This is UCT Capoeira at its best. (May Workshops with Mestre Paulo and Contra-Mestre Lucas. One of the best rodas I have participated in.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Roda @ Camps Bay: May 2007.
This is UCT Capoeira at its best. (May Workshops with Mestre Paulo and Contra-Mestre Lucas. One of the best rodas I have participated in.
Friday, September 21, 2007
A new insight!!!
If you are following this blog you will have noticed that I changed the title to A Roda de Capoeira.
I have lately been thinking a lot about Capoeira which means I was also thinking about the path that I will take in life. Consider when you are playing in a roda, you are surrounded by the rhythm that guides your movements, the commentary that encourages, or makes a mockery of your game, all in good faith. Also consider your thought patterns, your reactions. Your orientation in this microcosm of the world is constantly changing. The participants of the roda demarcate the space you play. I guess that most exhilarating thing is the uncertainty of what is going to happen next. We can't dwell on events past nor can we try to anticipate future events. One can only live in the present, the instant. One can only react to whats coming at that instant and as quickly as it came, its is gone and is in the past. Thus it is important to live in the now and present. To live in this state, one does not worry about the future, but they surely learn from the past whether it is good or bad. I guess the future is influenced by the decisions one makes in the now. How good or bad those decisions will determine an appropriate outcome.
See how Capoeira teaches us so many things all from a little jogo enclosed by a circle. I love Capoeira!
(Insprired by Nestor Capoeira's Book, Capoeira: Roots of the Dance Fight Game."
I have lately been thinking a lot about Capoeira which means I was also thinking about the path that I will take in life. Consider when you are playing in a roda, you are surrounded by the rhythm that guides your movements, the commentary that encourages, or makes a mockery of your game, all in good faith. Also consider your thought patterns, your reactions. Your orientation in this microcosm of the world is constantly changing. The participants of the roda demarcate the space you play. I guess that most exhilarating thing is the uncertainty of what is going to happen next. We can't dwell on events past nor can we try to anticipate future events. One can only live in the present, the instant. One can only react to whats coming at that instant and as quickly as it came, its is gone and is in the past. Thus it is important to live in the now and present. To live in this state, one does not worry about the future, but they surely learn from the past whether it is good or bad. I guess the future is influenced by the decisions one makes in the now. How good or bad those decisions will determine an appropriate outcome.
See how Capoeira teaches us so many things all from a little jogo enclosed by a circle. I love Capoeira!
(Insprired by Nestor Capoeira's Book, Capoeira: Roots of the Dance Fight Game."
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Leadership in Capoeira!!!
Looking into this subject and after my brief exposure to Capoeira, I have been fortunate to be exposed to individuals who are driven to spread the message of Capoeira and dedicate themselves to teaching it, even though they have little experience with teaching it.
Unfortunately I have also been exposed to the bad which is very unfortunate, but none the less it has exposed weaknesses and strengths in the structures that regulate the development of Capoeira. Referring back to the post "Capoeira belongs to you..." I was forced to understand that some people so not share the same goal/vision for the growth of Capoeira in our region, or rather the have not thought it out. Maybe they do not realize the responsibility that rests on there shoulders or simply that they do not care.
While a leader is entrusted with the care of a group, he/she not only watches over the training of Capoeira, but they have to be deeply involved in the day to day business of its administration, Public Relations, Promotion and networking etc. Inevitably this individual is an example to his/her students or group members in which he displays the essence of Capoeira in his personal life or business. Most importantly the energy he/she projects is reflected in his group.
I hope I am making sense. This is a subject that continues to challenge me and I am sure it always will.
Axe.
Unfortunately I have also been exposed to the bad which is very unfortunate, but none the less it has exposed weaknesses and strengths in the structures that regulate the development of Capoeira. Referring back to the post "Capoeira belongs to you..." I was forced to understand that some people so not share the same goal/vision for the growth of Capoeira in our region, or rather the have not thought it out. Maybe they do not realize the responsibility that rests on there shoulders or simply that they do not care.
While a leader is entrusted with the care of a group, he/she not only watches over the training of Capoeira, but they have to be deeply involved in the day to day business of its administration, Public Relations, Promotion and networking etc. Inevitably this individual is an example to his/her students or group members in which he displays the essence of Capoeira in his personal life or business. Most importantly the energy he/she projects is reflected in his group.
I hope I am making sense. This is a subject that continues to challenge me and I am sure it always will.
Axe.
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