Capoeira Comes to San Juan! (New EBC Philippines Schedule)

Wow! It has been over a month since my last post.

For those of you who don't know, I've been on vacation. I visited some family back in New York and spent two weeks in Brasil for Carnival. So I've been a bit busy.

I'm going to post about my trip once I get back into the groove of things but for now I thought I would update everyone about the new Escola Brasileira de Capoeira Philippines Training Schedule.

Good news to all the people from the North end:

"Below is the updated 2008 training information of Escola Brasileira
de Capoeira Philippines. Please feel free to forward this to your
family & friends. These are open to the public, no prior experience
or background necessary. Hope to see all of you in training soon!

Feel free to contact us for more information, requests for other
venues,schedules or performances.

Obrigado!

Escola Brasileira de Capoeira Philippines
www.ebcphilippines.com
+63.915.306.9456

SCHEDULE & VENUES:
Mondays 8:00pm - 9:30pm Manila Polo Club, Makati City
Tuesdays 8:00pm - 9:30pm Manila Polo Club, Makati City
Wednesdays 8:00pm - 9:30pm Xavier School, San Juan
Thursdays 8:00pm - 9:30pm Manila Polo Club, Makati City
Fridays 8:00pm - 9:30pm Manila Polo Club, Makati City
Saturdays 4:30pm - 6:30pm Xavier School, San Juan

* All classes are led by Professor Fantasma of EBC Brasilia, Brazil.
** Please note that there are no more sessions at the Moro Lorenzo
Sports Center in Ateneo. These sessions have been moved to Xavier
School. Capoeira clubs for students in Ateneo High School and De La
Salle University will continue as scheduled.

The Complete addresses of venues are as follows:

- THE MANILA POLO CLUB
The Dojo
#17 McKinley Road, Forbes Park, Makati City

- XAVIER SCHOOL
Table Tennis / Aikido area of the Rafael Cortina, SJ Sports Center.
#64 Xavier St., Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila

FEES:

Per session: Php350.00
Package #1: Manila Polo Club & Xavier School - Php3,300.00 for 12
sessions valid for 2 months.
Package #2: Xavier School only - Php1,200.00 for 4 sessions valid
for 1 month."

That's it for now. I'll try and post soon about my trip.

DLSU Capoeira Club!

The Capoeira Club at De La Salle University (DLSU) - Manila has been around since last school year (2006-2007). It took a lot of work on me, and my buddy, Besouro's part. The Student Council (Nadia Ong and company) also helped a lot.

Now that I've graduated, I'm glad things are still working out. I'm just hoping we don't have problems in the future.

What's funny is that I was recently interviewed by "The La Sallian" regarding the club. We've had several articles in the past, but up until now, the time I'm out of school, I've never been interviewed about the club. Thanks to Tina for finding the article!

The article has a lot of quotes. My friend Gaille (Carochinha) was like, "You practically wrote it." Actually, the thing I pointed out as one of the most important parts wasn't included.

I told them in the interview that people who want to learn about Capoeira should beware. There are lots of people that are trying to take advantage of the art. People with little or no real experience, sometimes try to pass off as teachers. So when looking for a school, you should try to look at its history and their teacher's lineage. This is a good way to find out if they really know what they are talking about.

Aside from that, the article was a good way to promote the club. I even have a picture where I look like a child. Man, I have a huge head (literally).

You can check the article online here. You can download the PDF (in original page layout) here. The second link has the picture.

For more info about the club, you can contact me here or just join the yahoo group. The club is right now on break. We start again next year.

The schedule is currently set at:

Tuesday and Thursday - 4:10-5:40 (any changes will be announced in the group)

For other training schedules check out: http://www.ebcphilippines.com