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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)…
Injury Update: needles and more needles, shoulder cortisone injection
First Published 10 April 2014Last Updated 01 July 2017 It’s been a week of needles… On Monday I went to see the Osteopath again. Chris found a particularly tender spot, the most painful yet, at the bottom of my spine, to the right. Same area the scan, from 3 years ago, noted some desiccation. So…
O Pintinho
09 June 2017 This song has absolutely nothing to do with Capoeira – but it has a Forró connection and a lot of people who do Capoeira seem to get into Forró too. I have become obsessed with it since yesterday, while waiting for the UK election results… I occasionally look for nursery songs to…
Birthdays/T-shirt/Business cards
12 May 2017 Birthdays/T-shirt/Business cards Denise suggested I should get a business card when I gave her the address of this blog scribbled on a piece of paper. And I thought, why not? So I ‘designed’ (i.e. picked a photo) and ordered from moo print, here it is! Tonight’s roda celebrated D’s and Catarina’s birthdays.…
Mestre Roxinho visits Mojubá
14 April 2017 – Good Friday Mestre Roxinho visits Mojubá London streets were deserted on my drive to the Dance Attic. I love it when London is like that. Mestre Poncianinho had been telling everyone that Mestre Roxinho was coming to visit and he said a lot of people were saying they were going to…
Mestre Pastinha’s album – Capoeira Angola/Eternamente
07/03/2017 I’m going to write down the songs from Mestre Pastinha’s ‘Capoeira Angola/Pastinha Eternamente’ album for singing practice and as a playlist for me to learn. (track listing). And I might as well add his spoken words! (Track 1) Ê, maior é Deus. Ê, maior é Deus, pequeno sou eu O que eu tenho, foi…