This post is a bit of an emotional and personal one. I’ve been seeing the quality of capoeira decline year after year and it really bothers me. Today I’m exploring the reasons behind this trend.

UPDATE 18/07: There are less than 10 spots still available! I’m extremely happy to announce I’m organizing a unique event with none other that Mestre Pernalonga Santana from Nova Geração de Angola! For the first time ever the Mestre will travel to the Benelux region (Belgium – Netherlands – Luxembourg) for a short trip and… Continue reading Capoeira & Musicality: An Experience Weekend with Mestre Pernalonga

In this second part of the series we dive deeper into the 5 fundamentals of event manangement for capoeira: budget, location, date, teachers and concept. In this article you’ll find tips on how to tackle all of these aspects.

Learn how to organize a multi day capoeira event from concept until D-day with this series of articles. Let’s get started with setting the scene and defining which tools you’ll need!

Let’s do a thought experiment. How can we make capoeira more accessible for the widespread public? Does capoeira need to be simplified to attract more people?

Isn’t it about time we met in person? Let’s say at a capoeira event? I’ve been working on something and I’ve got exciting news!

Mestre Ferradura, founder of the IBCE, has plans for a new social project.

Just an update on the lack of new posts.

One of the main frustrations I’ve had with capoeira for years is the lack of a proper evaluation system. So I decided to develop my own framework to use in our school.

On June 1st, a Pública (a Brazilian non-profit investigative news agency) published an article detailing how several high ranking members of Cordão de Ouro had been accused of sex crimes. The news article blew the lid off the whole thing and now more and more stories are surfacing.

Dear readers, I’m writing this update to let you know I’m taking a very short break on writing for the blog. At the moment my priorities have shifted a bit since there’s a lot going on in my private life and we are finally able to organize physical classes again (albeit with just 4 people,… Continue reading A quick update and a short break

Four years ago today I released my blog. Time to celebrate!

This is the last post in a mini series of 3. I already reviewed Mestre Nenel’s private berimbau classes and Mestre Negoativo’s study group. Today I’d like to talk about the Músicapoeira course by Mestre Ferradura.

This is the second post in a mini series of 3. Today I am going to talk about the study group of Mestre Negoativo. In the first article I reviewed Mestre Nenel’s private berimbau classes.

That has been my philosophy in capoeira for a long time. In other words, I believe that to be able to successfully practice capoeira for decades you shouldn’t give yourself 100% all the time.

Most groups use a title for someone who is on the path of becoming a mestre, but hasn’t formally been recognized as one yet. Titles commonly used are Contramestre and Mestrando. What is the difference? And how do you spell Contramestre?

If one book can be regarded as the capoeira bible, it is Waldeloir Rego’s work from 1968 titled Capoeira Angola: Ensaio Sócio-Etnográfico. And I found a free downloadable PDF!

We now have a capoeira server on Discord! It’s a great place to discuss everything that’s related to capoeira. Keep reading for an invite link and join us!