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January Wrap-Up

Published by Cacapa on Wednesday, 18th February 2009 in Caçapa's Diary and General, and 0 Comments, Tags: capoeira, event.

January Wrap-Up

2009 is already proving to be a year full of great projects and exciting opportunities. Despite the below zero temperatures the GBCJ crew has been busy sharing the axé all over Tokyo.
Classes recommenced a little earlier this year with our special guest instructor Lula, on Sunday January 4th. After the class Instrutor Lula and students headed over to Tribo da Lua‘s open roda. The next event we attended was Cordão de Ouro‘s open roda on January 10th.

On January 11th we headed over to the Hooplover’s Workshop and had a great time!

On Sunday we had our worlds turned up side down (literally, we were *attempting* hand stands and walking on our hands) by the rocking crew from Bantus Capoeira Japan. Beyond a full mind and body workout we were introduced to the instrumental rhythms, expressive elements and history of the powerful form of movement.

Deanne Tonking, Instructor
Hooplovers

Feed back from Hooplovers

On January 14th we paid a visit to K International School in Tokyo and gave two workshops to the Year 4 and 5 kids.

Thanks again for the workshops. The students are still talking about them!

P.E Teacher
K International School, Tokyo

On January 17th we had our farewell roda for our special guest instructor Lula. Thanks to special guests that attended from Alma Liberdade, Narahari, Tribo da Lua, Expressão e Arte and Nação Capoeira.

Mixi Diary

After the roda we made it over to Alvorada for the Capoeira Rhythm Workshop.

Mixi Diary

Instrutor Lula returned to Brazil on the 18th, and the rest of the Bantus crew headed over to the Yakult Hall and put on a great performance at the Amnesty Film Festival 2009.

Thank you very much for your performance yesterday for our film festival. I enjoyed very much, and I assume everyone in the hall enjoyed a lot!
You made the audience cheerful and relaxed. One thing that I felt pity was that we could not give you enough time to perform.

Sonoko Kawakami, Campaign Coordinator
Amnesty International Japan

The following day we were featured on Yokohama FM radio program Radio Dock, interviewed by DJ Kaori Adachi.

Check out the blog entry on Radio Dock

On the 25th we popped into the launch party of our friend Osuman Orlando Bingle’s new Antaru Cafe 8 in Asagaya and shared some of the Bantus Capoeira axé.

Don’t forget to come on over for our monthly gig at Antaru Cafe 8 on February 22nd.

Phew!

2008 Wrap Up

Published by Cacapa on Thursday, 22nd January 2009 in Caçapa's Diary and General, and 0 Comments, Tags: capoeira, event.

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.

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Happy Moo Year 2009

Published by Cacapa on Friday, 2nd January 2009 in Caçapa's Diary, and 0 Comments, Tags: capoeira.

Happy New Year 2009!!!

Floating Cow

New Year Nenga 02

Grupo Bantus Capoeira had a rough year, but no use crying over spilt milk. It’s time to grab the bull by the horns, but let’s not put the ox in front of the cart. Remember to keep moo-ving in the right direction and mind the bullshit. That’s enough bad cow-poeira puns for one year.

We’re looking forward to the 5th WORLD MEET BANTUS in Brazil this August, and 365 days full of capoeira, berimbau, and lots of street rodas in Kichijoji.

On behalf of Cafune and Caçapa, to all the members of Grupo Bantus Capoeira around the world, and especially in Japan, we wish you a happy new year and may all your dreams come true in 2009!

Feliz Ano Novo!
あけましておめでとうございます、今年もろよしくお願いします！
Happy New Year!

Stay tuned for the 2008 Wrap-Up report and video highlights from our 2nd Batizado.

For a message from Mestre Pintor, and more cow goodness, continue reading.

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Metropolis Magazine: Global Village

Published by Cacapa on Friday, 5th December 2008 in Caçapa's Diary and Downloads, and 0 Comments, Tags: capoeira, media.

Metropolis Magazine

This week Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japão has the pleasure to appear within the pages of Japan’s number 1 English magazine, the Metropolis.

Talking about the non-profit and charity work of GBC Japan, the article mentions our guest instructor from Brazil, Lula and his capoeira work within the favelas of Belo Horizonte. The article features the stunning photography of freelance Tokyo photographer, Benjamin Parks.

Run into your local HMV or Tower Records before Friday December 12th, or one of these distribution points across Japan to pick up your copy and turn to page 9.

Thank you to Karryin Miller and Benjamin Parks for this wonderful article.

