//‘Capoeira: Love the practice, not the politics’…// A thought provoking article by Baris Yazar about appropriation without due accreditation of Capoeira movements, which I not only agree with but have also been noticing lately appearing on my feed. Go read!!!
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…
Mestre José Antônio songs
A few of Mestre José Antônio’s beautiful songs Embora meu mano (Andanças album) [chorus] Simbora meu mano, bora mano meu Simbora pra Angola eh, bora mais eu [verses] Borá pra Aruanda, pra mestre Pastinha, Mestre Bimba, Besouro e também Canjiquinha Bora pra Bahia, pra os dois João , um é…
Moa do Katendê’s murder
09 October 2017 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…
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 On Saturday afternoon we had an unforgettable music class with Mestre João Grande, here it is Audio file: Ladainha Iê!!!!! Mas…
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 23 Aug 2019) Mestre Traira’s album – Capoeira da Bahia Found this amazing 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. [Tracks originally summarised by Capoeira Palmares] 1…
O Pintinho
09 June 2017 This song has absolutely nothing to do with Capoeira – but it has a Forró connection and a lot of people who do Capoeira seem to get into Forró too. I have become obsessed with it since yesterday, while waiting for the UK election results… I occasionally…