HOW DO I GET GOOD? I was talking to a friend of mine about some of his and other people’s first time experiencing Capoeira. Many people’s first experience with Capoeira comes from a youtube video or maybe a live performance. In both cases, you will likely see people performing moves that seem to defy gravity …
WHAT DO I BRING!? If you’re anything like me, you like to be prepared! Ready for anything that can happen, and it doesn’t matter if it’s rain, snow, or a zombie attack. It pays to be ready, but how do you get ready for a Capoeira class if you’ve never been to one before? Your …
Choose your Capoeira Adventure I’ve seen it many times, people walk into their first class like frightened animals looking out for the wolves ready to pounce on them. They look up and down, examine every corner of the room and place their stuff down somewhere where they can see it before sitting down and waiting …
TRY, LEARN, REPEAT A post shared by Chris Calado Rodriguez (@dende_arts) on Sep 3, 2017 at 4:41pm PDT As I mention in my 1 minute review, the batizado was a great for a variety of reasons. Amazingly, the Michigan Center for Capoeira is not in a major city, it’s in a suburb and despite the …
CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CDO photo by Negonego CDO Bolivia I thought that it would better to write about this topic some time in the future because I was not able to attend, but WHEN THE AXÊ CALLS YOU TO WRITE A BLOG POST, you answer. There were some videos of decent quality released recently …