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Berimbau Toques
First Published in 2014Last modified May 2025 The best known Capoeira toques are Angola, São Bento Pequeno and São Bento Grande. Here I go through those and various others that I have learned. The notation is explained here. For further explanations of specific toques, follow the links provided. * Toques on YouTube (Recorded in 2015)…
Vivência Cultural 2016
6 Jun 2016 – Vivência Cultural 2016 Cobra Mansa, Janja, Tião Carvalho & more (haven’t figured out who yet) – Group Nzinga’s album, released in 2003 on YouTube. Mestra Janja e Mestra Paulinhahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_287vdQGRQc Mestra Janja (https://nzinga.org.br/ – Grupo Nzinga) was a guest of honour at Mestre Poncianinho’s event Vivência Cultural 2016, and indeed, what an…
Mojubá’s official toques
05 April 2016 Mojubá’s official berimbau toques Angola, São Bento Pequeno, São Bento Grande, Jogo de Dentro, Iúna, Cavalaria, Apanha a laranja, Abaré. For our own roda, 2nd arrangement: Gunga: São Bento Pequeno 2 (aka Angolinha, Angola Dobrada) tsh#tsh# domtss# domtss# dim Médio, opposite of gunga: tsh#tsh# dim dim dom (São Bento grande 2) Viola:…
Abaré – Mestre Poncianinho
13 March 2016 – Abaré – Mestre Poncianinho In Mestre Ponciano’s album, Guarani, there’s one particular toque that I have been wanting to play along to for quite a while: Abaré. It’s a word in tupi-guarani (one of the native inhabitants of Brazil) and in this context it means ‘friendly people’. This version from music…
Left Hip and Cortisone Injection
17 February 2016 (scroll down for updates) Left Hip and Cortisone Injection On Sunday 7th, after class, I decided to take a break from Capoeira because my hip would get better and then worse after class. Taking a break from running wasn’t enough, it felt like I had to stop Capoeira too. I focused on…
Left Hip Injury
10 Jan 2016 Left Hip Injury September 2015: after completing Insanity in June, and continuing to do it regularly and also running some of my fastest times, and doing a lot of capoeira, my left hip started to hurt. I had a similar pain on my right hip a few years ago – which forced…