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Acro Workshop
Class focusing on acrobatics in capoeira. This class is open to everyone, however we’ll be training some high risk movements under the safe supervision of your instructor.
Date: Sunday 18th April, 2010
Time: 6.30pm-9.00pm
Location: Go Sho (Mitaka Dai Go Shogakkou Elementary School)
Access: Go Sho directions
Cost: Normal class fees apply
Hanami 2010
Spring is here! The weather is getting warmer, the sun is staying up longer, the flowers are blooming.
It’s time for Hanami!
Date: Sunday 28th, March, 2010
Time: The park is open 9.30am-5pm. You’re welcome to arrive earlier, but let’s meet around 12 midday at the Open Field/みんなの原っぱ.
Location: Tachikawa Showa Kinen Koen
Cost: Park entry fee: Adults (15+) 400 yen, Children (6-15) 80 yen.
Access: Nishi Tachikawa Sta. (JR Ome Line), one stop from Tachikawa Sta. (JR Chuo Line)
Bring your own lunch and drinks and if you want to share, bring a little something for everyone.
Bring your berimbaus and pandeiros, bring your capoeira pants and t-shirts, and bring your axé! Bring your guitars, frisbees, soccer balls and whatever else you want. It might get a little chilly in the afternoon, so bring some warm clothes too.
ALL WELCOME
No Smoking or Littering
Cancelled in case of rain!
Continue reading for map of Tachikawa Showa Kinen Koen
井の頭公園 オープン・ホーダ
「三鷹の森ジブリ美術館公園」（井の頭公園内）で、新鮮な空気、緑そしてカポエイラを楽しみましょう！
詳しい場所は、下のグーグルマップをチェックしてください。
日程： 2010年3月27日（土）
時間： 13.00-17.00
場所： 井の頭公園 - 三鷹の森ジブリ美術館公園
費用： 無料（入園料はかかりません）
アクセス： ＪＲ吉祥寺駅、またはＪＲ三鷹駅より徒歩１５分
持ち物： 「マイ箸」（自分専用の箸）
雨の場合にはキャンセルです
終日禁煙でお願いします
Inokashira Koen – Open Roda
First Park Roda in 2010!
Come on down to Inokashira Koen – Ghibli Museum Park and let’s enjoy a day of fresh air, green grass, and capoeira. Please check the Google Map below for access to the park.
Date: Saturday 27th March, 2010
Time: 1.00pm-5.00pm
Location: Inokashira Koen – Ghibli Museum Park
Cost: FREE (no entry fee required)
Access: 15 minutes walk from JR Kichijoji or Mitaka Stations
Bring your “My Hashi”
Cancelled in case of rain!
No Smoking Please
MIFA International Festival 2010 (Videos)
Here’s the first video from the capoeira performance, in three parts, unedited. More to come, so stay tuned!
Thanks Yukari and Taiki
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”.
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.
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