CEYA

CEYA- Words from the children

-“My name is Keith.  I’m twelve years old.  I’m in grade six. I live in Manenburg.

- Capoeira people came to my school. And they spoke to us about capoeira, and … and it was special to me. And I started to do capoeira here at the community center. Then I was doing it for three years now.

- Doing capoeira it’s great, it feels like … can keep me out of street, by not involving me by gangsters and… drugs and alcohol. It helped me by changing my life. Be a better person to my parents.

- I think it can help everyone by changing their lives. It can help my community, very… and it can take the people of my community… it can take them far. And take them to other places. When I’m little bit older I’ll go over seas, like my teacher was almost like all over the world.

- I think I’ll carry on when I’m big because… I wanna’ put this legacy to my children, also.

A few words for the people of the association:

“ Hum… actually, no.”

CEYA-Words from the children

BRONWYN HEYNES: (Manenburg)

-“ My name is Bronwyn Heynes, I’m fourteen years old, I live in Manenburg, I’m in grade 9 at Phenix high school.

- The first time I’ve heard about capoeira it was when a group of them came to my primary school for a demonstration, and they asked if we wanted to try. I thought it was cool. So I came at the first class, it was fun.

- I really like capoeira because it helped me to start to stay out of trouble… I like how to do the moves. I train sometimes at home. For me it means a lot – like defend yourself if someone attacks you.

- I think capoeira can bring a lot of things. You can become a teacher. It’s what I want to do, I hope, once…  I like teaching young children the moves. And then it can help the community by keeping the children out of trouble.

- It really changed my life. I’ve met a lot of people, like Arabia. He is cool…”

A few words for the people of the association, and the donators:

-“Capoeira, it’s fun, if you have to lose weight, do capoeira!”