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DOJO activities resume, after almost one year

After the suspension of their activities, imposed by the pandemic, Project DOJO, which holds jiu-jitsu practice with teenagers from the community around Compassiva´s head office, resumed their activities in January this year. “What motivated us to resume activities was seeing these teenagers idle during the pandemic”, explains Caetano Pinilha, project

Cross Camp 2020

Our year started out a little slow, many teenagers were still on vacation, but little by little we are returning to regularity. We were happy, because in the last BJJ’s training session (01/28/2020) we had an expressive number of new little faces, in addition to those who have been walking

A BJJ’s TRAINING WITH MINOTAURO AND CHARLES DO BRONXS

Our tatami received the presence of two UFC Champions, the well known Minotauro and the new belt promise Charles do Bronxs, last Thursday, November 21st. The students showed up in full force, and anxiety was in everyone. Both told a little about their personal live experiences of struggle and overcoming,

The Joy of the Mat

Yesterday (5/11/2019) we were surprised by a great group of people. In this second semester of 2019 we’ve suffered some low numbers and we had a very reduced number of young people attending regularly. At the same time, the classes continued at full steam. Every time of training, every moment

Dojo: A special training session at Fight School with Eduardo Resston

Last Tuesday, on the 16th April, training with some of the young people who attend the Dojo project was on a different mat: we visited Eduardo Resston’s Fight School academy. Eduardo was the teacher who started the Dojo activities at Compassiva four years ago, giving jiu-jitsu classes to children and

Jiu-jitsu: A Brazilian History

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is one of the best-known sports in Brazil. This is no coincidence; whilst jiu-jitsu is commonly associated with Japan and indeed finds its roots there, Brazil and Brazilians played a major role in transforming it into what it is today. Indeed, outside Brazil it’s often referred to as

Dojo: A beautiful place

Bit by bit, our space for the jiu-jitsu classes has been becoming a place of recreation and development. Some, taking jiu-jitsu really seriously, are growing in skill as they practice the sport; others, taking part in moments of arts, crafts, reading and conversations, have had the opportunity to develop other

“COMPASSION THAT TRANSFORMS” CAMPAIGN

2018 was a challenging year for Compassiva in terms of finances. We gained a few important grants, such as the grant from the Australian government which ensured the continuation of the Dojo Project, but we also lost some key supporters. Reflecting on the difficulty to raise funds, we thought a

JIU-JITSU GRADUATION STARTS ON THE MAT, BUTS ENDS WITH A BBQ!

The Dojo project students celebrated their level-up in belts and ended the year with a delicious BBQ. At the beginning of 2018, thanks to a grant from the Australian Consulate, we were able to remodel and restart our jiu-jitsu project which had been on pause for a few months. The

Dojo: A Project that goes beyond the mat

According to the latest Annual Analysis of National Socio-educational Assistance (SINAS), shared by SNDCA/MDH, in 2015 almost 27 thousand teenagers and young people fulfilled some requirement for imprisonment or restriction of their freedom. Of this number, almost 10 thousand were from the State of São Paulo. Unfortunately, these alarming figures

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