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We have a new schedule: Monday to Wednesday from 8:30p.m. to 10:00p.m.

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Congratulations to Prof. Grilo

This past weekend, Grupo Uniao na Capoeira - Portugal had their Batizado and Troca de Graduacao, and Mestre Umoi graduated Grilo to the level of Professor (Yellow Belt). All of the group here in Canada would like to congratulate Prof. Grilo on this achievement, and take his example of hard work and practice. We hope to someday [...]

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Nosso Encontro (Évora 2009)

Dear Friends, This year marks the 10th “Nosso Encontro” (Our Encounter) and to celebrate this achievement we will once again have three more days of Capoeiragem ruled by the same environment of camaraderie and knowledge exchange that became the quality mark for these last ten years. Set for the 11th, 12th and 13th of September, this year [...]

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24h Summer Capoeira Roda - We did it!

24h Capoeira Roda (The End) Salve, The 24h Roda was a success. I would like to thank all of you for taking on the challenge, and a special thanks goes to Capoeira Mandinga and Aruande, for the commitment, for the AXE and for holding the roda from start to finish. In the words of Inst. Parafuzinho (Capoeira Aruande): “It [...]

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24h Summer Capoeira Roda - Tomorrow (June 13th)

So the time has come for us to once again present capoeira, toronto and canada with a great event. Our 24h Roda, a first in Canada, will forever remain in our hearts, trust me when I say that it’s an unforgettable event. I hope everyone is getting ready for the challenge and we will be strong [...]

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Casting Call

Salve, I was contacted about this opportunity to participate in a commercial, so I’m passing along the information so that everyone can have a chance. Axe, Prof. Kmelo SEEKING CAPOEIRISTAS, ACROBATS & TUMBLERS FOR TV COMMERCIAL Jigsaw Casting Ltd. is looking for capoeiristas, tumblers and acrobats to learn PARKOUR (free running sport: www.pkto.ca) to be featured in an upcoming COOL [...]

Asides

• We now have a twitter account which I will be updating with news, rodas, events, and stuff, follow us here: http://twitter.com/GUCanada Axe, Prof. Kmelo #
• The development of the site continues, and I have just enabled a direct chat window, so if you have any questions, suggestions and ideas feel free to contact me in real time using the chat window on the bottom right, you may even change pages and continue with the chat, of course you can always use the contact form if I'm not online. Along with the technical developments I will continue to add valuable resources about capoeira, the culture and history of our art form. Axé #
• Continuing with the development of the site, it is now mostly optimized for the iPhone and other mobile devices, so that you may have access to all the resources on the go. Axé #
• The site is now connected to facebook, so you can get all the news, and posts directly on facebook, I have invited some of you, but facebook only allows for 16 invitations/day.. so invite each other ;)... #
• There are some problems with the registration, where after you register, the system doesn't give access to the gallery, and at the moment there is no way to activate that access, I'm working on it, and also bringing the videos and audio back... keep sending in any issues you find with the site ;) #