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October 2009
The Secret of Capoeira
I haven't posted anything in a while, and we've been keeping pretty busy. I few weeks ago, however, I told a story that Mestre Azulão told us once in a few years ago. Mestre Azulão used to teach classes in Foz do Iguaçu, a city in the state of Paraná, near the Iguazu falls (which are absolutely breathtaking, by the way).
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The Different Styles of Capoeira
To most people who know a little about capoeira, the art comes in two flavors: Angola and Regional, Mestres Pastinha and Bimba being the modern, respective fathers of each branch. In the capoeira resources section of my site, I have a short article discussing the various forms of capoeira as they are practiced today.
Yet I consistently hear capoeiristas of gradauted ranks making bizarre juxtapositions about the various rhythms played on the berimbau and their accompanying games. Here's a quick summary about how it works.
Today, capoeira is practiced in three flavors:
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Training versus Instruction versus Play: What it takes to become awesome at capoeira
I've shared this theory of mine with a few people in the past, but after hearing Instrutor Mico briefly mention the difference between training and teaching, I decided to post the idea. This concept drives my decisions about how to structure classes in Decatur.
What we casually refer to as "class" can really be thought of as being a complex of four different components:
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Overweight caporeirista is moves really well in a Capoeira Maculele Roda in Londrina
Capoeira Decatur participates in Atlanta Streets Alive!
My first encounter with Capoeira & back in the day
Miudinho
Is Capoeira Angola Traditional Capoeira?