And here’s the Capoeira Arte crew with Cllr M Aslam Choudry, Mayor of Brent, after perfoming at the My NW10 event last night:

Capoeira Arte will put in an appearance. I gather it’s a small stage and I’m hoping we won’t fall off!

Capoeira Arte’s world (well, North West London) domination programme continues with a new 2 pm Saturday class at the Kaarma Zen-Do kickboxing studio, 101 The Stables Market, Chalk Farm Road NW1 8AH. This is in addition to the regular 4 pm Saturday class which continues at My Fitness Boutique in West Hampstead and the Tuesday and Thursday classes at Westminster Academy Sport.

New Capoeira Arte classes start tomorrow!

Capoeira Arte is starting a new three-month classes programme at the Westminster Academy Sports Centre, Naim Dangoor Centre, 255 Harrow Road W2 5EZ. Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 7 to 8 pm, starting October 4 2011. Discounts for advance booking! Contact Francisco on 077 2477 7285.

Regular Capoeira Arte classes also continue at 4 pm on Saturdays at My Fitness Boutique in West Hampstead.

Kabula Arts is hosting the Capoeiragem conference in Shacklewell, E8, on Friday and Saturday 1-2 July 2011, featuring Brazilian masters João Grande and Gato. As well as some great capoeira, it’ll be a chance to support the Movement for Change, working with children in the Middle East.

After some early rain it’s brightening up nicely and the forecast is good for Capoeira Arte’s afternoon out playing in Golder’s Hill Park today. From about 2 to 5 pm, all welcome.

I’m hoping this fine weather holds until May 8, when Capoeira Arte is planning an afternoon out playing in the lovely Golders Hill park.

Everyone is welcome from 2 pm – players, spectators, kids, grannies and dogs. Free of charge. Bring water (especially if you’re playing) and your own food, or there’s a great cafe. And a free zoo as well!

Click here for a map. Accessible via 328 bus from Kilburn High Road.

Capoeira is starting up again at Brent Adult and Community Education Service’s Carlton Centre with regular instructor Michael Ray. Classes are from 7 to 9 pm on Wednesday evenings from 27 April through to 6 July. You can sign up by calling the Carlton Centre on 020 8937 3990, or downloading the enrollment form here.

Charteris is gone but Capoeira Arte lives on at My Fitness Boutique in West Hampstead (yes, it’s very near Brent) on Saturday afternoons at 4 pm.  Please sign up now, we do need more people!

It’s a lovely room, and a business model I rather like.  My Fitness Boutique hosts about 30 different exercise and fitness classes around the week, and you can pay for a single class or buy a block of class credits to use as you like – you don’t have to book for a full course of a specific activity.  So if you can’t make capoeira one week you could try, say, kettlebells instead. Or some bizarre strength training that involves hanging from the ceiling. I’m definitely going for that one day.  Or something more normal like yoga, zumba or aerobics.

(Hint to new users: there’s online booking but no online payment, for your first class just book and pay when you turn up.)