In June there will be no Saturday classes in Sporthal De Pijp. The lessons on Monday and Wednesday and the children's classes will continue as usual.
July and August we'll have a summer stop of all the lessons. If the weather is nice students will gather in the Vondelpark. For more info,
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Capoeira Pensa... Capoeira Thinks in Brazil
9-15 August 2012 - Festival: A Capoeira pensa....Capoeira thinks...
Fazenda Mandacarú - Pau d'Óleo & Unimontes Montes Claros Minas Gerais Brazil
Capoeira, music and percussion workshops with Mestre Marreta, Mestre Gil Velho and Flávia Araça (Rio de Janeiro), Mestre Esquisito (Brasilia), Mestre Joao Angoleiro and Lena dos Santos (Belo Horizonte), Professor Filosofo and several other guests Workshops and activities around nature, food and water (Éta-nós project). Swimming, hiking, horse riding, fishing, having fun!
Presentations and workshops on historical, sociological, physical and spiritual aspects of capoeira at UNIMONTES University
Pictures will follow soon, you can see some on facebook (look for Capoeira pensa - Capoeira thinks)
Capoeira Easter Meeting Amsterdam with many masters, teachers and students from Brazil and Europe.
Thanks everybody!
Next year the Amsterdam Easter Meeting will take place from
March 28 - April 1 2013 Please note in your agenda!!!!
Ecological farm
Our Fazenda Mandacarú is an ecological farm, with respect for the original vegetation. Since 2003 step by step the farm has started working on a small scale with cattle, horses, poultry and other live stock and fruit plantations. Of course, all food and materials are 100% non-toxic and natural.
Guests at the Fazenda are more than welcome to take a look at the farming activities. You might even be invited to help out for a day at the land, which will often be rewarded with an unforgettable barbecue, Brazilian style...
Project Impurrão - 'Push in the back'
The Impurrão project will get a new PUSH this year!
Since capoeira, sports, music and dance are the most successful activities in Escola de Capoeira Berimbau de Ouro, we decided to focus on those elements in our next project. Former students from the school have become professional teachers, musicians, acrobats and sportsmen and the activities keep attracting youngsters and children from the neighbourhood in Montes Claros. Our teachers are also active in other poor and dangerous areas of the city.
Capoeira, music and all connected activities help structure the children's lives, make them aware of their physical condition and the need to cooperate. And it keeps them from the streets, where crack and other dangers are always present.
Impurrão II
From 2012 till 2014 we hope to realize some new and 'old' activities in the school. A new dojo (a place to train judo, boxing and other martial arts), some new musical instruments for a music course and maybe a music group. We hope to support the teaching competences of our teachers and create more 'satellite' training places in the city.
The first Impurrão project In 2007 and 2008, together with the municipality of Montes Claros several special courses were organized with financial support of Kindermissionswerk Die Sternsinger from Germany (www.sternsinger.org)
Apart from the regular capoeira classes, children learned to make music instruments, decorative objects with recycled material, clothes, they learned the silk screen technique. There was also a regular percussion class. The women of the neighbourhood were invited to join the hair dressers course. Unfortunately the elections of a new city council in November 2008 put everything on hold, hopefully the Prefeitura of Montes Claros wants to continue working with us on this very nice project. Watch the short video impression ”A day at Escola de Capoeira".
Guests at the Fazenda are more than welcome to take a look at the farming activities. You might even be invited to help out for a day at the land, which will often be rewarded with an unforgettable barbecue, Brazilian style...