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…
Mestre Jogo De Dentro
Born 1965, student of Mestre João Pequeno de Pastinha. His name was given by his godfather, Mestre João Grande. Founded Semente do Jogo de Angola group in 1990. Mestre Jogo de Dentro – Vols 1, 2, 3 Vol 1 – Capoeira Angola 1. Ritmo 2. Ladainha: Deus do Céu –…
Silvio Acarajé – A Saga do Urucungo
25 Aug 2018 Silvio Acarajé – A Saga do Urucungo I first heard this album about 7 years ago and the first track in particular captured my ears… Still does. He released two great albums, this one and Capoeira Primitiva, a great album to practice the berimbau and learn lesser…
Mestre Poncianinho’s Vlogs
First published 05 Feb 2018 Mestre Poncianinho’s Vlogs Mestre Poncianinho started 2018 with a new series of video blogs, here they are! Watch and learn 😉 Also available here -> http://www.mojuba.co.uk/blog Podcasts (Facebook) Podcast 1 Lessons, practices and insights Podcast 2 Guidance
Mestre Bimba’s album – Curso De Capoeira Regional
24 January 2017 Mestre Bimba’s album – Curso De Capoeira Regional – 1969 One of the greatest figures in Capoeira – Mestre Bimba! I put subtitles in Portuguese here (from 16m30s onwards: quadras and corridos) with the lyrics also below. Toques Da Capoeira São Bento Grande Cavalaria Banguela Santa Maria…
Music Class with Mestre João Grande
14 October 2017 – Music Class with Mestre João Grande 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 On Saturday afternoon we had…
Mestre Cobrinha Verde
I’m copying this here, too precious to risk it disappearing! I found/copied it from here https://capoeira-connection.com/capoeira/2011/10/capoeira-and-mandingas-mestre-cobrinha-verde-1921-1983/. I’ve seen too many capoeira sites just vanish (usually because people don’t renew the domain name?) so this is just a backup! Mestre Cobrinha Verde If the facts in this book did not occur…
Mestre Traira’s album – Capoeira da Bahia
12 July 2017 (last updated 03 March 2023) Mestre Traira’s album – Capoeira da Bahia Found this amazing www.capoeira-palmares.fr/histor/xaua_pt.htm document (Aug 2019 – seems the document is no longer there…) with photos and a lot of info on this album in Portuguese, French and English. saciperereuk · Mestre Traira -1963 –…
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…