TRY, LEARN, REPEAT STARTING APRIL 2018 The Capoeira News-o-sphere might not have picked up just yet, but let me be the first to let you know that CDO has come to the Big Apple. As of April 20th, 2018, CDO will have its first official school in New York City. Specifically, it’ll be held at …
KICKS, KICKS, KICKS!!! I had two pretty important events happen to me recently that changed he way I trained. The first was going to the gym with my sister, who’s a beast and goes about 5 days a week for around 2 hours. It wasn’t so much the amount of time she trained as much …
Dear those with doubts… This post is coming off the heels of Red Bull Paranauê, a Capoeira competition held in Salvador, Bahia, a place many people feel is the holy grounds of Capoeira. Check the link to see a summary of the event. If you’re like most people, when you see Capoeira, you think, “Oh …
photo credit: FICA Reflections on Red Bull Paranaue 2018 by Mestre Cobra Mansa “When education isn’t liberating, the dream of the oppressed is to be the oppressor” (Paulo Freire). We could easily exchange the word “education” for “Capoeira”, by aiming to occupy the position of the oppressor, unconsciously the individual desires to maintain …
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OUR CHAMPIONS!! photo credit: Red Bull At last, after many months of waiting the finals have arrived for Red Bull Paranauê 2018. RULES OF THE EVENT Here are the rules of the event. Competitors will play through a typical tournament structure where two people will face off, one man against one man and one woman …
This past weekend, I had the pleasures of going to Charlotte, North Carolina for an awesome Capoeira event. Contra Mestre Zumbi of Cordão de Ouro hosted an even called the Winter Games. What drew me to his event was the fact that I went to the Charlotte Batizado a few years back. Mestre Esquilo was …