Register now for 2012 Festival • No Ritmo da Capoeira
Its time to start registering for our main event this year “No Ritmo da Capoeira” 27, 28, 29 April – Capoeira Brasil London & Essex.
Make sure you REGISTER to guarantee your place at the festival and your accommodation, if you need it 
Make sure you keep up to date with the Events page to see updates of who is coming this year and what is planned.
We can wait to welcome you all there. Plus bring your friends and family to the Festa, party on the Saturday evening. There will be a live Brazilian cultural show with dance, live music and capoeira. One NOT to miss! Save the date…
Chelmsford Tonight, don’t forget…
Hey all,
Don’t forget tonight we will be in a brand new hall in Chelmsford @ Nuffield Health and Fitness Centre, a beautiful gym with lovely big studios for us to jump around in!
Our kids classes are from 5pm till 6pm and adults from 7pm till 8pm
Make sure you get there 10 mins early to start on time as we have to leave the hall sharpish due to a packed timetable.
After some adults are heading to Basildon to train acrobatics.
See you there…
Free samba drumming class on Saturday 4th Feb
This Saturday we would like to invite you to a free samba drumming class in Southend @ fitness first from 1.30pm.
All ages and experiences welcome. We have all the instruments, but feel free to bring your own if you have one.
Email: sininha@capoeirabrasil.co.uk or text/call: 07894 716833 for and questions. Let’s celebrate carnival
FREE Samba Drumming class next Saturday!!!
Next saturday (4th February) @ Fitness First, Southend from 13.30 till 15.00 there will be a free SAMBA drumming class.
Ever wanted to try Samba? Well now’s your chance, come down and play, whether you have played or never played drums there is space for everyone. With world famous Mestre Biscuim – over 30 years of experience, teaching traditional and modern rhythms.
We have all the instruments but feel free to bring your own if you have one. Invite your family and friends (children welcome).
contact: sininha@capoeirabrasil.co.uk / 07894 716833 for more info.
We look forward to meeting you there to start the carnival!
Chelmsford class moving to new hall…
Our current hall will be closing in the coming months, so we have been hunting around for a new space, and we are very pleased to say that we have a new space in Chelmsford @ Nuffield Health & Fitness Centre, Riverside Retail Park, Chelmsford, CM1 1AN.
Its a beautiful gym with fantastic facilities. We will be splitting the kids and adults class into two. As of the 7th February the classes will be as follows:
Kids (4 to 12yrs) – 17.00 – 18.00
Adults (13 yrs+) – 19.00 – 20.00
We will be running our beginners courses from this centre and will also have a special beginners course for kids. £20 for 8 weeks.
We hope you can join us in celebrating this move and warming in to the new space.
The importance of Stretching
Stretching is so often something people neglect to do at the end of a training session because they are too tired to do anything else. Or when they do, they just rush through each stretch and so don’t get the full benefit of each one.
We stretch to improve our flexibility. Flexibility is the range of motion that is available to a joint or joints. Flexibility is important because:
- It improves muscle balance around a joint, thus improving posture
- It reduces the chance of injury when playing a sport or in every day activities
- It increases the blood and nutrient supply to muscles and cartilage, thereby also reducing muscle soreness after training.
Stretching Correctly
Stretching should not be done as a warm-up to an activity as you could injure your muscles if stretching them when they are cold. At least 3 to 5 minutes of cardiovascular training is recommended to warm up the muscles sufficiently. Each major muscle group should be stretched slowly and with control, holding each stretch for 1 to 3 sets of 10 to 60 seconds. Hold each stretch at the point of mild tension or tightness, not to the point of pain.
It is important to stretch after doing any physical activity. When muscles perform any exercise, they tighten and shorten as a result. Stretching them out helps to restore and improve their length. When doing strength training, you could stretch each muscle group directly after performing each set.
When not to Stretch:
- Following muscle strains or ligament sprains
- When joints or muscles are infected, inflamed or hurt
- After a recent fracture
- When sharp pains are felt in the joints or muscles.
