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June 2009
A Compliment, Really About Basics
During the Just Rodas weekend (Jun 13th and 14th) in Tallahassee, FL, hosted by Estagiario Chegada Aranha and students, I had the privilege of both playing with Mestrando Cocada, of Maculelê New Orleans, and getting to talk to him about capoeira more philosophically and holistically. He very simply issued me this comment, "You're looking light on your feet, Juba."
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Mestre Fran Workshops July 2009
My two greatest inspirations are visiting us here in Atlanta! There will definitely be workshops and rodas, and a great opportunity to absorb a lot of capoeira in mid-July. If you haven't met these people yet, you'll want to. If you already have, you don't need to read this post.
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Capoeira has a lot for everyone
It's not that capoeira has something to give everyone.
Capoeira is comprehensive. Think about the game of capoeira itself. Mestre always says that capoeira is like a salad: you throw in lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, onions, some of this, and some of that. Salads are configurable, and in the game of capoeira, you don't need to include any of this or that. Capoeira as a whole is even more multifarious: martial arts, dance, acrobatics, music, song, community, philosophy, culture and folklore.
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Capoeira then & now: "Navio do Opressor"
In a new song from ABADÁ called, "Navio do Opressor" (The Oppressor's Ship), the singer tells the story from the perspective of a free African who is taken into slavery, endures the hardship of voyage in the hull of a ship, sold into slavery, training capoeira, and freeing himself. The last verse of the song brings the perspective back to today, and it is one of my favorite verses in any capoeira song. It goes...
Hoje eu também jogo capoeira
Herança que o negro nos deixou
Mas sei que o negro já lutou antes
Contra a força do opressor
Translated...
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