Centro Cultural Senzala London is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. To celebrate, we’re posting a series of interviews with our teachers so you can get to know them a bit better. In our second blog post, we’d like to introduce you to Foo who assists with children’s classes. Tell us a bit about yourself. […]
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Interview with Ronaldo
Centro Cultural Senzala London is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. To celebrate, we’re posting a series of interviews with our teachers so you can get to know them a bit better. First up is Ronaldo. Tell us a bit about yourself. – When and where did you start training capoeira, and why? – What’s […]
Monday capoeira classes in London Liverp...
Start your week off in a fun way with capoeira classes in Spitalfields, London. In this hour-long class taught by Ronaldo and John, we will teach beginners new movements and sequences, as well as conditioning. This adults capoeira class is for all fitness levels, near Liverpool Street and Aldgate stations in central/East London. Capoeira is […]
Batizado 2018
Thanks to everyone who took part in our batizado in November 2018, and congratulations to all the capoeiristas who received a new belt! Special guests included: Mestre Gato (Grupo Senzala – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Mestre Flavio (Grupo Senzala – São Paulo, Brazil) Mestre Pedro (Grupo Senzala – Cambridge, UK) Mestre Rodriguinho (Grupo Senzala – […]
New location for Tuesday and Thursday cl...
From 15 April 2019, the venue is changing for Tuesday and Thursday adult capoeira classes. The old Maria Fidelis school is being knocked down, so we are re-locating to their other premises, just a 2-minute walk from Euston station. Come join in and learn this unique Afro-Brazilian martial art, complete with kicks, acrobatics, music and […]
Senzala London goes to Ilha Grande
This year we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of our capoeira school in London and the formatura (grading) of Contra-Mestre Sanhaço who will become a capoeira master. This summer we will go on a group trip to Brazil, to the beautiful natural reserve of Ilha Grande for five days of capoeira and lots of fun […]