Halit Yalçın (Graduado Cabelo), the only capoeira coach from Turkey invited to teach at events abroad, has taught in Russia, Azerbaijan (4 times), Poland (twice), Belarus, England and Lithuania, and is now joining CAPOEIRA WEEK, organized by the Estonian Capoeira Federation, as a teacher. Good luck to Graduado Cabelo at the event in Tallinn, Estonia...
Campoeira 2013 (Axé Capoeira Camp, Sinop), our 10th camp, with 35 capoeiristas, was amazing. During the six-day camp, with an intense program of training, performances and trips, we trained every day in the sea, on the sand and in the forest. Participants also had plenty of fun with boat trips, a climb at the Erfelek...
After the World Capoeira Championship, another big success came from the Axé Capoeira European Championship. At this year’s event in Prague, Czech Republic, Ferhat Atakul took 1st and Buğrahan Güney 2nd in the adult category, representing Turkey, and came home with trophies. Congratulations to them and to the Axé Capoeira team.
Representing Turkey at the World Capoeira Championship, the Axé Capoeira team finished 3rd overall with 1 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. In children’s category 2, Dilan Güneş took 1st, Aylin Korkmaz 2nd, and Damla Talun and Sümeyra Yıldız 3rd; in women’s category 1, Melike Akdoğan took 2nd; in men’s category 1, Murat Çepel...
The 8th Axé Capoeira Türkiye Festival, Batizado and 2nd Turkey Championship ended with unforgettable memories. Organized by Halit Yalçın (Graduado Cabelo) with 115 students, the event’s teachers were Mestre Cabeça de Roda (France), Professor Barrãozinho (Canada), Professor Magrela (Spain) and Instructor Marcus Cabeça (England), with students and competitors from many Turkish cities and the Azerbaijan...
Axé Capoeira Türkiye, the group behind many firsts in Turkey, adds another festival to its yearly series: the 2nd Turkey Axé Capoeira Championship, capoeira, MMA and Afro-Brazilian dance training, street and stage performances and a cord ceremony — a packed festival with some of the world’s best-known capoeira teachers. Confirmed teachers: Mestre Cabeça de Roda,...
The women capoeiristas of Axé Capoeira Türkiye made history by holding a roda and performance with women only. Part of Çankaya Municipality’s Women’s Day events, it took place on a stage set up on Yüksel Street in Kızılay, with women capoeiristas from other groups joining too, and hundreds of people in Ankara watched.
Halit Yalçın, Turkey’s only capoeira instructor teaching abroad, is now going to Lithuania to teach, after Azerbaijan (3 times), Russia, Poland (twice), England and Belarus. We wish Halit Yalçın every success at the seminar, where an independent group in Lithuania will also join the World Capoeira Federation.
Capoeira Angola workshop with Treinel Napoleão, one of Mestre Baixinho’s instructors, on Sunday, January 13, 13:00–17:00 at the Axé Capoeira Academy. Everyone who wants to go back to capoeira’s roots, learn about the traditional style and gain a new perspective is welcome. Fee: 20 TL. For details and registration: Halit Yalçın 0535 748 59 52...
This year a capoeira wind blew through Turkey’s most important academic sports event, the Sport Sciences Congress, organized by Pamukkale University in Denizli on 12-12-2012. After the Axé Capoeira group’s showcase performance, there was a strong impression that capoeira could become an elective in physical education and sport sciences departments at universities across the country....