Mestrando Armadinho has sent us two videos, one Benguela and one São Bento Grande, of Aruandê São Paulo celebrating our group's second anniversary. Present in the video are the following guests who helped make this a great celebration for all involved:
Aruandê Capoeira Dunedin, New Zealand is proud to announce a weekend of Samba, Afro Dance and Capoeira workshops with teachers from New Zealand and Brazil. The event will be held the 10th to 13th of September, 2009 and hosted by Professor Perere and students. All are welcome to attend!
Event: Juara, MT Brasil
Thursday, 09 July 2009 01:52
Centro Cultural Aruandê Capoeira, in the State of Mato Grosso, is pleased to invite you to the seventh National Exchange on 24 and 25 July. The event will include the participation of in several cities and also the participation of States of São Paulo and Santa Catarina.
Knowing that your presence is of utmost importance for the success of this event, at the outset we thank you for your collaboration for strengthening our ideal.
Aruandê Capoeira Houston announces their third Batizado and Troca de Cordas! Aruandê Houston proudly displays the liberty of dance, music and sound that is Capoeira. Celebrate July 4th weekend with us for our annual Batizado & Troca de Cordas!
Program
Friday, July 3rd Capoeira Workshops Locatio
n: Midtown Arts Center, 3414 LaBranch@Holman Houston, Texas 77004
Night-time Entertainment Location: Pradaria, 10694 Westheimer, Houston, Tx (Btw Wilcrest/Beltway) 10:00pm Brasilian Party
Television Special: Professor Pe de Chumbo and Students
Wednesday, 24 June 2009 02:23
Professor Pe de Chumbo and students from Varza Grande/Cuiabá, Brazil recently were featured on a television special called "Superteen." See the video and photos of Aruandê Capoeira broadcasted in Brazil.
Instrument Workshop and Recording of First Aruandê CD
Monday, 18 May 2009 02:00
On May 29th - 30th, Mestrando Bicudo and his students will be hosting a workshop in Tangará da Serra, Brazil, demonstrating how the instruments of Capoeira are made to be followed by the live studio recording of Mestrando Bicudo's first solo CD, also to be Aruandê Capoeira's first Capoeira CD. All special guests from the workshop will be featured on the CD, which is to be released later in the year across Brazil.
Aruandê Capoeira Houston was happy to have Graduado Assustado down from Philadelphia to give them a 3 hour workshop, broken into three parts: Capoeira, Jiu-Jitsu and Kickboxing. The workshop was hosted to both share a Capoeira roda, but to also expose students to a variety of martial arts. We congratulate Graduado Assustado and his success in other arts, and thank him for sharing what he has learned!
See the photos from the Jiu-Jitsu workshop above.
Capoeira + Soccer Help Teen Achieve Texas Football Fame
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 19:33
Brazilian sensation
Eduardo Camara (Cedar Hill, Tex.) is drawing interest from colleges across the country, primarily from LSU, Alabama, Rice, Kansas, Miami, Oklahoma and Miami. While he doesn't have a set order for his top schools, he's taken an interest in the Hurricanes -- but for an unexpected reason.
"I'm actually from Brazil and I haven't been here that long, so I don't really have a favorite school, but I like the hot. Miami will do," said Camara.
Camara moved to the U.S. in 2002 from the city of Natal in northeast Brazil. When he arrived he didn't speak any English, but according to Camara he was able to learn most of what he needed in just a few months.
"When I set my mind to something, I do it," said Camara.
He took the same mindset when he became a football player as well. Camara was a very talented soccer player, so the Cedar Hill coaches decided to try him out as a kicker.
"I played soccer and the coaches just said, 'Go out there and kick it,'" said Camara.
Just going out there and kicking it is exactly what he did. It wasn't until this year that Camara began working with a private coach dedicated to kicking, and he still had one of the smoothest deliveries of all the kickers at Sunday's camp.
Along with soccer, that smoothness of movement comes from another, more unexpected, form of training.
"I did Capoeira for about two years. It's where my flexibility comes from," said Camara.
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art built on rhythmic movement. According to Camara, the acrobatic art's extensive array of kicks helped build the flexibility and power he has today....
Aruandê Capoeira São Paulo were proud to conduct the 2nd annual Anniversary roda of Aruandê Capoeira in São Paulo this past March. Instructors from all over Brasil joined Mestrandos Gil, Armadinho and Zizo in this large event. Below are some pictures of the rodas and soon to come... video!
