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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…
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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…
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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…
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Mestre Marcelo Angola visit to Mojubá
05 Feb 2016 – Mestre Marcelo Angola visit to Mojubá Tonight Mestre Marcelo Angola went to Dance Attic to teach the Friday class. I saw a fair bit of him last year, and his daughter, at various events in London and I always learn new tricks with him. His style is really beautiful and he…
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Literature de Cordel – Mestre Gaio on Mestre Suassuna
30 Jan 2016 Literatura de Cordel – Mestre Gaio on Mestre Suassuna This booklet was lent to me by my camarada Neil, who received it from Mestre Poncianinho, and the first thing I did was take photos of it. This copy is old and delicate, so I thought I ought to digitise it. I don’t…