Mestre Toni Vargas talks about Capoeira and playfulness

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21 November 2014 – Mestre Toni Vargas talks about Capoeira and playfulness Interesting talk by Mestre Toni Vargas about Capoeira, fun and some Capoeira history… (in Portuguese with English subtitles) The ‘Abeiramar TV’ logo seems to be predicting a rather apocalyptic and wet ending to the planet though!!! I have talked about him before, as … Read more

Mojubá Presents: ’40 Years of Practice and Passion’

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15 November 2014 – Mojubá Presents: ’40 Years of Practice and Passion’ Mestre Zé Antonio, Ana Beatriz (Lãlã), Caiçara and Hawaii came from Brazil to England for the occasion. Salamandra and his students travelled from Latvia. On Friday we saw Nick’s batizado and certificates were handed out by Mestre Poncianinho – as well as the … Read more

Mestre Nô – Norival Moreira de Oliveira

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12 November 2014 – Mestre Nô – Norival Moreira de Oliveira In tonight’s class the salient point for me was when Mestre Poncianinho talked about the ‘tesoura’ – and how Mestre Nô was a master of the tesoura – and this video was mentioned, and there it is, at 50seconds, a very fast moving one, … Read more

Capoeira Communication

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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