Association of Capoeira Argola De Ouro founded by Master Ousado in London in 1990 and in 2002 he brought capoeira to Singapore with the first school to be established in South-East Asia – the Association of Capoeira Argola De Ouro (Singapore). Capoeira in London is now extremely successful and popular as a result of the work initiated by Master Ousado and the Association of Argola de Ouro, which p
romoted Capoeira in the following:
Media and Print:
- Sunday Times
- Combat Magazine (1991)
Performances and events:
- 1991: In London he participated in “Big City Show” on channel “BBC One”
- 1994: organized a Capoeira performance presented at the Commonwealth Institute, which included a public demonstration and graduation ceremony (Batizado)
- 1999: Coordinated of 4th London International Festival (Riverside Studios at Hammersmith, London W6)
Capoeira in Singapore through the efforts of the Association is fast becoming a recognized and respected martial art and art form and has been featured in the following:
Media and Print:
- TV programme “Executive de-stress” by Channel NewsAsia
- Featured on Channel 5 and Channel U
- “Mind your Body” in the Straits Times
- NewMan magazine
- The New Paper
- Friday Weekly (a Chinese newspaper publication)
Performances:
- Brazilian Fever cm Countdown Party 2001 at Sentosa
- Her World Magazine / Model Search 2002 at Ngee Ann City
- Private performance for Pacific Internet
- Singapore Arts Festival 2003 organised by the National Arts Council
- Chijmes Latin Festival 2003
- Motorola and Oakley presents “RARZWIRE XTREME WEEKEND” at Cathay Cineleisure
Orchard in 2005
- Nokia “DEFEND YOUR TURF” at Siloso Beach, Sentosa
- “Colours & Tastes of Brazil” at CHIJMES
- “Time To Fly” organized by Protector & Gamble held at Sentosa Singapore
- World of Music Arts and Dance (WOMAD Singapore 2006) in the Heartlands at Hougang and at Fort Canning
- Discovery Atlas shows organized by the Discovery channel at the Grand Hyatt in Beijing (26 Sep 2006), Red Dot Traffic in Singapore (28 Sep 2006) and Hong Kong (26 Nov 2006).
- NTUC New Logo Event, 2008
- Singapore Arts Festival, 2008
- Keppel Corporation : Naming of FPSO Espirito Santo, 2008
- CAN! Discover Singapore Youth Park, 2009
- SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half-Marathon, 2009
- NATAS 2010 Singapore Expo
- One Moment of The Glory Channel 5 2010
- One World Class OKTO 2010
- Fly to Brazil at Changi Airport 2011
-Art Festival 2011, The Substation
- Family Day 2011, Sentosa Siloso Beach.
- Tiger Street Football, 2012, Clarke Quay
The Association’s work has been recognized by the Singapore Sports Council in their Sports Education Programme, the National Arts Council’s Art Education Programme and the People’s Association through the capoeira lessons in the local community centre for members of the public. Starting May 2017, Association of Capoeira Argola de Ouro(S) officially changes its name to Association of Capoeira Art Canarana(S). It retains same UEN number, T02SS0011H. All committee's members and classes remain
The new name adopted to give homage to the hometown/origin of Master Ousado as association's founder.
