Holiday Training!

It's been a week since we last had our fill of capoeira. For all those hungry capoeiristas out there, I understand the lack of training may be causing some of us to 'itch' which could lead to accidents due to the uncontrollable urge to try 'flying' and other crazy things. In order to prevent this we will be resuming training again this coming week!

Tuesdays, 7.30pm/ 1930 hours (for the army boy in you) - SMU, CCA Room.

Thursdays, 7.30pm/ 1930 hours - NUS, MPSH 2

Please feel free to drop by (that's just saying it nicely, haha what I meant to say was please get your a** down to) either one of these 2 days or both if you can so that we can get some capoeira loving a.k.a axe into our lives.

In the meantime if you're interested in 'flying' please contact Faizal, Ken/ Toshi/ Sapo (they're the same person) or me directly. Secret training. Insurance not included.

Alrighto. Train hard peeps. Hope to see everyone soon!


~Guy who didn't wash his abadas for the entire batizado

Batizado 2011

Once again the Batizado/grading is over! The 4-day event is certainly bigger than the previous year! And this is also the first Xango grading in Singapore.

Note: for those who want to know the difference b/w Zambiacongo and Xango pls approach anyone who attended the workshop!

The workshop wouldn’t be possible w/o the following ppl:

Mestre Luizuinho Barravento and Formado James

The HQ for all the planning work

And EveryONE for the fabulous AXE..

I always look forward to the big rodas because of the high enthusiasm of everyone singing, clapping, playing the instruments and jogo-ing. No doubt it looks intimidating (when I see some of them ‘flying’), the axe from the roda was really overwhelming.

A short summary of what we did at the workshop:

Sequences at the start of the workshop daily. Followed by either roda, some story telling by the Mestre or maculele. On top of that, we went for a HDB performance at Fajar Shopping Mall on the 3^rd day of batizado and also to the KTM railway station before it closes down at the end of this month! (refer to the pics to see how much the GUYS enjoyed themselves tt night!)

There’s so much to write and share with everyone but I don’t know where to start! Haha..just approach any of us if you want to find out more about the workshop. And we’ll try to share what we’ve learnt with everyone too (the moves, songs etc)

Lastly……

7 of us leveled up! The new corda (belt) system has changed so please refer to the FB group for the new color system..

Current raw + light green belt: Toshi, Shiela, Arnold, Kelvin, Brian and ME (Angeline)

Light green: Faizal Bom Garoto

Congrats to everyone for the hard work and Faizal for being the most senior among us now!

And unfortunately, because Syaz wasn’t feeling well, she came to have a feeeeel of the axe but did not take part in the grading. Next year Syaz!

And……Toshi got an apelido! No points for guessing correctly. It’s SAPO! YES! Haha..he’s the only one among us to get an apelido. Guess he can’t escape from that name!

Have a good rest everyone and for those who sustained injury, rest more and recover soon! Look forward to the next grading! In the meantime, train hard!

PS: there will be no NUS training this Thursday (16June). See you guys next week.

Salve capoeira,

Angeline (Rosa) [my first blog entry]

Hey guys below is the timetable for the Batizado, do take a look and get an idea. Cheers

	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
0900-1000			Uniform sale	Uniform sale
1000-1200			Workshop SMU- T junction	Workshop *Scape
1200-1330			Lunch Break/ Uniform sale	Lunch break/ Uniform sale
1330-1530			Workshop SMU- T junction	Workshop *Scape
1530-1600			Break/ Uniform sale	Break/ Uniform sale
1600-1800		Workshop NUS – YIH (1530-1730)	Workshop/ Roda SMU- T junction	Batizado *Scape
1800-1930		Dinner Break/ Uniform sale	Roda/ Dinner
1930-2130	Open Workshop SMU- T junction	Workshop NUS - YIH

All workshop contents will be decided by Mestre Luizinho. Venues are in Blue.

Notes:

- There is no stay over for Batizado.

- All students are to come in ZC T-shirts & abadas if available.

- New students are to come in any comfortable T-shirts and track/sports pants that at least cover the knees. White colour is preferred.

Training on 2/6/2011 - Thursday

Hi Guys,

Do take note we WILL NOT be having training as usual on Thursday as most people will be busy so please continue to train on your own at home. Have a great weekend ahead

axe~

Kelvin