Jogo galore!

For the past two weeks we have moved away from the usual benguela roda that we are so accustomed to. Aside from some crazy conditioning by a certain crazy capoeirista (don't worry, this will tone down next week), we have since been exposed to a little of regional, angola, maculele and samba! Now isn't that a chunk!

As you have noticed (and for most of you, this being the reason you love this art), capoeira is an amalgamation of so many things, such as music, history, language, philosophy, and martial arts. Because of this, the game doesn't revolve around some ass-kicking self-defense skills, as the letras go, "Isso jogo capoeira, nao e karate". It becomes complicated when all these different aspects interweave to generate different styles and ways of moving the bodies along with music. This means you have more excitingly diverse games in capoeira to express yourselves in!

To veeeerrrryyyyyy briefly recap what you've learnt:
angola - challenging as it involves more mandinga or trickeries,
regional - also demanding and sweat-inducing as it requires quick-thinking and high-intensity kicks,
maculele - the fun stick-dance you learnt last Thursday. Remember the V-shape!
samba - that petrifying hip-moving dance... for some it's more hardwork than angola, though evidently most of you can really move to the yummy beats of samba (not to be confused with sambal)!

These are only but a few out of the great treasure chest of capoeira styles. We will hopefully learn more about them as we train, but the important thing is that you enjoy yourselves.

We apologise that we can't write as much on the blog due to towering amount of assignments. But we will try our best to post more on these different games here when we are liberated from the unforgiving essays!

For now ginga along and it will all be muito beleza!

Rosinha

Want More, Need More!

Hey you capoeira-geek!

Don't need to role away. This refers to you, the one reading this while loading multiple capoeira videos on youtube. ;P

Do you find yourself

• thirsting for more capoeira? 
• wanting to improve that au for ages? 
• wishing you played more in the roda? 
• needing to channel more axe into that pandeiro? 

We know, trainings just aren't enough! (That's partly why you keep checking capoeira blogs and youtube... we know, we do the same).

To cure this insanity, a couple of us seniors have decided to have some additional trainings aside from our normal classes.

This is entirely optional. It might involve capoeira conditioning, but it will mostly be free and easy - that is, everyone will be free to choose to focus on whichever aspect/moves of capoeira they wish to improve on. Best thing is, you will have seniors present to support and assist should you face any difficulties. We could also jogar together and play some music.

If you are interested, please contact us via the numbers on the right sidebar of this blog.

In the meantime, (being also a capoeira geek) I'd like to share with you this video! Comment on what you think of this roda!

Have a good weekend!

Rosinha

Training Venues

Hey guys!

Please note that our training venue is back at MPSH 2!

Ah, bigger space for bigger rounds of warm-ups! Hehe.

Rosinha

19/10/2010, Thursday Training and Welcome Tea

Dear Capoeiristas, seniors and Freshman,

We will be having our Official Capoeira Welcome Tea this Thursday 7pm, @ Yusof Ishak House Amphitheatre so do come down and join us.

Bring your friends and yourself down, wear something comfortable which you can move around in. Don't forget to bring your water bottles to keep hydrated cause we are going to sweat it all out.

Last but not least prepare to have fun and experience a unique martial art that is Capoeira, have an open mind and you will enjoy yourself.

See you guys this THURSDAY!

~Salve
Kelvin