If your new to stretching and/or would like some tips please to us in class and we can help you, or check out the Members page as there are some stretching handouts there! Stretching is something you should try to do everyday, within just a week of stretching you will notice a significant difference.
12 week Capoeira Music, Singing & Portuguese Course
Want to bump up your music playing skills, better your knowledge of Capoeira songs and understand the valuable lessons Mestre’s teach spoken in Portuguese?
You need to get yourself signed up for our “12 week Capoeira Music, Singing & Portuguese Course”
- Starting Saturday 14th January and every Saturday until 31st March
The course will include:
- Berimbau rhythms
- Pandeiro rhythms
- Atabaque rhythms
- Capoeira songs, old classics and new (possibly even write your own ;P)
- Basic conversational Portuguese
- Berimbau rhythms CD for only £5 or free when you pay for the course
Every Saturday after our regular class in Southend
Price:
- £10 per class
- £100 for 12 weeks (if paid in advance)
*don’t forget if you miss a week you’ll miss that class, we will endeavour to make handouts available.
You can pay to me directly or via Paypal with the button below:
Register online today to secure your place.
Happy New Year 2012! • 31 day challenge
Happy new year to one and all, and welcome to 2012! I’m sure some of you are feeling a little sluggish after some wonderful food over Christmas and possibly a few drinks. Its all good for your health to have some relaxing time with friends and family, but its certainly not something to get used to.
We have just one week before classes start again on Saturday 7th in Southend at Fitness First, so I have prepared a challenge for the month of January, to kick start your training in 2012 “31 Day Challenge“.
Its pretty simple, for everyday of January you will do:
- 31 sit ups
- 31 push ups
- 31 burpees
- 31 squats
- 31 star jumps
- 31 tuck jumps
- 31 leg raises (Alternate legs)
- 31 lunges (Alternate legs)
- 31 knees to standing (go down to your knees and stand up again, without hands, changing lead leg each time)
- 31 seconds in the plank position
310 reps in total, its easily do able in 10 minutes… so you don’t need much time.
If your accepting the challenge (which I hope your all manly enough to do so 
) leave a comment on this post. I want us all to be in the best shape possible for 2012, and we only have 4 months till the Batizado!!!
Happy new year!
Last classes of 2011, new classes for 2012
The last Capoeira class for 2011 will be in Whitechapel on Monday 19th December. Make sure you get there to get your last Capoeira fix of the year!!
Then we’ll be back ready to kick off the Christmas podge from Saturday 7th January 2012!!! in Southend. Make sure you make it to the first class of the year, we’ll make a special roda, and a celebratory get together afterwards, with traditional brazilian snacks and all!
Thank you all so much for your support in 2011, we are very much looking forward to a sweaty and healthy 2012 with you all!
See you in the last class, next Monday
Damage limitation over the Christmas period!!
This is certainly the season to be jolly, and I am a firm believer of letting your hair down and enjoying yourself, but at what expense? It would be a shame to put all of your hard work in 2011 to waste over a few Christmas parties and cheap 2 for 1 offers on chocolates from your local supermarket.
So lets see how we can still let our hair down, relax, but still stay in control…
- Reduce alcohol Set a one- to two-glass limit per party. Alcohol lacks nutritional benefits, lessens the absorption of micronutrients, causes liver damage and hinders the immune system. It also weakens our will power, so you are more likely to eat fatty foods and find it hard to exercise.
- Don’t drink on an empty stomach Food slows absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream, so eat a small, healthy, protein-based meal or snack (like a tuna salad, protein bar or almonds) before drinking.
- Stay hydrated Alcohol dehydrates the body and the byproduct of metabolised alcohol, called acetaldehyde, causes a hangover. For every glass of wine (or beer) you drink, alternate with an equal amount of water. This also gives your body more time to metabolise the alcohol.
- Eat something healthy and sustaining Before you head out the door, always eat a small meal or something sustaining. It will keep you in control and stop you reaching for any deep-fried or fatty canapes without thinking.
- Don’t skip your exercise The party season is no excuse to sleep in and stop training. A daily exercise regime will keep you feeling energised and focused on eating properly too.
