FREE CAPOEIRA CLASSES FOR HACKNEY YOUTHS...

Hackney based Capoeira Master, Simon Atkinson " Mestre Fantasma" has started free Capoeira Classes for Youths, aged 11 to 18 years. This is a positive project which will give purpose and help shape lives of this significant age group.

Mestre Fantasma who runs the East London Capoeira School....

(pic by Anna Luks)

What are the benefits

of Capoeira?

Physical

✤Movements practiced in Capoeira employ whole body with its full

range of motion

✤Training Capoeira builds a strong, supple, and most importantly

healthy body

✤In its essence, Capoeira is an effective and cunning system of self-defence.

Mental

✤Capoeira sharpens awareness, focus and coordination

✤Significantly enhances the ability of non-verbal, positive, and artistic

self-expression

✤Strong elements of play and improvisation promote spontaneity and

mental flexibility

✤Builds up musicality as it requires practitioners to learn percussion

instruments used in Roda

✤Capoeira promotes self-knowledge and self-confidence

Community

✤Capoeira is a community activity practiced in, with and for the

community

✤Strong relationships between practitioners and groups across national,

religious, and racial borders

✤Capoeira philosophy is deeply inspired by nature and promotes an

intimate and respectful relationship with the living planet

Who can practice Capoeira?

Capoeira is for everyone!

!

Regardless of age, gender, or fitness level - anyone who has the

desire to learn this art-form can practice Capoeira.

!

As Mestre Pastinha famously stated: “The only one who won’t

learn is the one who doesn’t want to.”

“A capoeira é pra homem,

menino e mulher; só não

aprende quem não quer.”

!

— Mestre Pastinha

Where can I get

involved?

Mestre Fantasma (Simon Atkinson) and East London Capoeira

invite all interested 11-16 year old boys and girls in Hackney to

join the group for FREE Capoeira lessons consisting of physical

training, music lessons, and play!

!

Mestre Fantasma is a well known figure in the Capoeira world

and has been teaching and promoting the art beyond national

borders for over 25 years. He teaches the traditional style of

Capoeira with a traditional Bahian approach, which promotes

exploration and discovery over dictation and replication.

!

Interested individuals should contact Simon Atkinson via email

at simon@fantasma.co.uk or just drop-in to one of the regular

classes outlined below:

Mondays, 6pm - 7pm (FREE, starting 24 Feb 2014)

Saturdays 4pm - 6pm (FREE)

!

@

Forest Road Youth Hub

28 Forest Road

London E8 3BY