Oct 26 2011
These are my notes from a lecture given by Mestre Moraes at the Brazilian Capoeira Angola Association in Salvador, on October 24th, 2006. Mestre Moraes began by saying that capoeira is not “genuinely Brazilian” – what on earth has Brazil contributed to capoeira? The art is African because its roots come from Africans of various ethnicities; …
Oct 26 2011
Written by Luis Renato Vieira “Carioquinha” Translation by Shayna McHugh Source: Capoeira da Bahia Violence is a characteristic trace of contemporary society. It is manifested in different forms in daily life: in television, in movies, in video games, in various sports, in politics, and in the various spheres of human behavior. In global terms, the cost of …
Oct 26 2011
Written by Patricia Morais Translation by Shayna McHugh Source: Capoeira da Bahia “If the roots are cut, how will the species perpetuate itself?” – Mestre Nô Starting from the concept of ethics as “the study of actions or habits, or the actual enactment of a type of behavior,” we can study capoeira’s ethical content through a …
Oct 26 2011
Written by Mestre Damião, student of Mestre Bimba Excerpted from Conversando Sobre Capoeira (Talking About Capoeira) Translated by Shayna McHugh Some of the life lessons that Mestre Damião learned from Mestre Bimba during the time they spent together in São Paulo. Always have “maldade no corpo” (evil in one’s body). In other words, we should always be …
Oct 26 2011
Source: Praticando Capoeira, ano 01, n.04 Translated into English by Shayna McHugh The first woman to become a capoeira mestre in Brazil, and the current president of the Rio de Janeiro Capoeira Federation, speaks about the difficulties she had to overcome to reach her goals. Fatima Colombiana (43) was born in Rio de Janeiro and …
Oct 26 2011
Written by Patricia Morais Part VII of “Ética na Capoeira” (Ethics in Capoeira) Translation into English by Shayna McHugh Source: Capoeira da Bahia “I wouldn’t like to look at a garden that only had thorns… it’s very good to have a rose in the garden.” – Mestre Nô The eternal battle of women to conquer …
