20 April 2023 – Mestre Boa Voz Last night, during our Capoeira class, Mestre Poncianinho told us that Mestre Boa Voz had passed away and talked a little bit about his music. We started playing two by two with a song of his that we all know so well and…
chatGPT and Capoeira questions
Well… I had to try! Depending on who you ask, chatGPT could bring the demise of the job market and a world controlled by robots or the dawn of a new era, where boring, repeatable jobs can be done by AI, while us bio humans get to do the creative…
Coração Cantador – October 2022
Coração Cantador – October 2022 Mojuba’s event, Coração Cantador took place in London, at the Dance Attic from 30th of September to 2nd of October. There was a large Instructor grading – to make up for the 2 year event hiatus, caused by covid. I graded as an Instructor, after…
Capoeira Songs Playlists
First Published 10 September 2018 Last updated 22 August 2022 Songs grouped by theme, to help me remember them!!! Sand & Water playlist Na beira do mar Beira mar iôiô Beira mar iáiá Eu não vou no mar (Mestre Zé Baiano) Sobrado de mamãe é debaixo d’água (Mestre Marrom) Ô…
Calories per minute – data analysis
20th of September 2021 I got an early birthday present for my 50th birthday, a new watch, back in June. I wanted not to have to take my phone with me to track my activities/listen to music and that’s what my dear husband got me: A Garmin Vívoactive 4S. On…
Capoeira: Afro-Brazilian Dance of Freedom Podcast
17th of September, 2021 Today Puma Camillê came to visit us @ Dance Attic!!! We had a very intense, unique and fun Capoeira/Vogue class and then a roda. 17th of April, 2021 I heard this podcast and it brought home the things that make me love Capoeira so much: the…
Twelve Covid-19 Capoeira Sequences
Twelve Covid-19 Capoeira Sequences 22 August 2020 I’ve been filming myself doing some of the sequences from Mestre Poncianinho’s online class during lockdown so that I can study and practice them regularly, and have a few sequences in my body that I can easily access at the right time during…
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…
Music Class with Mestre Môa do Katendê
14 October 2017 – Music Class with Mestre Môa do Katendê Mestres João Grande and Môa do Katendê together in London · Hosted by Mestre Joãozinho Da Figueira Facebook Event Page Photos/Videos of the visit to Mojubá and of the event on Flickr Videos on YouTube Mestre Môa do Katendê…
Capoeira Reading List
First published Dec 2014 Last Updated 14 June 2020 Capoeira Reading List Below is a list of Capoeira books & papers I have read. There are 100s of books about Capoeira out there. Here’s a comprehensive list by Dr. Sara Delamont (Cardiff University). * Capoeira Angola – Mestre Pastinha (PDF)…