The Greatest Day in a Long Time

I will never forget this day. Weeks of planning and this is what it came down to. 2 rocking days of fun and one Memorable roda. Here are the pics to show it.


Need I say more










@ Camps Bay, We didn't even call a roda, we just started playing and a roda formed round us. Cool I know.

A Good Bitching Session!

Ah yes, yesterdays Capoeira class turned out to be the most productive in terms of moving forward with Capoeira development. My instructor clearly had had enough of misconduct at training. What had been a vibrant, muito axe class had been turned into a slackers training ground, (OK maybe I am exagerating a bit) but the reason that kept us coming to class was no longer there. Basically we were at a stagnant part in a development in Capoeira, something most Capoeristas hate, the feeling that you are not getting better.

Thankfully a positive bitch session set this all right, and the measures in place will ensure the rapid growth of all disciples of the art before our much anticipated Grading. From here on its full steam ahead; hard sessions with that smile on our faces when we go home.

You be the Judge.

I rest my case!

The Teacher/Caxinguele Relationship.

Wow, I was just reading this persons blog about the Teacher/Student relationship in Capoeira (see this link)

(http://tribes.tribe.net/vadiacao/thread/65559afb-9ca1-40e4-9522-95f02e545c9b)

How true it is that one can not learn Capoeira on their own. One can lack the motivation to train individually (as has been the case with myself) and one can get frustrated with the learning process especially if it invloves repetition, or simulation game situations with no partner/target in front of you.

Since Capoeira is a free artform in that a lot of combinations of movements can be put together, it becomes evident how difficult it is to teach Capoeira. Only when one commits themselves fully to be a disciple of the artform will the teacher/advanced student invest time in them. This is true for any discipline, whether academic/physical/spiritual or otherwise. As said in the blog (see above link) a line drawn on it's own will lose track of where it is going and veer of its target destination, however many lines that run parallel will guide this line in the right path.

Isn't that cool! Thus it is important to help each other when we can, to keep each other encouraged, to be the guide when the other has lost the path.

Muito axe.