It’s that time of year again! Hanami Time! The sakura are popping, the sun is shinning, the birds are chirping, and the rodas are just about to heat up!
Let’s Hanami!
Let’s Capoeira!
Bring your berimbaus and pandeiros, bring your capoeira pants and t-shirts, and bring your axé! We’ll be spending the day in Tokyo’s best kept secret and most beautiful park for playing capoeira. Tachikawa Showa Kinen Koen. There’ll be capoeira acro training, rodas, samba, and lots of fun! Bring your guitars, frisbees, soccer balls and whatever else you want. It might get a little chilly in the afternoon, so bring some warm clothes too.
Tell your friends and family, bring your co-workers and your neighbours, you can even bring your pets this time!
In the case of heavy rain (there’s a chance it may) we’ll have to go to Plan B. Stay tuned for Plan B…
After Showa Koen closes, we’ll head over to Inokashira Koen to continue the sakura festivities and enjoy the rest of the night in our favourite local park.
Thanks to Tatsuro for picking Cafune and I up at 8.30am on Sunday morning!! We took our bicycles and all the capoeira instruments in his van to Showa Koen.
Next Roda in Showa Koen will be Sunday May 6th.
Make sure you get there on time so we can have some good rodas.
It's also a good chance for you to get some FREE tips and advice on how to improve your capoeira.
We can practice acro on the soft grass, and there's also a lot of other things to explore in the park. Showa Koen is huge!
Showa Koen is a million times better than Yoyogi Koen!
For me, that is what capoeira is all about. Just spending Sunday relaxing, having fun with friends. Getting lots of sunshine. Playing lots of berimbau, and having some good rodas!
And showing capoeira to the public.
Capoeira should be played outside. On the street, in the park, on the beach. Capoeira is by the people, for the people. Capoeira is FREEdom. Capoeira is expression. Capoeira is FUN.
So let's train hard during the month, and on the 1st Sunday, everyone get to the park early, play lots of capoeira, and have lots of fun!!!!
It was really fun and great to feel the grass under my feet - forgot what it felt like!!
Also, was great to be able to practice acro without having to worry that I was going bump someone or something :)
I didn't realise Showa Koen was so far from my place.. I'll try to time it better so I can take the 'holiday rapid' train next time so I can get there earlier!
axe'!!
Peta
P.s - Kenji had a wikid time too and we practiced moves we'd seen at home on Sunday night :)