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Brazil Fest 09 - 6th Annual BCM Festival

Cueca — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:54:59 +0000

IMPORTANT!!!: Please note that the Batizado Ceremony on Sunday 8th Nov will be held at Jaya One, Jalan Universiti, PJ

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Accomodation for International Guests

Cueca — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:06:32 +0000

Hey all, good news! We’ve found a hotel that is relatively near to the academy. We are in the process of obtaining the rates but looks like it should be decently priced. Will update when the details become available

For overseas or out of town Bantulinos, if you would like to visit us in Malaysia this year, please tell your respective leaders your details so they can communicate with us and we shall book the rooms for you guys.

For overseas or out of town capoeiristas from other groups, just email me the dates you would like me to book. My email is quek@bantus.com.my

For exact dates of our events check out the post below! See you all soon

6th Annual Bantus Capoeira Festival

Cueca — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:17:28 +0000

Register now for the 6th Annual Bantus Capoeira Festival 2009! This year we will be hosting Mestre, Profesor Claudinho, Graduado Grau, and Contre Mestre Silvio. Our family has grown across the Klang valley this year and this is a great time to get together and meet all your Bantus brothers and sisters.

**Download your registration form here. Print out, fill up and pass to either Rafa or Quek.

### Schedule of Events: Adults

Date	Venue/Event
Tues, Nov 3rd	Grand Hall, Garden International School (map) 8:00PM-9:30PM Capoeira Workshops Grad Grao (Beginners) Prof Claudinho (Coral and above) 9:30PM-10:00PM Open Roda
Wed, Nov 4th	Grand Hall, Garden International School (map) 8:00PM-9:00PM Capoeira Workshop by Mestre (All levels) 9:00PM-10:00PM Samba Workshop by Rodrigo
Thurs, Nov 5th	Grand Hall, Garden International School (map) 8:00PM-9:30PM Workshops Intro to Cap Angola by Prof Claudinho (Beg and Coral) Intermediate Capoeira by Mestre (Verde and above) 9:30PM-10:00PM Open Roda
Fri, Nov 6th	Maybank, Jalan Bukit Bintang (map) 8:00PM-10:00PM Public Roda
Sat, Nov 7th	Frangipani, Changkat Bukit Bintang (map) 9:00PM-Late Noite Brazileira!
Sun, Nov 8th	Jaya One, Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya (map) 5:00PM-7:00PM 6th Annual GBCM Adults Batizado e Troca de Cordas

### Batizado Packages

Festival Package (Members Only) - Members: __RM 320__

1. FREE CLASSES FOR NOVEMBER
2. Attend ALL workshops
3. Attend ALL rodas
4. Festival T-Shirt
5. Attend Batizado Ceremony

Standard Festival Package - Members: __RM 280__, Non-Members: __RM 350__

1. Attend ALL workshops
2. Attend ALL rodas
3. Festival T-Shirt
4. Attend Batizado Ceremony

**Download your registration form here.

__Abada Promotion__

Buy a brand new pair of abadas for only __RM 100__ with your Festival Package

*To purchase your Festival Package please talk to Quek or Rafa at the academy… or wherever you happen to bump in to them!*

### Schedule of Events: Kids (under age 16)

Date	Venue/Event
Sat, Nov 7th	Grand Hall, Garden International School (map) 10:00am-12:00pm Kids’ Workshops and Roda
Sun, Nov 8th	Jaya One, Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya (map) 2:00pm-4:00pm 6th Annual GBCM Kids Batizado e Troca de Cordas

Date

Venue/Event

Sat, Nov 7th

Grand Hall, Garden International School (map)

10:00am-12:00pm Kids’ Workshops and Roda

Sun, Nov 8th

Jaya One, Jalan Universiti, Petaling Jaya (map)

2:00pm-4:00pm 6th Annual GBCM Kids Batizado e Troca de Cordas

### Kids Festival Packages

Bantus Capoeira Kids Package with Uniform - Price: __RM 180__

1. Kids Workshop with Mestre
2. Festival T-Shirt
3. Official Bantus Capoeira Abadas (Pants)
4. Attend Batizado Ceremony

Bantus Capoeira Kids’ Package without Uniform - Price: __RM 120__

1. Kids Workshop with Mestre
2. Festival T-Shirt
3. Attend Batizado Ceremony

**Download your registration form here.

### Important Notes About the Batizado Ceremony

Please note that your registration for the festival does not automatically guarantee that you will receive your first or new belts during the ceremony. Our mestre and your instructor will be responsible to award eligible students with their new belts at their discretion.

You are required to own a pair of official Bantus Capoeira Abadas (Pants) to be eligible to for grading.

### Payments

Payments can be submitted to our instructors, Mr. Rafael Rosario or Mr. Quek Wei Kin in the form of cash or check made payable to Bantus Capoeira Malaysia Sdn Bhd.

Bantus Capoeira Festival 2009 - Poster Design

Cueca — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:38:40 +0000

GUYS, the Festival 2009 is around the corner and WE WANT YOU to be part of it. It’s going to be a week full of culture and fun, which only Capoeira can give you. Don’t miss the chance to see as well as be part of Capoeira, Maculele, Samba and much more. Keep your eyes on the website for more info soon!!!

LET’S TRAIN HARD

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Here are dates for the Bantus Capoeira Asia Pacific Batizado Circuit 2009

Perth - 26th Oct to 1st Nov
KL - 3rd Nov to 8th Nov
Singapore - 11th Nov to 15th Nov
Bangkok - 19th Nov to 22nd Nov
Jakarta - 26th Nov to 29th Nov

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Poster Design Competition

This year we are holding a competition to design the Festival 2009 poster.

The poster will need to include the following:

Title of the event
Date of the event
Special guests names
Short description about the event

The winner will receive free entry to Festival 2009. For more information speak to Marissa.

Submission date by 10^th September.

Roda of the Month July 2009

Cueca — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:12:15 +0000

C’mon over to celebrate Graduado Rafael’s birthday with July’s Roda do Mese!

What: Roda of the Month July 2009
Who: All Bantulinos welcomed no matter where you train
Where: Bantus Academy Damansara Jaya
When: 8pm - 9:30pm Friday 31st July 2009
Attire: Bantus T-shirt

Public Roda - Astro Sokker Safari for Man Utd vs Malaysia

Cueca — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:16:52 +0000

Bantus Capoeira is part of the Astro Sokker Safari, a series of events leading up to the World Cup in South Africa next year! Please be on time for this as it is a scheduled performance in the itinerary for this event

What: Public Roda - Astro Sokker Safari for Man Utd vs Malaysia
Who: All Bantulinos welcomed no matter where you train
Where: Carpark A, Stadium Bukit Jalil
When: 7pm - 8pm Saturday 18th July 2009
Attire: Bantus T-shirt and Abadas

GBCM Cultural Week 2009

Cueca — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:40:31 +0000

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!

Roda of the Month May 2009

Cueca — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:04:53 +0000

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

Street Roda at Bukit Bintang this Sunday

Cueca — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:58:28 +0000

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

Capoeira Workshops at Living Arts Puchong

Cueca — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:03:53 +0000

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.

Bantus 5th Anniversary Roda and Weekend Charity Demo

Cueca — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:43:58 +0000

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!

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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

Busy Weekend

Cueca — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:00:37 +0000

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

Roda of the Month February 2009

Cueca — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:56:33 +0000

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

Samba du Bom - Brazilian Carnival

Cueca — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:40:37 +0000

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

Roda of the Month

Cueca — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:42:26 +0000

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