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Berimbau Toques
First Published in 2014Last modified May 2025 The best known Capoeira toques are Angola, São Bento Pequeno and São Bento Grande. Here I go through those and various others that I have learned. The notation is explained here. For further explanations of specific toques, follow the links provided. * Toques on YouTube (Recorded in 2015)…
Capoeira roda gets UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage status
26 November 2014 – Capoeira roda gets UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage status This has been long overdue – and today it has become official… The Capoeira roda is in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. One of the benefits this is expected to bring will be to give Capoeira mestres a…
Mestre Toni Vargas talks about Capoeira and playfulness
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…
Mojubá lesson – 19 November 2014
Mojubá lesson – 19 November 2014 Been off work for a couple of days with a cold and decided the only way I was going to get better was to try and sweat it out, so I went to class. I was really struggling at first but I think Mestre was taking it easy on…
Mojubá Presents: ’40 Years of Practice and Passion’
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…
Mestre Nô – Norival Moreira de Oliveira
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,…