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Empower Your Child with Capoeira: A Non-Competitive Alternative to Traditional Sports
Sometime ago Hillary Friedman, a sociologist at the University of Princeton, ran research to check why parents are signing their children up for competitive afterschool activities that are very time and energy consuming. It turned that parents didn’t necessary wanted the children to become the next champion in the given activity, they wanted them to…
Fun Family Holiday Activities for Physical and Mental Health
It’s super important to stay active even during holidays as it’s good for your physical health as well as for your mental and emotional health. Here are just a few activities to do with your family during holidays. Every child is different hence we encourage you to start with noticing what they like most and…
Empowering Youth Through Capoeira, Music, and Crafts | Creative Communities Project 2024
In June 2024 we completed a project called Creative Communities. This project was all about combining Capoeira, making music, making crafts and building our communities through art. The children that participated in the programme joined us in September and had opportunities to express themselves through involvement in arts activities. “The best part was the kicks…
3 steps to become a person your child will look up to in areas of exercising and healthy living
We think that it’s important to show children that they can become whom they want in life. They can be successful in whatever field they choose and they can have heathy and fit bodies that are working great and are vehicles to help them achieve what they want. We also think that the best way…
Community is at the heart of our work
We looked at our values recently and created a nice table with all values that we associate with Axé Boom Boom. They spell CAPOEIRA & DRUMMING. C-community D-development A-accountability & discipline R-resourcefulness P-passion & purpose U-unique O-open-mind M-motivation E-effort M-mastery I-inclusivity I-integrity R-resilience N-nourishing A-awareness & gratitude G-global Community is at the heart of our work.…
The Power of Visualization in Capoeira and Drumming
Today we’ll explore Visualisation in Capoeira and Drumming. We’ll look at: What is visualisation? Imagine doing a cartwheel, now close your eyes and see yourself doing the cartwheel. Visualisation is the use of your imagination to “see” something in your mind that you’d like to achieve in a real life. Visualisation allows you to transform thoughts…
Eat Well Move Well Live Well
We’re just reflecting on a project we did together with Wester Hailes Health Agency last year called Eat Well, Move Well, Live Well, and though to share this reflection with you. What the programme was about? The programme combined making food together, playing Capoeira and Djembe drum, and then eating what we prepared while talking…
The Process of Progress: Achieve Your Goals with a Plan
I’ve had a really interesting conversation with our capoeira students from one of the classes. It all started with one student not doing a bananeira (handstand) because he saw others doing better and he said he’s not doing it because he’s not good at it. Comparing ourselves is another topic that we’ll definitely touch up…
3 practical actions to improve your child nutrition intake before and after a Capoeira training
We all know that well-balanced and healthy meals and snacks give us the nutrients we need do live, work and to do well in sports. That apply to our young athletes and apart from getting the right amount of calories, eating diversity of nutritious foods will help them play Capoeira at their best. Today, we…
What is Djembe drumming?
Origins and its present in Europe Djembe drum is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands. It originated in West Africa in about 12th century and as an instrument was and still is an integral part of rituals and events for many communities. It become very popular in Europe 1950s when Guinea’s national…
The Edinburgh Canal Festival 2024
We’re so looking forward to join the Edinburgh Canal Festival sharing what we love the most! The festival is full of amazing activities for everyone and takes place on the 15th of June 2024. This year we’re happy to present to you Brazilian Dances as the final piece of our Journey through Brazilian Dances by…
Show off – motivation or demotivation in sport?
We had a good talk with the children during one capoeira class about showing off someone’s tricks. Some of children said that if someone is showing off then this make them sad and feel that they‘re not good enough, quoting “He want to make me feel bad about what I can do” … We wonder,…
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Our non-profit organisation Axé Boom Boom (SC703609) aims to provide lasting solutions to children’s inactivity by supporting and building healthy and active lives for children and their families using the tools of Capoeira and Djembe drumming. Read more in the About Us section.
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