We have found another fine documentary for you about Capoeira! Maré is the nickname of João, a 10 years old boy, who dreams to become a Capoeira Mestre like his father, to keep up with the family tradition connected through generations in his family. This movie is about love and war.
Maré é o apelido de João, um menino de dez anos que sonha ser mestre de capoeira como seu pai, dando continuidade a uma tradição familiar que atravessa várias gerações. Um filme de amor e guerra.
Children under the sky - Capoeira in a Refugee Camp
Written by Carlos Pinto
Tuesday, 23 February 2010 22:13
Thanks to Andreas Dietzel we have been informed about another great Capoeira Documentary. This time it is about Capoeira at the Al-Tanf Refugee Camp. In the no-man's land between the Iraqi-Syrian border Palestinian refugees were left stranded after the invasion of Iraq. This film is about the effect of capoeira on the people of the camp. Thanks to CapoeriArab for their hard work, UNICEF for sponsoring the project and Terre des Hommes Italy for their help implementing the project.
The film was created by CapoeirArab and the children of the camp and edited by Dan Harrison. Great work guys! Axé!
Thanks to Sean Nicolle aka Monitor PernaLonga and Andreas Dietzel aka Monitor Ferrugem, both of Associação de Capoeira Mandingueiros dos Palmares we have been informed that there is a great article written by Greg Downey about the Capoeira Bananeira in comparison to the gymanstics handstand.
It's quite a professional view on it but you do not need to be a doctore to catch up with the one or another point about what happens to you, your body and your equilibrium while standing head over. And all of this on the one side of the capoeiristas point of view and on the other one from a gymnastics athlete.
The only point is that the article does not mention what exactly happens to your balance once you get a cabecada :)
Thanks guys and furthermore thanks Greg for this point of view - keep up the good work! You can read the full article at this link.
And another month just passed by! But we do not look back, we take a look into the future or to be more specific into this months events. At the middle of the month there will be the Northern Light Capoeira Workshop organized by the Capoeirando Senzala Group in Stockholm. The three day event will start on the 12th of this month.
And the second event held for a weekend but later at the end of Feburary is the 6th Encontro de Inverno in Amsterdam organized by Mestre Grilo and his Escola Senzala.
Whether you travel to the north or nort-west - both events will give you great opportunities to meet the european Capoeira scene. For further informations visit our events page where you get the contact details and links for each event.
