Quilombo Marcus Cabeça - Escola de Capoeira | Capoeira Classes South & West London

Structure of the Competition

A estrutura explicada em português

> It is a Collective Competition, meaning capoeira groups/schools willing to participate must make teams of 3 (trios)
> The competition will be judged by a panel of Mestres from the wider Capoeira Community in the UK and Europe
> Competition will be divided by categories: Kids; Adults; Absolute (Graduados(as) to Professores(as))

• The break down of each categories and its subcategories is in provided below
• Roda size is 4 meters of diameter
• Panel of 8 Mestres & Mestras will be judging the competition
• Each category/subcategory will have 8 teams competing
• Round 1 & round 2 all teams will compete
• Semi-finals only 4 teams will compete
• Final only 2 teams will compete
• Kids & adults categories & subcategories will compete for 2.5 minutes (two and a half) on every round of competition
• Absolute Category participants will compete for 3 minutes on every round of competition

Categories Details

Below the description of what each category/subcategory means in terms of age and level:

1. KIDS : 6-11 yrs old

Kids Beginners – means the beginner has up to 1 years of training
Kids Intermediate – means the intermediate has between 1 and 3 years of training
Kids advanced – means the participant has over 4 years of training

PS – in the Beginners & Intermediate category the teams (made by 3 people) at least 1 MUST BE A BEGINNER

2. Adults – 13yrs old + (no limit of age)

Adults Beginners – means the beginner has up to 1 years of training
Adults Intermediate – means the intermediate has between 1 and 3 years of training
Adults advanced – means the participant has over 4 years of training

PS – in the Beginners & Intermediate category the teams (made by 3 people) at least 1 MUST BE A BEGINNER

3. Graduados(as); Monitore(as); Instrutores(as); Professores(as)

Must be recognised by they Mestre/Group in one of the titles described above

As long as the 3 members of the team are within the titles described, the team can be made up as the participants wish. Example: 3 Graduadas; 1 Professor + 1 Instrutor + 1 Graduada, etc

Regras (Rules)

As regras explicadas em português

This is a competition made to celebrate Capoeira as a Creative Art Form/Martial Art, therefore excessive use of force and some particulars movements/attacks wont be allowed for the safety of ALL competitors and a day of celebration and Joy instead of hate and individualism.
The Rules are:

The style game used during the competition will be exclusively Sao Bento Grande de Angola in a cadenced rhythm. The Name of the event demonstrates what we will be incentivising all competitors – Soltar o Jogo (release the game). A game that flows well and prioritises a clean game of Capoeira, without the use of violence, force or any attitude/behaviour that jeopardises the Joy of the event or the safety of competitors.

• It wont be allowed in any circumstances: no galopante; no escala; no ponteira; no joelhada; no godeme (elbow).

• Cabecadas can ONLY be applied to the torso (no other part of body). If applied Team will lose 5 points straight away and if a second instance team will be disqualified immediately

• no excesive use of force

• no “estourar” (lift competitor and slam on the floor).

• Take downs will be allowed (vingativa, tesouras, cristo) but no BANDA de costas or trancada

• if judges have a conflict of interest for the game, they will be swapped by another judge. Eg. Mestre has his/her own students in that round, we will make sure another mestre/mestra take part to not have conflict of interest

• games must develop for at least more and less 7 seconds before someone else buy the game

• Roda will be 3 meters of diameter with 20cm of line

• During each game, team members will have to play against other teams (not with their own).

• chamadas are ONLY allowed in the Absolute Category; not allowed in any other category.

• Competitors will be judged by:
  • 1. Volume of game (Dialogue, variety) & Expression
  • 2. Technique / objectivity
  • 3. Team work

3 judges will be seating in the roda, one on each part of the roda. 1 referee will be in the middle of the roda making sure competitors are following the rules.

If a competitor breaks any rules, the game will be stopped by the referee, the team will be warned.
If the team breaks the rule a second time, the game will be stopped by the referee and the team will lose 5 points straight away and the team notified for not repeating the mistake.
If the rule is broken a third time team will be disqualified.