Berimbau Toques The most well known Capoeira toques are Angola, São Bento Pequeno and São Bento Grande. Here I go through those and various others that I have learned. Our group has its own official toques when it comes to the roda, click here for more information. The notation is…
COVID-19
London 26 March 2020 London has been on lock down since Monday 23rd of March 2020 due to the coronavirus, a particularly virulent strain, named COVID-19. As I type this schools are closed, supermarket shelves are empty, people are working from home, not working at all or are otherwise overworking…
Jogging + dumbells and handstand circuits
28 December 2019 NOTE: This is my own routine, which I got into by trial and error and I’m not recommending it to anyone else!!! This is just what I do. Hopefully you too can find what works for you. I have no formal training in physical education nor am…
Music Class with Mestre Môa do Katendê
17 October 2017 Mestres João Grande and Môa do Katendê together in London · Hosted by Mestre Joãozinho Da Figueira Facebook Event Page Mestre Môa do Katendê Music Class Songs 7:45 Mestre Pequeno João Pequeno de Pastinha Quem falou que ele não vinha Completar Nossa alegria Ele trouxe a fé…
Learning the guitar
12 January 2018 I learned classical guitar for about 6 months when I was 15 years old, back in Brasilia. Long enough to develop callouses (which have long faded away) and to get frustrated because I wasn’t learning any rock songs, as I wasn’t being taught any chords, just a…
Asa Branca – Luiz Gonzaga
08 March 2019 Asa Branca – Luiz Gonzaga Asa Branca – Luiz Gonzaga Written in 1947, Asa Branca is one of the most well known songs in Brazil – I’d be surprised if there’s anyone there who hasn’t heard or doesn’t recognise the unmistakable introduction. By learning this song I…
Contra Mestre Marcelo Finco
10 November 2018 Contra Mestre Marcelo Finco (Associação de Capoeira Angola N’golo ia Muanda) is a great cantador, student of Mestre Ananias and currently living in Greece. Marcelo Finco on Facebook Marcelo Finco’s Blog Marcelo Finco SoundCloud Marcelo Finco on YouTube CM Marcelo Finco singing 15 December 2019 Marcelo Finco…
Moa do Katendê’s murder
09 October 2018 Mestre Moa do Katendê, Romualdo Rosário da Costa, 63 years old, was stabbed in the back, 12 times in total, after an argument with Paulo Sérgio Ferreira de Santana, 36, at a bar near his house, on the night of the Presidential (and local) elections in Brazil.…
MAIOR É DEUS, GRANDE É JOÃO!
Click here to support ‘Maior é deus grande é João’ João Oliveira dos Santos, Mestre João Grande (Master “Big John”), aged 85, the eldest living active capoeira practitioner in the world, is an icon of the traditional form of capoeira. Considered to be the master of masters by the capoeira…