capoeira

Santa Maria e Idalina toques with Mestre José Antonio

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5 November 2015 – Santa Maria e Idalina toques with Mestre José Antonio Learning toque Santa Maria (Mestre Bimba) with Mestre José Antonio Base tsh#tsh# dom dom dom dom dom dimdomdim tsh#tsh# domdimdomdim tsh#tsh# domdimdomdimdomdimdom dimdomdim Variations: tsh#tsh# domdomdomdomdomdomdom dom dimdomdim tsh#tsh# domtss domtss domtss domtss dom dimdomdim Santa Maria Variations with Mestre José Antonio … Read more

Mestre Poncianinho’s 15 Years of Capoeira in England

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26 October 2015 – Mestre Poncianinho’s 15 Years of Capoeira in England This weekend saw the celebration fest for our Mestre Poncianinho’s 15 years in England and graduation ceremony. Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday were a roller coaster ride of classes, graduation and emotions and I’m still digesting it all, as well as suffering from … Read more

A negregada instituição

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First published on 13 Oct 2015 A negregada instituição The word ‘negragada’ confused me – translated directly to English on google translate, it translates as ‘neglected’, however when I look for a Portuguese definition it returns ‘hateful, hard work (as in, causes exhaustion), repulsive, negligible’. To be honest, I’m not sure what it means in … Read more

Go Pro experiments

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20 Sep 2015 – Go Pro experiments I know it’s been done to death but I also wanted to attach the GoPro camera to my body during capoeira games. So I did last night. Best part was learning some new effects in Adobe Premiere. Effects Adobe Premiere: Ghosting – Lumar Curve, Horizontal composite – Equalize. … Read more