ICBIE news

Rome's tribute to the ICBIE couldn't have gone better! It was a perfect warm and balmy night, the Factory was a great location that allowed us to make as much noise as we wanted late into the night, the music...

One week ago, on August 22, ICBIE President Pietro Gallina accompanied our talented artist Julio Costa to City Hall, for an appointment with the Mayor, João Henrique. The principal object of the meeting was to formalize the first international expedition...

Many articles in this blog, especially those dealing with Mestre Pedro, have mentioned the Alagados, the infamous favela of shacks perched on wooden stilts over the All Saints' Bay. Located less than a mile from the ICBIE, up the end...

During this “holiday” week, Pietro and Marlene have been frantically busy. A good part of this has been my fault, as my house purchase triggered a swarm of bureaucratic tangles and tense meetings with lawyers and mediators that nonetheless raced...

There is a fourth ICBIE video on YouTube, this time dedicated to our Art Hostel in the verdant back courtyard, where we host our visiting professors, guests, and socially-responsible tourists.  Now people who are considering a visit to Salvador can...

The ICBIE's development work with Hapkido - the Korean Martial Art of Personal Defense - has objectives that go beyond the teaching of the techniques of kicking, body twists and immobilization (the principal training characteristics of this art). Our deeper...

I've seen a lot of amazing things at the ICBIE, but yesterday's performance by Mestre Pedro's Capoeira troupe surpassed them all. At four o'clock in the afternoon, about twenty incredible artists, ranging in age from eight to sixty, transformed the...