Capoeira Fitness Tip of the Week

This feature is designed to give you functional training tools for your off days when you are not training capoeira. We will be looking at various exercises that we will have as resources for you to devise a strategy for your overall physical development as a capoeirista.

The goals are:

Overall Physical Health

Promoting Longevity

Improved Performance in your capoeira training and game

This is a great exercise for the wrists.  I have to admit i was really excited when I saw it. It's quick and effective... always a great combination!

Remember patience and gradual progress are your friends when trying to build the kind of strength we use in capoeira.  Imagine where you will be in not too long with the conditioning we do at the end of class!  Woohooo!

Enjoy!

Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Preguiça

This feature is designed to spark your interest in researching the world of capoeira's vocabulary, history, and philosophy.

Our  Capoeira Wiki-Word series invites you to research the word of     the week  and post your definition(s) and translations. At the end of     each week,  the entries will be reviewed and then summarized into a     translation and a  definition of the Capoeira Wiki-Word of the week.

Submit your entries in the comments section below!

This week's Capoeira Wiki-Word is:

Preguiça

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Please cite your sources

Update

Preguiça literally translates from Portuguese to the English word "laziness" or "sloth."

So when you don't feel like coming to class for no good reason, then call yourself Preguiça.

Here's another example...

Capoeira Song of the Week: Dança do Nego Nagô

You submit the songs.  We show you the lyrics, translation, and give some phonetic spelling to help your pronunciation.

The format works like this:

The lyrics in Portuguese are in bold

The phonetic spelling for pronunciation is in italics with the STRESSED SYLLABLES IN ALL CAPITALS with syllables se-pa-ra-ted by dash-es

The English translation is in regular text.

Dança do Nego Nagô

O nego era perseguido era mal tratado

Ooh  NEH-gooh EH-rah pehrh-seh-GHEEH-dooh EH-rah mah/ooh trah-TAH-doo

The Afro-Brazilian was persecuted and poorly treated

Vivia escondido, era castigado

Veeh-VEEH-ah ehs-kohn-DEEH-dooh, EH-rah kah-steeh-GAH-dooh

He lived hidden, he was punished

No chicote do feitor

Nooh sheeh-KOH-cheeh dooh fey-TOHRH

By the whip of the overseer

(coro/chorus)

Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Era o nego Nagô

Eh-rah ooh NEH-gooh nah-GOH

It was the Afro-Brazilian Nagô

Mas ele escondia no peito uma saudade

Mayez IH-leeh ehs-kohn-DEEH-ah nooh PEY-tooh OOH-mah sau-DAH-deeh

But he hid in his chest a deep longing

Vivia em buscar de liberdade

Veeh-VEEH-ah ehnh boohs-KAHRH deeh leeh-behrh-DAH-deeh

He lived in search of freedom

Que a capoeira foi salvar

Keeh ah kah-pooh-EY-rah foy sah/ooh-VAHRH

That capoeira saved

(coro/chorus)

Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Ensinando o nego a lutar

Ehnh-seeh-NAHN-dooh ooh NEH-gooh ah looh-TAHRH

Teaching the Afro-Brazilian to fight

Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, Nego de Angola sim senhor

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh NEH-gooh deeh Ahn-GOH-lah seehnh sehnh-YOHRH

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh The Afro-Braziliand from Angola

Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, É a dança do nego Nagô

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh eh/ah DAHN-sah dooh NEH-gooh nah-GOH

Oh, oh, oh, oh oh It is the dance of the Afro-Brazilian Nagô

(coro/chorus)

Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, Nego de Angola sim senhor

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh NEH-gooh deeh Ahn-GOH-lah seehnh sehnh-YOHRH

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh The Afro-Braziliand from Angola

Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, Ô, É a dança do nego Nagô

Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh eh/ah DAHN-sah dooh NEH-gooh nah-GOH

Oh, oh, oh, oh oh It is the dance of the Afro-Brazilian Nagô

Capoeira Wiki-Word of the Week: Abadá

This feature is designed to spark your interest in researching the world of capoeira's vocabulary, history, and philosophy.

Our  Capoeira Wiki-Word series invites you to research the word of     the week  and post your definition(s) and translations. At the end of     each week,  the entries will be reviewed and then summarized into a     translation and a  definition of the Capoeira Wiki-Word of the week.

Submit your entries in the comments section below!

