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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)…


  • Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian Dance of Freedom Podcast

    17th of September, 2021 Today Puma Camillê came to visit us @ Dance Attic!!! We had a very intense, unique and fun Capoeira/Vogue class and then a roda. 17th of April, 2021 I heard this podcast and it brought home the things that make me love Capoeira so much: the connection between body/mind and its…


  • Three new albums by Carlo Alexandre

    Listen while you read… I got message from Carlo Alexandre (Kabula) on my Facebook Messenger this morning, here’s an extract: ” […] I am very happy to say that I have 3 newly released albums on Bandcamp, two in February 2020 and another one on this month. Have a listen: Tekó Porã (Brazilian Experimental) Guarnicê…


  • Injuries Timeline

    First published: 02 March 2018. Go to latest update 9 March 2024 Injuries Timeline – they are a part of life!I Started jogging 13 Sept 2008 then up to 4km by Jan 2009. Mostly doing 5km twice a week during 2009 and then started longer jogs of 6-7km twice a week from Feb 2010. First…


  • COVID-19

    London 26 March 2020 London has been on lock down since Monday 23rd of March 2020 due to the coronavirus, a particularly virulent strain, named COVID-19. As I type this schools are closed, supermarket shelves are empty, people are working from home, not working at all or are otherwise overworking to serve the lives and…


  • Um par de asas – Mestre Pernalonga

    Um par de asas – Mestre Pernalonga (Listen on YouTube Music – listen on Spotify) Eu queria agulha do destino I would like destiny’s needle pra costurar as feridas que a vida me fez to stitch the wounds life made on me só assim eu seria capaz de poder me entregar outra vez This way…