See you in April!

WWU is going on Spring Break - regular monday night classes in the MPR resume on April 4th!

If you want some more capoeira in the meantime...

http://www.ficanorthwest.org/seattle-events/

ter seu dobrao no bolso...

keeping your own dobrao in your pocket: it's an angoleir@ thing.

My friend Marco Simonetti (below) has made dobroes for us in the past, and he just finished making the ones above!

experiments

Capoeira has introduced me to so many ideas... i had a wonderful session with master weaver Roberto Bottaini, from Pescia, Italy, as we attempted to make caxixis from materials that are indigenous to the specific region of Tuscany where i'm from.

They may not be optimal for the roda, but i learned a lot!

The struggle isn't over

On Tuesday November 24th, WWU cancelled classes because of racist threats made against students of color on social media. Meanwhile, five black lives matters activists were shot and wounded in minneapolis while attending a vigil protesting the Nov. 15 shooting of Jamar Clark, 24, by Minneapolis police officers. It's easy to say: solidarity! from behind a computer - just like it's easy to be an asshole and make threats from behind a computer screen. The real work can only be to redouble our efforts in real life. Look up the Bellingham Racial Justice Coalition. For more trivial things: our practices at WWU have ended for Fall Quarter. We will resume on Monday, January 11th, at 6pm in the Multipurpose room. For training information over break, email us at ficabellingham@gmail.com

Fall quarter 2015

We will begin training in The Multipurpose Room of the Viking Union at WWU on Mondays from 6pm to 8pm.

Everyone is welcome - no experience necessary! Wear comfortable pants, shoes you can move in, and a t-shirt that can be tucked in.

Other times and locations will be announced, but for now we are trying to arrange for thursdays from 6:30 to 8:30, location TBD.

Parabens!

It is a thrill to find out that the International Capoeira Angola Foundation officially recognized its first female MestrA - Gege Poggi! It's a proud day to be an angoleir@!!!

Summer is no time to be idle...

it's time that can be used to prepare cabacas and arame for berimbaus!