Roda De Rua Series 5 is returning to Coogee in February 2010 for 4 weeks! Following on from the success of Roda De Rua Series 4, we are following a similar format and will be conducting a series of workshops based on brazilian culture and dance, drumming, samba, afro dance and maculele, and also our favourite here at Capoeira Aruanda, acrobatics and backflip training.

Where is all this happening? We have a great new venue where we now have regular classes in Coogee, its the Coogee Eastward Senior Citizens Hall, only a minute walk from the beach.

Click on our fantastic poster on the left for the full details, and sign up before February 20th and get an earlybird discount!!

We are taking enrolments for the next round of beginner’s classes in Coogee, Sydney, starting March 4th. All the details can be found here, and you can sign up straight away here!

We have updated the website this week and have added a new resource for you. Lyrics are now online for your viewing pleasure! You can also check out our forum, hosted by our team in Germany … follow the link here.

Just a small update to let everyone know the class schedule this week, because of the Australia Day “Long Weekend”.

Have a great week and see you in class!

Hi Everyone,

Classes have started back for 2010, and We have a few announcements and updates to pass onto you, please take a look at whats new and what events we have coming up, including the New Website, Coogee classes, Full Moon Roda, Forestville Open Day, Roda De Rua Series 5 and the Batizado!!

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Welcome to the brand new Capoeira Aruanda Website! Please feel free to take a look around, check out the new content and get familiar with the new site. We will be adding extra content over the next few months including weekly updates for class schedules and changes, so make sure to come and check back often!

For Capoeira Aruanda Students, we have created a “Resources” page for you, including lyrics, our song booklet and some basic Portuguese vocabulary. Head on over, download the song booklet and be sure to bring it along to class with you!

Capoeira Aruanda in Hamburg Germany had their monthly Roda, Roda me leva!!

The guest list included Mestre Watutsi, Contra Mestre Caracu (Senzala Berlin), Professor Geyson (Escola Makumba Capoeira Angola Paraíba), Graduado Clony (Capoeira Nagô), Graduado Saguim & Graduado Trapézio (Meia Lua Inteira) plus many other students.  The day started with over an hour of music led by Professor Formando Soldado, followed by Angola and of course Regional.  This Roda marked the first of many and each month we look forward to see many new and old faces that will come and play.  Later in the day we did one of our best shows yet for Toyota Hamburg, with Brazilian Samba, Music, Limbo and of course CAPOEIRA!!

It looks like Eddie Gordo got his own game…

“Martial Arts: Capoeira is the most exciting and original fighting game ever created! Sport and RPG elements have been combined with traditional fighting game mechanics for the very first time, to offer unrivalled realism and challenging brutal gameplay. Train until you sweat blood to increase skills such as endurance, speed, leg and arm strength. Then when you think you’re ready, take part in underground street fights for cold, hard cash. Become one with your gamepad or Wiimote and strive to earn the right to call yourself the most powerful Capoeira fighter in the World!”

Game info – Thanks to Bordedeira for the link!

Contra Mestre Borracha

Acrobatics or ‘floreios’ have always been a part ofthe game of Capoeira, even in the traditional game of  Capoeira Angola. However, with the birth of  Capoeira Regional in the 1930s, fast, dynamic acrobatic movements such as the somersault  ‘mortal’ were introduced and became an integral part of this new style. Practitioners of Capoeira Regional are constantly challenging themselves and others with new acrobatic tricks, movements and combinations – Capoeira Aruanda Acro!.

Capoeira Aruanda’s Melodia shares her thoughts on the Afro Dance Workshop held as part of the Roda De Rua Series in November 2009!

Turning up on time to an Afro dance work shop should be high on any list of priorities; I learnt this the hard way last Sunday as I ambled into Daceyville PCYC, thinking that a 10 minute late stamp should be ok to just slip into the workshop and ‘do whatever’.
Wrong.