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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)…
Mestre Acordeon’s Berkeley to Bahia bike ride
25 October 2013 Mestre Acordeon’s Berkeley to Bahia bike ride http://b2bjogacapoeira.com/ (domain deregistered) Mestre Acordeon will commemorate his 70th birthday by riding his bicycle on a 14,000-mile journey from Berkeley to the source of his eternal inspiration: his hometown of Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. This epic and historic journey, called Project B2B-Joga Capoeira (Berkeley to Bahia), will…
Interview with Mestra Úrsula
25 October 2013 – Entrevista com Mestra Úrsula I have had the pleasure and honour to spend time with Mestra Úrsula, during a three day event in London, in 2012 and I started following her work. Here’s an interview with her. I’m copying it here in case the original site disappears, it happens a lot!…
Knee Injury update
16 Oct 2013 – Knee Injury update So it seems that, slowly, my knee is getting better. Yesterday I forgot to wear my knee support, cycled to work and felt no pain. I can almost cross my legs and touch the floor with my knees and bend forward, but not quite as far as I…
Knee Injury Update
04 Oct 2013 – Knee Injury Update It doesn’t feel like acupuncture is working at all – was in much discomfort yesterday, so I made an appointment with local GP. They only knew about my hip pain, not knee, so I hoped that might speed up my position on the waiting list. The surgery has…
Acupuncture 2nd visit
30 Sep 2013 – Acupuncture 2nd visit My phone navigation wasn’t working today so I had to find the place from memory, and I took a wrong right turn towards the end (most of the way was quite easy to remember) on Fulham Road. It sorta felt wrong, so I did a u-turn and soon…