The online article

Benjamin Parks

Download the page in PDF

A little axé from Brazil before the Festival

Published by Cacapa on Friday, 24th October 2008 in Caçapa's Diary and Videos, and 0 Comments,

100 anos do Intercâmbio Japão-Brasil

Published by Cacapa on Thursday, 19th June 2008 in Caçapa's Diary, and 0 Comments,

日本ブラジル交流年
（Ano do Intercâmbio Japão-Brasil）
（2008年は日本ブラジル交流年です）

Today I received a special email from Mestre Pintor, it reads like this:

Mensagem a todos alunos e ao povo Japonês

Hoje, dia 18/06/2008, quarta-feira, completa 100 anos da imigração japonesa no Brasil, e agradecemos muito aos pioneiros por trazerem ao Brasil um pouco do Japão e podermos conhecer melhor o quanto é importante a participação do japonês no Brasil. Obrigado por vocês viverem junto conosco aqui, e que sejam sempre “bem vindos”. Nós gostamos muito de vocês!!!

Today, 18/06/2008, Wednesday, marks 100 years of Japanese immigration in Brazil, and we are thankful to the pioneers for bringing to Brazil a little bit of Japan and to be able to know better how important the participation of the Japanese in Brazil is. We are thankful that we can live here together, and that you are always welcome in Brazil. We love you guys!

Grupo Bantus Capoeira – Mestre Pintor

Ministry of Foreign Affairs homepage

100 Years of Exchange between Brazil and Japan – Streaming Video in Japanese

flickr update

Published by Cacapa on Wednesday, 4th June 2008 in Caçapa's Diary and Downloads, and 0 Comments,

flickr update

I finally managed to upload some old photos that have been lying around on DVD for a little while. More coming soon…

Tamagawa 300m Matsuri

3rd Anniversary and Bonenkai 2007

Antaru Festival 2007

Batizados and Open Rodas

While you’re at it, why not check out all our photosets on flickr!

Earth Day Roda

Published by Cacapa on Thursday, 10th April 2008 in Caçapa's Diary, and 1 Comment,

Earth Day Roda

Open Roda

To celebrate “Earth Day Tokyo 2008″ Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japan will be holding an open roda on Sunday, April 20th. So come on down to Tachikawa Showa Kinen Koen – Midori no Bunka (Green Culture) Center and let’s enjoy a day of fresh air, green grass, and capoeira.

After the roda we’ll go out for dinner. Whoever forgets to bring their “My Hashi” has to pay for someone else!

Date: Sunday 20th, April

Time: 1.30pm-5pm

Location: Tachikawa Showa Kinen Koen – Midori no Bunka Center

Cost: FREE (no entry fee required)

Access: 10 minutes walk from JR Tachikawa Station Map, Google Map

Bring your “My Hashi”

Midori no Bunka Center

No Smoking Please

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2007 Wrap-Up

Published by Cacapa on Friday, 25th January 2008 in Caçapa's Diary, General and Videos, and 0 Comments,

2007 Wrap-up

Wow! What a year!

2007 was our biggest year yet! With the help of the GBCJ committee, GBCJ Action Teams, volunteers, and friends, Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japan was able to host and take part in some huge events and some awesome projects!

Design Festa

2007 saw GBCJ perform live to a huge and highly receptive audience in Tokyo Big Sight at Design Festa vol. 25. It was also our first time to perform maculelê live.

Links 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Professor Gringo in Tokyo

2007 also saw our very first guest Bantus instructor Professor Gringo arrive in Tokyo. He brought with him fellow Bantulinos Shireen and Chacal for one week of fantastic workshops, street rodas in Kichijoji, an Open Roda, and Festa Junina.

Our first Batizado!

And without a doubt the highlight for GBCJ in 2007 was our very first capoeira festival and batizado with not one, not two, but three invited guest Bantus instructors Zoi, Claudinho, and Rafael and a bunch of guests from around Tokyo, and as far as Ibaraki, Gunma, Shizuoka, and Sapporo!

Trip Down Under

With the axé still high from our batizado, 10 GBCJ members hopped onto a plane and flew south to Perth, Australia for the huge event that was the 1st World Capoeira Meeting and Decade of Bantus Capoeira Australia. We took part in workshops of capoeira, samba, instrument making, and even Aboriginal dance. We met hundreds of other Bantulinos from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany, Holland and Brazil. We also met up with Mestre Pintor (GBC Brazil), Mestre Escamoso (GBC Brazil), Graduado Zoi (GBC Holland), Graduado Claudinho (GBC Singapore), Instrutor Rafael (GBC Malaysia), Instrutor Grão (GBC Brazil), and Instrutor Geléia (GBC Germany). We also met Contra-Mestre Borracha (Capoeiracre – Sydney), and Professor Vira Lata (Ginga Mundo – Melbourne).

Check out the list of highlights from 2007, read more and leave comments below.

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Google Group Email List

Published by Cacapa on Friday, 25th January 2008 in Caçapa's Diary and General, and 0 Comments,

Google Group Email List for GBCJ members only. If you’re a current member of Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japan, please join now to keep up-to-date. You can also upload and download private documents, photos, videos etc. I hope this will help us to have a more effective and efficient communication between instructors and students, and within the student body here at GBCJ.

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