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…
Mestre José Antônio songs
A few of Mestre José Antônio’s beautiful songs Sela a Ventania (2019) [chorus] Sela a Ventania, dindinha – Ventania is common name for horses in Brazil… Eu vou partir Já raiou o dia, dindinha Hora de ir. [verses] Veneno mateiro me espera lá fora Vou rodar o mundo, dindinha É…
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
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…
Mojubá lesson – 26 February 2017
Mojubá lesson – 26 February 2017 Pandeiro Practice with Mestre Poncianinho
Mestre Canjiquinha toques
Mojubá Music Lesson – 14 December 2016 In class tonight Mestre Poncianinho taught us one of the toques at the end of this album, where Mestre Canjiquinha plays various (unnamed, as far as we know) toques. (from 28:15) We practiced this one: Direct link, in case the player above doesn’t…
New songs with Mestre José Antônio
29 June 2016 New songs with Mestre José Antônio Mestre Zé Antônio has been in Europe for the last month or so. He came to Mestre Poncianinho’s event Vivência cultural 2016 and then went off to various events in Europe. This week is his last week and then he’s going…
Vivência Cultural 2016
6 Jun 2016 Vivência Cultural 2016 Cobra Mansa, Janja, Tião Carvalho & more (haven’t figured out who yet) – Group Nzinga’s album, released in 2003. Mestra Janja e Mestra Paulinha Mestra Janja (http://nzinga.org.br/pt-br/grupo_nzinga – Grupo Nzinga) was a guest of honour at Mestre Poncianinho’s event Vivência Cultural 2016, and indeed,…
Mojubá’s official toques
05 April 2016 Mojubá’s official berimbau toques Angola, São Bento Pequeno, São Bento Grande, Jogo de Dentro, Iúna, Cavalaria, Apanha a laranja, Abaré. For our own roda, 2nd arrangement: Gunga: São Bento Pequeno 2 (aka Angolinha, Angola Dobrada) tsh#tsh# domtss# domtss# dim Médio, opposite of gunga: tsh#tsh# dim dim dom…
Abaré – Mestre Poncianinho
13 March 2016 Abaré – Mestre Poncianinho In Mestre Ponciano’s album, Guarani, there’s one particular toque that I have been wanting to play along to for quite a while: Abaré. It’s a word in tupi-guarani (one of the native inhabitants of Brazil) and in this context it means ‘friendly people’.…