This post I started one month to go to the 2014 event...
In a month from now I will be heading one more time to Iran. This time it will be different. I will have two people with me and a third arriving from Sweden a couple of days later. I gave my best shot in the hope that people will support the project, the idea. I knew it would not be easy but what have a got to loose? I see a bright future for Capoeira in Iran, I believe that things will get big maybe not this time but I am sure things will only improve. Everything is much harder in Iran, from finding guests willing to come to getting the needed materials through or to find out venues willing to take our booking. This challenges made me more eager to make it happen. There is no turning back now.
The event went well. There were students from the 3 cities: Mashad, Yazd and Tehran. Some students travelled more than 18 hours to get there. We managed to pre sell over 60 t shirts which raised over £600. This money paid for the tickets of the guests and part of the guest fee. It was quite a logistic nightmare to make sure all t shirts went back to all the donors. Students had a great time and the team that made across: Me, Contra Mestre Coqueirinho, my instructor Igor and a student got to experience a bit of the culture, the amazing Iranian hospitality and the city that was also extremely busy due to the Iranian New Year or Norooz. Watch the video below.
In a month from now I will be heading one more time to Iran. This time it will be different. I will have two people with me and a third arriving from Sweden a couple of days later. I gave my best shot in the hope that people will support the project, the idea. I knew it would not be easy but what have a got to loose? I see a bright future for Capoeira in Iran, I believe that things will get big maybe not this time but I am sure things will only improve. Everything is much harder in Iran, from finding guests willing to come to getting the needed materials through or to find out venues willing to take our booking. This challenges made me more eager to make it happen. There is no turning back now.
The event went well. There were students from the 3 cities: Mashad, Yazd and Tehran. Some students travelled more than 18 hours to get there. We managed to pre sell over 60 t shirts which raised over £600. This money paid for the tickets of the guests and part of the guest fee. It was quite a logistic nightmare to make sure all t shirts went back to all the donors. Students had a great time and the team that made across: Me, Contra Mestre Coqueirinho, my instructor Igor and a student got to experience a bit of the culture, the amazing Iranian hospitality and the city that was also extremely busy due to the Iranian New Year or Norooz. Watch the video below.
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