Author: Lelé
Capoeira documentary with Mestre Acordeon
08 March 2014 – Capoeira documentary with Mestre Acordeon Not the bestest video quality, but must see documentary about a martial arts practicioner learning about Capoeira in Salvador with Mestre Acordeon. Also appearing Mestre Jogo De Dentro and Mestre João Pequeno de Pastinha, Mestre Boa Gente and Mestre Olavo. Notes: * Mestre Acordeon is a…
Toque de samba de roda – Berimbau
03 March 2014 – Toque de samba de roda – Berimbau After training I practiced the berimbau, then a song with toque de samba started to play and I thought it was about time I learned to play this toque. I did some ‘research’ and at first I thought it went like this: tsh#tsh# dom…
Gluteus Maximus/Medium trigger points
03 March 2014 Gluteus Maximus/Medium trigger points I’m looking further into this and putting all the info here. From the ‘Trigger Point Therapy Book’: Trigger points in your gluteus maximus can disrupt the comfortable patterns of every day life, if not make it completely miserable. A vivid example of this was Kenny, age forty-two, a…
Physio – arm and glute pain
02 March 2014 Physio – arm and glute pain My life seems to be a catalogue of injuries… Yesterday I stubbed my right toe on someone’s leg during capoeira roda. One more reason to wear shoes – but I can’t do the movements with the same precision with shoes on! So I spent the rest…
Ladainha – Mundo Atrapalhado
Written by Paulo do Anjos, this is one of my favourite ladainhas, it reflects the confusion one often feels when it comes to rules, and the contradictions on how we are expected to behave. Was it inspired by the one on Mestre Waldemar’s album? Surely! This was the first version I heard, with Carolina Soares.…