First published Dec 2014 Last Updated 18 Nov 2018 Capoeira Reading List I’m compiling a list of Capoeira books & papers, I’ll update this page as I find and read more books. * Capoeira Angola – Mestre Pastinha (PDF) * A Herança de Mestre Pastinha PDF * The Heritage of…
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…
What I know about Yoga
04 November 2017 What I know about Yoga Back in 1995, when I was in college, a friend told me about Yoga. She practised it at home, every morning at 6am and she said it had made her stronger and happier. I was wondering around town one day and walked…
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…
PiYo Workout/Achilles tendinitis
30 August 2017 PiYo Workout/Achilles tendinitis I’ve had (self diagnosed) tendinitis on my right ankle since the beginning of July. I stopped running a couple of weeks after the ache started, perhaps I should have stopped sooner. Anyway, I started doing these eccentric heel drops on August 11, with leg…
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 Mestre Traira’s album – Capoeira da Bahia Found this amazing document with photos and a lot of info on this album in Portuguese, French and English. [Tracks originally summarised by Capoeira Palmares] 1 Santa Maria – Puxador: Traíra. [Toque: Angola] Chula de 28 versos com partes instrumentais Eu…
Injury Update: needles and more needles, shoulder cortisone injection
10/04/2014 – First published (see below for recent updates) It’s been a week of needles… On Monday I went to see the Osteopath again. Chris found a particularly tender spot, the most painful yet, at the bottom of my spine, to the right. Same area the scan, from 3 years…
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…
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…