This week's Capoeira Wiki-Word is:

Abadá

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Please cite your sources

Convivência with Mestre Esquilo

WE ARE SOLD OUT!

Hope you are as excited as we are for this event.  We are looking to have a good time in a good place with good people.  It is our pleasure to have our first Convivência event with Mestre Esquilo:

Mestre Esquilo, Bruno Antonio de Araujo Melo, started training capoeira at the age of 10. He has been adamantly dedicated to the art of Capoeira for 23 years. Mestre Esquilo travels the world extensively sharing his knowledge and passion for Capoeira and related Brazilian Arts.

Mestre Esquilo has been a professor of Capoeira for 17 years and a Mestre for four years. He was awarded the rank of Mestre in 2010 by his master, Mestre Suassuna. Today Mestre Esquilo lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and serves the community through exhibitions, workshops, and afterschool programs for under resourced public schools.

more about Mestre Esquilo

Where: 

Joshua Tree, CA  (specific details will be sent out to all paid participants)

When:

Starts - 1:30pm Friday April 4th

Ends - 3pm Sunday April 6th

What is a Convivência?

Convivência translates from Portuguese to English as essentially "living together".  However, it's much more than that. 

This may be a different kind of capoeira event than you are used to.  We are not having a set schedule of this happening then and that happening now.  Instead, we get together with Mestre Esquilo and then a whole lot of capoeira happens.  There will be workshops.  There will be rodas.  There will be music.  It will be dynamic, intuitive, and spontaneous.  So come to immerse yourself in capoeira and what Mestre Esquilo will have to share with us which will be more than you can probably imagine. 

This event is open to any and all that want to come, so let's make it a great time together!

Where do we stay?

The event will be held in the beautiful Joshua Tree desert, and the weather is usually great this time of year. 

That having been said, the desert is, by nature, unpredictable and extreme. Temperatures for April historically have ranged from the 40s at night up to 100 during the day. The average daily range is mid-50s to the high 70s/low 80s.

Accommodation options included in the Convivência price (some subject to limited space):

House camping - You'll have same-sex roomies.  (bring sleeping bag + air mattress)

Tent camping - Five acres, billions of stars.

Car camping - Plenty of parking.

Camper bed - Groovy camper sleeps 2 - good for a couple

A word about bathroom facilities on site:

There are 2 indoor restroom facilities with toilets and showers. We will also have porta-johns and an outdoor shower facility. All will be shared.

Alternatives not included in the Convivência price 10-20 minutes away in Joshua Tree or Yucca Valley:

Air B&B: There are many available homes doing Air B&B 10-30 minutes away (some are owned by friends.) Prices range from $65- $150+/night. 

Local motels: There are a few options less than 30 minutes away. Prices start at roughly $60/night.

Food

Friday

BBQ night (BYO item to grill & we provide the rest!)

Saturday

Catered breakfast

BYO lunch

Dinner (and dancing!) at Pappy & Harriet's (Everybody pays: this meal is not included in Convivência price.)

Sunday

Catered breakfast

BYO lunch

What do I need to bring?

1.  Yourself. 

2.  A desire to have a great time. 

Now the practical stuff...

1. camping gear
2. food based on what we described above plus your own snacks
3. cash for food and drink in the small town nearby Saturday night April 5th
4. capoeira gear for three days of training and playing
5. drinking water (plenty of it) bottled water if you prefer it though tap water will be available
6. toiletries
7. layers for outdoor capoeira (it could be anywhere from 50-90 degrees)
8. linens (towel, pillow and sleeping bag or blankets)
9. air mattress
10. coolers (cooler pooling - like carpooling- encouraged)
11. sunscreen
12. dogs and kids are welcome!  (you must keep a careful eye on your dog... there are coyotes!)
13. whatever else you can bring that will make it fun and comfortable for you

Capoeira Fitness Tip of the Week

This feature is designed to give you functional training tools for your off days when you are not training capoeira.  We will be looking at various excercises, tools, and resources that we will have as resources for you to devise a strategy for your overall physical development as a capoeirista.

The goals will be:

Overall Physical Health

Promoting Longevity

Improved Performance in your capoeira training and game

A few different folks have asked about the wrist, so it seems like a god time to look at it with our anatomy series.  This video starts about a minute in by design (it's a bit dry in the beginning, and you don't miss anything important).

Enjoy!