Soul Capoeira

Intentions in Capoeira

Sensing Intention How do you know whether a person wants to harm you or not? When does the game turn from a game into a fight? Where do people’s true intentions lie? Popularity: 21% [?] [...more]

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Dias Gomes- Capoeira the artist, the athlete, the poet

This is a quote that was pinned up in Mestre Moraes’s Academy when I was visiting Bahia in 2001-2002. I thought it was particularly beautiful. Popularity: 16% [?] [...more]

Salto Mortal- The backsault in Capoeira

Capoeira Acrobatics is spontaneous, agile and sometimes mysterious, I remember watching countless amounts of videos, searching the world for new tricks, different movements. The more I have experimented and tried different movements the more I have come to realise three things: Popularity: 53% [?] [...more]

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RODA FEMININA

WOMEN IN CAPOEIRA This is a highlight reel from a big girls roda that took place in our academy the associacao de capoeira mestre bimba, in brazil. And yes, I do not like it when they separate girls to have an ‘all girls’ roda, but regardless of my beliefs, this was a truly amazing roda. I have [...] [...more]