News
Batizado e Troca de Graduação Oct. 22 – 25 / 2009
Professor Kmelo and Professor Fabio 90 will be having a joint celebration, this year marking the 1st Capoeira Aruande Batizado and Troca de Graduação along with the 2nd Batizado and Troca de Graduação of Grupo Uniao na Capoeira [...]
Nosso Encontro (Évora 2009) – Amazing…
This year marked the 10th Nosso Encontro – Evora 2009, an amazing event, I would like to thank the opportunity to learn from and play with (in no particular order):
Mestre Umoi
Mestra Jerusa
Mestre Bailarino
Mestra Pitu
Mestre Barao
Mestre Nininho
Mestre Birrila
Mestre Chapao
Mestre Caramuru
Mestre Batata
Mestre Pantera
Mestre Beija-Flor
Mestre Salu
Mestre Nilson
Mestre Leona
Mestre Plinio
Mestre Gege
C. Mestre Nago
C. Mestre Neguinho
C. Mestre Betao
C. Mestre Malvadeza
C. [...]
Moved to – 355a College St. (Above Thymeless Bar and Grill)
We are pleased to inform you all, that we found a place to continue our classes.
We are now located at 355a College St (College and Augusta – Above Thymeless Bar and Grill) (Google Maps)
Our schedule is:
Tuesday – 8:00p.m. – 10:00p.m. (All Levels)
Wednesday – 8:00p.m. – 10:00p.m. (All Levels)
Thursday – 8:00p.m. – 10:00p.m. (All Levels)
I’d like [...]
Moving…
Salve,
All good things come to an end, and so after three great years in the market, we are forced to move and look for another home. Not by choice, but because some landlords are just too crooked, have no regards to our safety and comfort (you all know the AC broke down every summer) and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bamboo Berimbau Making Workshop
This coming Car Free Sunday on May 31st, we will be having a small bamboo Berimbau making Workshop in front of our academy at Augusta and Oxford in Kensington Market.
The workshop will be simple and about how to prepare the “verga”. It is very hard to find cabaças here, so the preparation of the cabaça [...]
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
