it's been a great year for all of us.

Winnipeg Folk Fest came, and the capoeira angola roda was very great!

Thanks to the capoeiristas from across the border, who came and made it possible.

I'll be posting some videos and for now,

it'll be Lua and jacky, just playing at winnipeg's chinatown. Have a great day!

Seed

Once upon a time, in a land found in the middle of Canada, Capoeira Angola is nowhere to be found.

Capoeira Angola sprouted in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 2008. The story began on the forks, at the world famous skatepark.

I myself learned a bit from a friend in the mountains of prince George, BC. While my friend learned it in Mexico. And the third person to complete our circle, learned it here in Winnipeg, Capoeira regional.

From that day forward, our struggles that we faced for not having someone to show us the path to Capoeira Angola, made us stronger, gave us more passion and love, and from what I have seen, the three of us are different compared to the ones who came after us. It seems that we represented the gunga, media and viola, and if one of us are not in a roda, it's different.

Different in a way that I can't even find the word to describe it.

And now, all of us three have planted seeds. Individually ours, different and yet the same.

I  glad we started the Capoeira Angola, for our children's future, and for yours too, manitoban.

We are all looking forward to meet your semente, coco roco.

Axe.

Jacky Chan

Internet hiatus

Waking up from a long cyber slumber.
Some of us started training at the university of Winnipeg, and our random rodas is what's keeping me in shape. It's pretty interesting to learn from a different style, regional. Also, the instructor has a unique Angola game. No videos, no photos to show you all. I have decided to keep this incognito. The right time will come for that, for now, training is more important.

Everybody remember our trip up to SNAC last august, well the roda from that day has finally been recovered and is now available on our channel.  Located at http://www.youtube.com/capoeira204

- Bugs

P.S. The video will be official shortly after midnight on January 11.

oi, welcome to the new year.  Heads up, our first roda of the year is now available on our channel.  It's only 1 month till our trip to Montreal, are you psyched??? huh huh huh....

http://www.youtube.com/capoeira204

Oh, apparently we can now upload videos longer then 15 minutes.  Spread the word Angoleiros.

Muito Axé, Bugs

Condolence

It is with great sadness and sorrow that I come to inform you that our Mestre Joao Pequeno de Pastinha passed away today at 15pm in Salvador Bahia. He was 93 years old.

- Helio

It's time for our own holidays to come!

Thank you so much Contra Mestra Colette!