Latest update April 18th, 2025 8:12 AM
Great benefits in store as new form of Martial Arts introduced locally
On the Saturday June 29 last fans trooped to the Hotel Tower, Main Street, Georgetown where they were treated to a display of Canoeira when the Capoeira Mesticagem Guyana held its first Batizado (grading ceremony) and Cultural exchange in Guyana.
Students going through the paces to the sounds of the drums and other musical instruments.
The students were tested in movement, kicks and evading tactics before being promoted to the next level. These movements are combined to create the complete individual, physically and psychologically.
The ceremony was graced by several specially invited guests including one Professor and two Graduados from Brazil, two invitees from French Guyana and another Professor and Monitor from Suriname.
Twenty-one (21) Guyanese practitioners successfully completed the course at different levels including Gustave Gream, Vandyke David, Gabriel Thiis and Aziza De Mendonca also doubled as organisers of the Tower hotel event.
Canoeira was developed many years ago in Brazil by Afro-Brazilian slaves as a form of resistance and is a Brazilian Martial Arts form which involves music, dance and self-defense. The sport is currently practiced worldwide and now an enthusiastic group, including the above mentioned practitioners, is working assiduously to popularize the event locally.
“The objective is to introduce Capoeira throughout Guyana and to strengthen relations with neighboring countries, the likes of Suriname and Brazil among others. Mr. Mendonza spoke with Kaieteur Sport yesterday afternoon and explained that Capoiera practitioners are graded at three stages, Angola, which involves slow paced activity with all moves administrated at the ground level while the second stage, Benguela is for practitioners at the intermediate level.
All activity is practiced at a moderate or medium pace. Regional is the final stage and involves fast paced acrobatic movements and kicks. Students graduating from stage one to two must be proficient in the intricacies of the first stage and those moving up to the third stage must have in depth knowledge of the other two stages.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mendonca is the President of the local group while the Secretary is Gustava Gream. Two other graduands, Van dyke Davids and Gabriel Thiis complete the executive committee. More than 30 students attend training sessions which are conducted Tuesday, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Transport Sports Club, Thomaslands, under the tutelage of Mendonza.
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