Keep a list of your achievements
I love keeping lists. I keep lists for anything and everything. Including what I’ve done in capoeira. Today’s article is rather short but I just wanted to share this routine I’ve been following for a long time.
Category: Tips & Tricks
Onboarding new students in your capoeira school
Integrating new students in your school is a key aspect of student retention. Using an onboarding flow you can standardize your process and make sure new students will feel right at home.
How to make an arame for your berimbau
Making an arame for your berimbau doesn’t have to be hard. Practice is key and with the right technique you can prepare one in under 15 minutes. I made a tutorial video showing how I make an arame with little effort.
Teaching young kids is hard
After teaching a kids’ class for five months, I am taking the time to reflect on what I’ve learned in the process. I’ve always taught adults only, so it has been a real challenge.
There’s always something to improve
… and I am talking to you, teachers! At the start of each new capoeira season (that’s September for us, after the summer break), my co-trainer and I have a meeting where we discuss our plans for the upcoming season. Topics are: when are we starting, do we need policy changes, are we going to… Continue reading There’s always something to improve
Tuning a berimbau
The sound quality of your berimbau depends heavily on the quality of the materials and the way you arm the berimbau. I wrote down some tips which will help you get a better sound out of your berimbau.
How to prepare a class
Teaching capoeira isn’t about showing of what you can. It is about preparation and making sure your students come in contact with all the necessary aspects of capoeira. Preparing a class takes time, even more for novice teachers. I’d like to share my method as a guide to help other teachers out there.
Finding the lyric for a song: a few tips
We’ve all been there: you hear a cool capoeira song somewhere and you want to learn it yourself so you can sing it during the next class or roda. The only problem is, you don’t understand everything the singer is singing (because he mumbles, the audio quality is terrible, there is a lot of background noise, …). How do you go about getting the complete lyric for that song? It is a problem that I encounter quite often.