Capoeira Asides Archives

New Online Capoeira Store
Grupo Bantus Capoeira Japan has opened its new Online Capoeira Store. You'll find heaps of cool t-shirts, hoodies, caps, stickers and more awesome capoeira stuff. From the official Bantus Capoeira Japao t-shirts, to just plain cool capoeira items, and t-shirts with a political message. We've got it all on our cafepress.com store. Click here.

Nice Video
Check out this video from Capoeira Malandragem in Arizona. Ten+ minutes Windows Media format.

San Diego Capoeira In The News
San Diego's City Beat Magazine writes about capoeira groups in town in this article, featuring Capoeira Mandginga and ASCAB Capoeira.

Bantus Capoeira Germany in the News
Check out this great video from Grupo Bantus Capoeira Germany. TV Touring did a feature story on Bantus while Mestre Pintor, Formado Gringo, and Graduado Zoi were in town.

News on Kansas City Capoeira
News article in todays Kansas City Star about local capoeira group, and the benefits of the artform.

Capoeira in the UK
Article from a local edition of The Gaurdian highlights a local capoeira group.

A New Capoeira Online Store
Capoeira Mart opened up shop recently online and is yet another option for capoeristas to buy capoeira essentials, accessories and tidbits online. Nicely designed site to boot.

Capoeira Angola in Sweden
Nice website here from the Capoeira Angola Center in Sweeden, affiliated with Mestre Joao Grande. Be sure to check out the nine minute video of the group. It's in Swedish, but c'mon - it's the universal language of capoeira.

Angola in Albany, NY Gets Press
Local newspaper article features a small article on an Angola capoeira group practicing in the area.

Capoeira Vs. Muay Thai
The filmakers behind last years suprise martial art hit out of Thailand called Ong-Bak, return with a new movie - Tom-Yum-Goong -and this one has a capoeira vs. muay thai fight scene. Check out the scene here. .

Capoeiristas with Bicycles
Go to Pedala Capoeira to learn about two capoeirstas about to set out on a 10,000 km journey from Sao Paulo to California, visiting academies in between to "improve the relationships between Capoeira groups by literally crossing the borders between them." Crazy and beautiful.

Nice Videos
Some nice capoeira videos from the ABADA group games in Europe in '04 and '05 can be found over here. Check 'em out. Large files though.

Check Out CARF
Be sure to check out the Children At Risk Foundation website. They do tremendous work with children in Brazil and elsewhere with capoeira. A good place to donate some cash to if you're in the giving mood.

Capoeira good for you!
Or so that's the conclusion of this article at Houston's Star Telegram. Heck, we could of told them that.

Mestre Curisco Interview
A nice interview with Mestre Curisco can be found at the Seattle Times. Be sure to check it out.