São Bento Grande Variation

25 Feb 2015 São Bento Grande Variation In tonight’s class we practiced this variation, amongst other things. Mestre Poncianinho was playing the berimbau extra amazingly tonight, it was an audio-visual treat!!! Shame I didn’t record the class!!! tsh#tsh# dim dom dom x2 (São Bento Grande basic) tsh#tsh# dim dom dom domtss# dim dom dom First … Read more

Capoeira Communication

09 November 2014 – Capoeira Communication What really stuck with me in this lesson: Mestre Poncianinho was very keen to emphasize the importance of communication in Capoeira. If you don’t communicate and just worry about doing the things you can do physically, then it’s not really true Capoeira. Capoeira is a dialogue. I knew that, … Read more

Mojubá lesson – 13 July 2014

Mojubá lesson – 13 July 2014 Today Prof. Kebrado played guitar during the class while we trained 🙂 Lovely! Mestre Poncianinho explained that people used to play guitar with capoeira but for various reasons it doesn’t happen so much anymore, i.e. guitar sound needs an amplifier or it gets drowned, making carrying all the equipt. … Read more