We are organizing Grupo Bantus Capoeira Malaysia’s 1st Cultural Week at the Academy and we need your help to make it a success.

• What: GBCM Cultural Week 2009
• Who: All Bantulinos welcomed no matter where you train
• Where: Bantus Academy Damansara Jaya
• When: 24th to 27th June 2009 from 8:15pm - 9:30pm
• Itinerary: Roda, Presentation of Work by Groups, Screening of Capoeira Movie: Bimba Illuminada

We have organized 5 groups to give presentations on a range of capoeira related topics. Give Rafa a call at 0122713983 or at rafael@bantus.com.my to be part of this event!

Lets continue where we left off with a great roda of the month this May. All you guys who have just started training, please pop by to experience a Bantus roda!

• What: Roda of the Month May 2009
• Who: All Bantulinos welcomed no matter where you train
• Where: Bantus Academy Damansara Jaya
• When: 8pm - 9:30pm Friday 29th May 2009
• Attire: Bantus T-shirt

• What? Street Roda
• Where? Jalan Bukit Bintang Outside Maybank
• When? This Sunday 17th May 2009 @ 7pm
• Who? All capoeiristas welcomed! If not from Bantus please introduce yourseld to Graduado Rafael or Instructor Cueca before jumping in
• Wear? Bantulinos please wear your (Bantus) capoeira t-shirts even if you don’t plan to play
• Bring? Your axe

Come join us as we train and learn from Bantus instructors, Graduado Rafael and Instructor Cueca. Capoeiristas of all levels are welcomed to participate.

• What? Capoeira Workshop for All Levels
• When? Saturday May 9th 2009 from 4pm to 8pm
• Where? Lot S-07 & S-08, 2nd Floor, Giant Hypermarket, Jalan BK 5A/1, Bandar Kinrara, Puchong.
• Fees? Early Bird RM50, Drop-In RM70
• Contact? Terry @ +6012 328 6730 for more details

There will be an optional Pizza Party at the end of the workshop. Those interested to join please bring an additional RM 20 for the pizzas.

Come on by to academy for our 5th Anniversary Roda 2009 and potluck

• When? Friday 24th April 2009 @ 8pm
• Where? Bantus Capoeira Academy DJ
• Wear? A Bantus Tee
• Bring? Some Food and Drink for post-roda potluck

Note: Go easy on the desserts and sweets guys, the last few times we had like 10 cakes haha. Instead bring more salad, sandwiches, local food, think one cake will be enough!

In other news, we will be doing a charity demo for an event called Project Unmasked: The Story Behind HIV/AIDS. It will be a free and easy demo so all are welcomed!

• When? Saturday 25th April 2009 @ 11am
• Where? Jaya One, PJ (meet outside Starbucks)
• Wear? A Bantus Tee

See y’all there

Hey all we have two, maybe three items on the agenda for this weekend!

This Friday we have:

• What: Roda of the Month March 2009
• Who: All Bantulinos welcomed no matter where you train
• Where: Bantus Academy Damansara Jaya
• When: 8pm - 9:30pm Friday 27th March
• Attire: Bantus T-shirt

This Saturday we have:

• What: Public Roda for Stylo KL GP Couture and Cuisine Festival 09
• Who: All Bantulinos welcomed
• Where: Lake Gardens (you can see us there at the bottom of the map shown below with Remy Airbrush and Sageema)
• When: 5:30pm Saturday 28th March
• Attire: Bantus T-shirt

We will have a booth up for promotions of our classes primarily the Bom Brazil classes downtown. The booth will be there from 2pm till midnight. I need 3 people to man three shifts as follows.

• Shift 1: 2pm to 5:30pm
• Shift 2: 6:30pm to 9pm
• Shift 3:  9pm to midnight

Basically just treat it as a day out in the park. Feel free to hang out and look around just make sure at least one of you is a the booth. You can train a little in the park, give out flyers and talk to people about Bantus Capoeira.Spread the lurrrve…..

If you can be there please either call me or email or let me know if you are available in the comments. Cheers!

On Sunday we MAYBE have:

• What: Roda in Solaris
• When: Sunday 29th March time TBA

Pegue abada e vem!

• What: Roda of the Month February 2009
• Who: All Bantulinos welcomed no matter where you train
• Where: Bantus Academy Damansara Jaya
• When: 8pm - 9:30pm Friday 27th February
• Attire: Bantus T-shirt

Pre-sale tickets: RM40 entry inclusive of TWO alcoholic beverages

At the door: RM40 entry inclusive of one alcoholic beverage

Pre-sale tickets available at:

• Bantus Capoeira Academy, Damansara Jaya, weeknights 8pm - 10pm
• Bom Brazil Churrascaria, Changkat Bukit Bintang, Monday 8pm - 9pm and Wednesday 7pm - 8pm
• Call Quek, Marissa, Rafa, Malcolm, Jeannette or Fernanda
• Get in touch with your Bantus contact

For more info please email quek@bantus.com.my

This past year we’ve expanded to some new locations such as Living Arts, Bom Brazil,  Celebrity Fitness One U and Bangsar Village, True Fitness Taipan and Jaya 33, Sunway Club, Monash, Taylors College, and a few new international schools in the Klang Valley. We realized that we only get everyone together once a year during Festival season and thats just not good enough!

Hence we’ve decided to do a Roda of the Month at the Bantus HQ in Damansara Jaya on the last Friday of every month for the entire family to get to know one another better and play more capoeira

• What: 1st Roda of the Month 2009
• Who: All Bantulinos welcomed no matter where you train
• Where: Bantus Academy Damansara Jaya
• When: 8pm - 9:30pm 23rd January (couldn’t do it on 30th due to CNY)
• Attire: Bantus T-shirt

Bantus Capoeira will be participating in Youth ‘09, Malaysia’s Largest Youth Lifestyle Festival

• When: Saturday MORNING 10th January 2009 - meet there at 9:45am
• What: 5 minute demonstration
• Who: Senior students and performance group
• Where: PWTC

• When: Sunday 11th January 2009 at 3:30pm - meet there at 2:45pm
• What: 1 hour workshops
• Who: All are invited to participate
• Where: PWTC

Riding on the success of YOUTH’08, where 20,000 Malaysian youths gathered over 100 different activities, and RM300,000 worth of cash and prizes.

Coming January 9th ~ 11th 2009, in PWTC… Malaysian youths will bring the excitement back, twice the impact.

So what’s going on this year?

Who’s going to be there?

Bands, online communities, celebrities, facebook groups, entrepreneurs, bloggers, dancers, photographers, fashionistas, student organisations, and thousands of youths come together, to be part of competitions, performances, showcases, and gatherings around their interests!

Key events highlights include

• Career Attack – A career fair of alternative careers for this generation!
• The 2nd National Youth Entrepreneur Convention – 15 different lifestyle, media, and technology entrepreneurs under the age of 30 share their journey
• Battle of the Bands “Beat the Buzzer” – Bands get 3 minutes and the crowd decides if they’re IN or OUT! Intense and fast paced!
• Youth Community Meetups – Various online communities, Facebook groups, and community movements meet face to face and mingle!
• So much more! Eg. Foosball tournament, Photography 1 on 1 Shootout, Caged Futsal, Cosplay Competition, Celebrity Sessions…

See the full schedule! And get your free pass online:

Click on this link: http://youthmalaysia.com/youth09