On July 3, 2020, we celebrated Professor Prego's birthday!
We wish Professor Prego great health, and a lot of happiness and many more accomplishments for the next year.
WATCH HERE PROFESSOR PREGO'S VIDEO PRACTICING FLOREIOS BACK IN NYC!
On July 3, 2020, we celebrated Professor Prego's birthday!
We wish Professor Prego great health, and a lot of happiness and many more accomplishments for the next year.
WATCH HERE PROFESSOR PREGO'S VIDEO PRACTICING FLOREIOS BACK IN NYC!
CAPOEIRA FUNDAMENTALS CLASS ($15.00)
During the month of May we are offering a Capoeira fundamentals class designed for people who always wanted to try capoeira but never had a chance. No need to have any previous experience with martial arts or dance.
In this class you will get familiar with the terms and beginner movements step by step as you work on coordination, flexibility, balance and rhythm.
Class duration: 6:15pm to 7:00pm (45 minutes).
Class dates: May 6, 13,20 and 27
In the same way, we have Zumbi in Brazil, United States also have a hero that represents freedom from slavery through fighting for freedom and justice. His name is Kunta Kinte, many people don’t know, but he was a real person and his story is spread through fictional books and mini-series.
Kunta Kinte’s family arrived in Juffure, a Muslim town, one generation before Kunta Kinte was born. The Kintes were Juulas that were primarily known to be merchants and Islamic scholars. They were involved in many types of trading including slave trading.
For many years the Muslims discussed about slavery if it was right or not and to who to sell, but many Juulas sold slaves to anyone who would buy them, and some Kintes were involved.
Kunta was sold into slavery in 1767 even with his family middle-class status, when an English man got involved in a dispute with the king of Niumi, in one of the fights an English soldier accidentally shot three fingers of the hand of the queen of Niumi. Somewhat during the confused period, someone took Kunta Kinte and deported him to America.
The series of books Roots: The Saga of an American Family was written by Alex Haley, who called his piece ‘faction’ because of the mixture of facts and fiction about Kunta Kinte’s story.
In the book Kunta was captured while he was in the woods to make a drum, he crossed the Atlantic and was sold to a man called John Waller. Kunta ran away from his owners four times, and after the last one they cut off part of his right foot.
In the story, Kunta died when he was 67 years old after starting a new family in America when he got married to a house slaved called Bell.
The once known as James Island is now called Kunta Kinte after the most famous slave. The island was home to many captured slaves and became famous because of the number of people who were captured from there.
Alex Haley mixed real facts with fiction and was accused of copyright in the first book, but Kunta Kinte’s story is really important and was immortalized by the books.
Sources: Roots Summary: Was Kunta Kinte A Real Person? 'Roots' Traces A Tragic History Kunta Kinte's World.
Please watch below a video from the Black History Month Presentation at the Vallecito Elementary School:
We are thrilled to announce that Tutu School is launching a new way to support schools in our community. Including the ABADÁ-Capoeira Marin!
When 3 or more new students from our school sign up at Tutu School* together, they will donate 25% of each student's first full month of tuition back to our school! Isn't that amazing?!
Please note, this is a special program for students that sign up at Tutu School San Francisco-Bay Street or Tutu School Larkspur.
Please share the news with your family, friends, and ACM capoeiristas! For more information, abadamarin@gmail.com or twirl@tutuschool.com.
Thank you for your time, and please don't hesitate to be in touch with any questions at all…
We're so excited about this! ACM's capoeiristas get to twirl together, and our school will get even more support. It's a win-win for everyone. Hooray!
Capoeira instruction, performances and related social projects to benefit the Marin County Community.
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