from GBC Malaysia and Mico Estrela for stopping by on your visists to Japan. Thanks to all the visiting capoeira instructors and students from all over the world that also shared their axé at Bantus Capoeira Japan classes and rodas.
Capoeira Kids
From teaching a workshop to 90 excited International Elementary School kids to starting our very own Bantus Capoeira Kids Class, 2009 saw GBCJ planting the seeds for a big, strong capoeira tree.
Capoeira Performances
In 2009 we started regular musical performances at Antaru Cafe 8, giving us another opportunity to share the Bantus Capoeira Axé amongst the community. We also performed on stage in front of appreciative audiences at the Amnesty International Film Festival, MISHOP International Festival in Inokashira Park, Mitaka Sports Festival, and a hugely successful Antaru Festival in Yoyogi Park.
Workshops and Batizado Visits
Although we weren’t able to host our own batizado in 2009, we were invited to many batizados all over Japan and were able to meet many great visiting mestres. Bantus Capoeira Japan’s own Instrutor Caçapa was also invited down to Osaka to teach 2 days of workshops for Força Da Arte at their internal batizado in April.
Bantus Japan 5th Anniversary
2009 also marked the 5th Anniversary of the Grupo Bantus Capoeira in Japan. Looking back at 5 years of capoeira in Tokyo, Japan.
Check out the list of 70 highlights from 2009, read more and leave comments below.
March Schedule
Please pay close attention to our schedule in March!
Due to booking complications we have had to rearrange the class schedule a little bit.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Cancelled Classes
Saturday 6th, March 2010
Kids and Adults Class (San Chu)
Saturday 27th, March 2010
Kids, Adults (San Chu) and Beginners Class (EHM)
Make-up Classes
Sunday 7th, March 2010
Kids Class (San Chu)
6.30pm-7.30pm
Adults Class (San Chu)
7.30pm-8.45pm
Monday 22nd, March 2010
Kids Class (San Chu)
1.00pm-2.00pm Kids Capoeira Class
2.00pm-2.30pm Kids Music Class
GBCJ in the 吉祥寺ＥＣＣＯ
Make sure you head over to Kichijoji this month and pick up a copy of the February 2010 edition of local free magazine, 吉祥寺ＥＣＣＯ.
We have a full colour ad in the magazine (page 12), and if you mention it, you’ll get a 500yen discount on classes for your first month. No expiry date, for new students only.
ie. First class is 500yen, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th class: 500yen off
Beginners (Saturday 7pm-8.30pm): 1000yen
Monday (7.30pm-9pm) and Saturday (1.30pm-5pm): 1500yen
Best value in Tokyo!
Click the “このeBOOKを開く” button below to view the online version (pops open a new window).
Bantus Capoeira Japan has set up a new Google Group for the parents of our Kids Capoeira class.
Click the link below and join up. Remember, GBCJ Kids members and mums and dads only.
http://groups.google.com/group/gbcj-kids-capoeira
We recommend you join using a Gmail, or other webmail account.
19 Years of Grupo Bantus Capoeira
February 2nd is Grupo Bantus Capoeira Day!
It has been 19 years since Meste Pintor created Grupo Bantus Capoeira. Congratulations Mestre!
FALA GALELA BANTUS!!!!
Nao esquecam…dia 2 de fevereiro e dia do Grupo Bantus Capoeira. 19 anos!!! Vamos festejar. Toque seu Berimbau, de um Au, jogue Capoeira, pois a energia de voces e muito importante nesse dia. E prepare-se, 2011 vamos comemorar juntos oS 20 anos GBC.
Mestre Pintor, Brazil
That means 2011 will be the 20th Anniversary. See you all in Brazil next year!
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