BEST VIDEO EVER!!!!!!

Thanks Luis Claudio Silva from We All Japan for coming in on Saturday and Sunday (his birthday and birthday party day) and shooting hours of footage on his camera. Then editing all those hours of footage in his free-time and putting together this amazing montage of unforgettable memories for all of us at Bantus Capoeira Japan!

We All Love You Luis!

We All Japan

Schedule

Please use this inscription form to sign up for Roots 2011

Graduado Caçapa has an awesome capoeira program for the long weekend of Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th, September 2011.

Friday and Saturday includes an intensive 2 day course covering all aspects of Bantus Capoeira Culture.

The course will cover:

• The roots and history of capoeira.
• Capoeira Angola
• Capoeira Regional
• Capoeira Instruments, Music and Singing
• Samba de Roda
• Maculelê
• Forró

On Sunday we’ll be presenting capoeira in our local Inokashira Park at MISHOP WORLD FESTIVAL 2011. After dinner we’ll visit Axé da Bahia‘s open roda in Kichijoji.

We’ll be watching exclusive documentaries, sampling some powerful Brazilian food, learning many new things about capoeira and also getting to know other GBCJ members.

It will be an unforgettable experience for everyone.

Here’s the program:

Friday 23rd September, 2011

Time: 1.00pm – 10.30pm

Location: Mitaka Dai San Chugakkou Junior High School

Theme: 1.00pm-8.30pm: Roots and History of Capoeira. Capoeira Angola. Samba de Roda. Forró. 9.30pm-10.30pm: Dinner at Brazilian restaurant in Kichijoji.

Clothes: Colour capoeira pants, indoor capoeira shoes, GBC capoeira t-shirt.
Please no white capoeira pants with cord or sleeveless t-shirts.

What to Bring: Bring a spare GBC t-shirt and change of clothes, sweat towel, sports drink etc. Bring your capoeira instruments and GBCJ members book!

Saturday 24th September, 2011

Time: 2.00pm – 10.30pm

Location: Mitaka Dai San Chugakkou Junior High School

Theme: 2.00pm-3.00pm: Roda do Mês. 3.00pm-8.30pm: Roots and History of GBCJ. Capoeira Regional. Maculelê. 9.30pm-10.30pm: Street Roda/Dinner

Clothes: Outdoor capoeira shoes, White GBC capoeira pants with cord, GBC capoeira t-shirt.

What to Bring: Bring a spare GBC t-shirt and change of clothes, sweat towel, sports drink etc Bring your capoeira instruments and GBCJ members book!

Sunday 25th September, 2011

Time: 1.30pm – 11.00pm

Location: Inokashira West Park

Theme: 1.30pm-2.30pm: Park Roda. 2.30pm-3.00pm: MISHOP WORLD FESTIVAL 2011 (Free capoeira workshop for the public). Roda Time/Free Time/Dinner Time. 9.30pm-11.00pm: Axé da Bahia Open Roda.

Clothes: Outdoor capoeira shoes, White GBC pants with cord, GBCJ uniform t-shirt for MISHOP.

What to Bring: Bring a spare GBC t-shirt and change of clothes, sweat towel, sports drink etc

Cost: 5000yen

I’m really looking forward to this amazing weekend of capoeira. I think it will be fascinating look into the world of capoeira and an unmissable event for all GBCJ members! I’m counting on your participation and co-operation to make this event unforgettable.

See you there!

Axé
Graduado Caçapa

On September 26th, 2010 Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japan was invited to perform and teach a free capoeira workshop at the MISHOP Festival in Inokashira Park, Tokyo, Japan.

The crew from The Moving Visuals Company was there to capture some of the action for their “Food Nation” television program shown in Singapore and South East Asia.

The Moving Visuals Company

Takashi and Luis from We All Japan put together this video digest of our 3rd batizado, October 17th, 2010.

Huge respect and Bantus Capoeira Axé to We All Japan. Make sure you follow them on Twitter, Like them on Facebook and watch all their YouTube videos.

Enjoy!

We All Japan

Batizado and Troca de Cordas Video

Thanks to the advances in online video sharing and continuous improvements on YouTube we are proud to present, for the first time, the entire batizado video!!!

Shot on tripod with Professor Rafael’s HDD Camcorder, the video is an audience’s point of view of the batizado. Some parts of the batizado are missing from the video.

We will be publishing video from other cameras soon, and will have a professionally produced digest of the batizado from We All Japan shortly.

I can’t wait to see that!

Video 1/4 (Opening Roda, Caçapa’s Graduation, Introduction of Guests, and Start of Kids Batizado)

Video 2/4 (Kids Batizado)

Video 3/4 (Adults Batizado)

Video 4/4 (Troca de Cordas and Closing Roda)

A complete list of all photos taken during the 3º Festival Capoeira do Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japão – Wednesday 13th-Sunday 17th October, 2010 will be published on this blog next!

Stay tuned!

Highlights from our 3rd acro class for 2010. SONG: Rosinhas – Bate-Papo (Samba)

After many hours of hard work, the final result is online!

Thanks to Takashi and Luis from We All Japan for putting this great story together. You did an absolutely fantastic job. Filming occurred between January 16th to March 20th, 2010

We All Japan

We all Japan #05 – Instrutor Caçapa from Luis Silva on Vimeo.

A special thank you to Eric, Cotonete, Elfo, Oto-chan and her mother for the interviews, and all GBCJ students for your cooperation on the day.

And a huge thanks to Cafuné, my special gift!

Update:

Now featured on Roda Magazine website.

Now on YouTube in HD

Another great acro workshop!

Check it out here!

Thanks Roda Magazine