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Instrutor Caçapa (GBC Japan), Formado Rafael (GBC Malaysia), and Professor Claudinho (GBC Singapore) appear on Belo Horizonte television in 2003. Caleidoscópio, an arts program featuring street artists and performers invited Grupo Bantus Capoeira to perform on their television show along with other street musicians, actors, magicians, and acrobats.
Promotional video for the New Beginners Class at Event Hall Musashino. I hope you can all make it on Saturday night!
Beginners Class
New Saturday Night Class in Kichijoji
A class for absolute beginners. If you’ve never tried capoeira before, then this is your chance. We’ll be working on all the basics needed to get you started. Having fun, and taking it an easy pace. No rush.
Can’t touch your toes? Well we’ll fix that.
Can’t do a handstand? We’ll fix that too.
Can’t do a cartwheel? We’ll be working on that.
A great way to finish off your working week, or get energized for a fun weekend.
Week by week, your body will be getting stronger and more flexible. Upper body, core, and legs will get a workout every Saturday night. Soon you’ll be impressing your friends and co-workers with your sexy new body and new found confidence.
Try it out! First class is only 500yen, and we’re less than 5 minutes walk from Kichijoji train station, 15 minutes from Tokyo’s two main stations, Shinjuku and Shibuya.
Bring a friend.
Date: Saturday (From January 16th, 2010)
Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm. (Warm-Up, Stretch, and Beginners Capoeira Class) Doors open 7pm
Location: Event Hall Musashino
Cost: First Class: 500yen. Drop in Classes: 1500yen (non-members), 1000yen (members)
Age: 15 years old and above
What to wear? What to bring? Membership?
Please read the frequently asked questions.
What is capoeira?
Antaru Festival 2009
Videos from the street rodas after the Antaru Festival 2009 performance. Please enjoy!
Antaru Festival 2009 (Report)
It was a very successful event full of awesome capoeira and positive Bantus vibes. As you can see from the above video of the full stage performance (20 minutes) we had a large number of guests representing 10 capoeira groups from Tokyo, Chiba, and even Osaka.
A huge thank you and congratulations to Osuman Oralndo Bingle for organizing a very successful 2nd Antaru Festival in Yoyogi Park.
Thank you to Porco Espinho (Capoeira Narahari Tokyo) and Eric (GBCJ) for taking video which you can link to from within the above YouTube video for some alternative camera angles.
A big Bantus Capoeira Axé to the following friends that helped out a lot at this year’s Antaru Festival performance:
(HQ) Videos on YouTube
With our 5th Anniversary only a few days away, what better time to look back at some old memories.
We’ve re-uploaded some old clips onto YouTube, and added a brand new clip recorded back in 2007. Thanks to YouTube’s ever improving technology, the old clips are now available in High Quality viewing. So check them out and relive some old memories.
Picasa Web Albums
If you’ve been checking our blog recently you may have noticed a tiny change. The link to our photo archive at flickr has changed over to Picasa Web Albums.
Over 3000 photos from 5 years worth of classes, rodas, batizados, presentations, and parties have been migrated over to Google’s Picasa Web Albums.
As always, the latest photos will be displayed on the sidebar of our blog.
Please checkout the archive and a whole bunch of new photos from our recent events.
Bantus Capoeira Japan Picasa Web Albums
PS. We still have our old flickr page, but we’ve let our pro account expire. All new photos will be uploaded to Picasa Web Albums.
New Poster
In other news, we’ve got a new, more visible poster up at Event Hall Musashino. All passers by will know about our Monday night classes.
Highlights from the 5th GBC Malaysia Festival
GBC Malaysia put together this awesome highlights video of the workshops and rodas before the batizado in 2008.
The festival took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from November 10th to 16th. The festival was hosted by Graduado Rafael and Instrutor Quek (GBC Malaysia). Special guests included Mestre Pintor (GBC Brazil), Graduado Claudinho (GBC Singapore), Instrutor Grão (GBC Australia), Instrutor Caçapa (GBC Japan), Andrew (GBC Indonesia), Tong (GBC Thailand), and Contra Mestre Silvio do Berimbau (Ação Quilombo Capoeira Singapore).
Keep reading for the batizado highlights video below:
Continue reading ‘(Video) 5th GBC Malaysia Capoeria Festival’
Congratulations Mestre Pintor
On May 20th, Mestre Pintor celebrated 20 Years since he received the title of Mestre in the presence of such famous mestres as Suassuna, Jacaré, Nagô, Itapoã, Paulo dos Anjos, Iziquié and Gato back in 1989.
Here’s the video of the celebration roda at the Bantus Capoeira headquarters in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
Axé!
Special international guests Mestre Pintor (Brazil), Graduado Claudinho (Singapore/Brazil), Grauado Rafael (Malaysia/Brazil), Instrutor Grão (Australia/Brazil), & Instrutor Lula (Brazil) perform before the Japanese Drum troupe in the opening ceremony of the 2nd Batizado of Bantus Capoeira Japan.
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This performance was organised to celebrate 100 years of exchange between Japan and Brazil in the year 2008. The performance took place in Mitaka Yon Sho Gakkou Elementary School in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan on Sunday November 2nd, 2008.
The performance is a celebration of the diversity and power of the traditional Afro-Brazilian instrument the “berimbau” played my Mestre Pintor, Japanese drumming, and the dynamic and acrobatic movements of capoeira performed by instructors from Bantus Capoeira.
Filmed during the 2º Batizado e Festival Capoeira de Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japão, October 27th – November 2nd, 2008.
Graduado Claudinho (GBC Singapore) leads the music lesson and teaches us how to sing the Grupo Bantus Capoeira Anthem, “Eu Sou Bantus Capoeira”.
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Filmed during the 2º Batizado e Festival Capoeira de Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japão, October 27th – November 2nd, 2008.
Querido mestre sua licença me dá
Pra poder falar do grupo
Pra poder me expressar
E aqui dentro que eu gosto de treina
Tenho aqui bons companheiros energia pra jogarEu sou Bantus Capoeira
Subindo o morro descendo a ladeira
Eu sou Bantus Capoeira
E Bantus Capoeira Bantus Capoeira
Eu sou Bantus Capoeira
Subindo o morro descendo a ladeira
English Interpretation
Dear Mestre, give me your permission
To be able to speak of the group
To be able to express myself
It’s here inside, that I like to train
I have good friends here, energy to playI am Bantus Capoeira
Going up the mountains, descending the hills
I am Bantus Capoeira
It’s Bantus Capoeira, Bantus Capoeira
I am Bantus Capoeira
Going up the mountains, descending the hills
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