Thursday, March 1, 2012
Vocab of the Week
This week's vocab is Bateria. Now, don't be afraid of words you can't read. It is mostly because you probably don't speak portuguese but it is okay. Bateria is a word you have probably heard before. Bateria is the band of a capoeira roda. These are the people who play berimbau, atabaque, and pandeiro (as well as agogo and reco reco) This is where all the music and songs come from, so of course you want to pay respect to them as well. Don't let this capoeiristas stay on an instrument for too long (unless they want to stay.) Also, don't stand in front of any of the musicians, mostly because it's hard to play through something (and you're blocking their view of the jogos.) Most imporantly, LISTEN to them. They are playing for you, the players, and the rest of the roda. Nobody likes to be ignored when trying to entertain you, so do them a favor, and be entertained. Enjoy your roda, and enjoy your bateria!
Video of the Week
Here's a video trailer for a Capoeira Brasil Batizado in France. It has good production value, and the games are definitely nice. Enjoy!
Portuguese of the Week
Howdy. I changed the title of the daily. Also, it's about 4 days late...happens. So, without further ado, the Portuguese of the week is:
começar - to start
começar - to start
Comecei a praticar capoeira nesta semana - I started to practice capoeira this week.
I'll introduce a few more verbs, and eventually I'll add in verb conjugation. After that, MORE PORTUGUESE VOCAB! Aw man I'm excited about this news. I haven't been this excited since I learned the official date of the Capoeira Maranhao Batizado (Saturday, April 21, 2012) See y'all next week.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Song of the Week
Song of the Week!!!
This is one of the songs that Professor Maranhao was teaching us the coro on the white board about two weeks ago.
Joguei no quilombo, quilombola
[The chorus. you sing this part] Le le le o!
Eu sou nego dos bantus de Angola
[The chorus. you sing this part] Nego nago
Fomos trazidos pro Brasil
Minha familia separou
Minha mae ja foi vendida
Pra fazenda de um senhor
O meu pai morreu no tronco
No chicote do feitor
O meu irmao nao tem a orelha
Porque o feitor arrancou
Na mente trago tristeza
E no corpo muita dor
Mais hoje em dia
Pra o quilombo eu fugi,
Com muita luta e muita garra
Eu tornei o guerrero de zumbi,
Ao passar do tempo
Pra fazenda eu retornei
Soltei todos os escravos
E a senzala eu queimei
A liberdade nao esta descrita em papel
Não foi dada por princesa, cujo nome é isabel
A liberdade veio do sangue e muita dor
Muitas lutas e batalhas foi o que nos libertóu
Joguei no quilombo, quilombola
Le le le o!
Eu sou nego dos bantus de Angola
Nego nago
This is one of the songs that Professor Maranhao was teaching us the coro on the white board about two weeks ago.
Joguei no quilombo, quilombola
[The chorus. you sing this part] Le le le o!
Eu sou nego dos bantus de Angola
[The chorus. you sing this part] Nego nago
Fomos trazidos pro Brasil
Minha familia separou
Minha mae ja foi vendida
Pra fazenda de um senhor
O meu pai morreu no tronco
No chicote do feitor
O meu irmao nao tem a orelha
Porque o feitor arrancou
Na mente trago tristeza
E no corpo muita dor
Mais hoje em dia
Pra o quilombo eu fugi,
Com muita luta e muita garra
Eu tornei o guerrero de zumbi,
Ao passar do tempo
Pra fazenda eu retornei
Soltei todos os escravos
E a senzala eu queimei
A liberdade nao esta descrita em papel
Não foi dada por princesa, cujo nome é isabel
A liberdade veio do sangue e muita dor
Muitas lutas e batalhas foi o que nos libertóu
Joguei no quilombo, quilombola
Le le le o!
Eu sou nego dos bantus de Angola
Nego nago
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Vocab of the Week!!!
Today's word is Roda. Roda is the circle that we spar in as well as the circle we also sing in. The Roda is game time in the capoeira world. You can compare it to the having a scrimmage at a soccer practice. It is the time to apply on all the sequences and moves that were worked on in the practice. It's a moment to test yourself against classmates in friendly competition. There's also an etiquette to the Roda. You can only enter in two areas of the Roda. The "doors" are at the two ends of the bateria ( the players of the instruments). Like you would knock when approaches someone's front door, you "knock" by asking the leader of the bateria ( in most cases the teacher of the class, or the highest mestre.) Roda etiquette will be expanded on in future dailies.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Monday Practice 8/22
Some of the awesome movements that we went over today:
1) Queixada, landing the kicking foot back into Ginga position, rotate body 180 degrees into a Negativa, then shift the Negativa to the other foot, turning 180 degrees again (now you should be facing forward again), then Rolê.
2) Martelo, after landing back, use the same foot to step into an Esquiva de Frente.
3) Queixada de Dentro landing the kick, and then going into a handstand with the kicking foot straight up, and the other foot straight out.
4) Queixada, landing the kicking foot back into Ginga position, rotate body 180 degrees into a Negativa, then shift your weight forward, pivoting on the front foot rotate 180 degrees again into a Negativa (now you should be facing forward again), then Meia Lua de Compasso.
5) Armada, after landing the foot shift backwards into a Negativa, then Rolê.
Tchau!!
- Boemio
1) Queixada, landing the kicking foot back into Ginga position, rotate body 180 degrees into a Negativa, then shift the Negativa to the other foot, turning 180 degrees again (now you should be facing forward again), then Rolê.
2) Martelo, after landing back, use the same foot to step into an Esquiva de Frente.
3) Queixada de Dentro landing the kick, and then going into a handstand with the kicking foot straight up, and the other foot straight out.
4) Queixada, landing the kicking foot back into Ginga position, rotate body 180 degrees into a Negativa, then shift your weight forward, pivoting on the front foot rotate 180 degrees again into a Negativa (now you should be facing forward again), then Meia Lua de Compasso.
5) Armada, after landing the foot shift backwards into a Negativa, then Rolê.
Tchau!!
- Boemio
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Practice Recap
Monday, August 15, 2011
Coming back after a hiatus of Monday practices, I was very concerned when I heard that our Mondays have been cut down to a 1-hour practice. However, after seeing how Professor Maranhão can do within an hour, I think of Mondays as the Tom Cruise of practices: short but intense (we all know about that Oprah interview...).
It's like a power hour, where new members are learning sequences that are just above their comfort level, where they are challenged but encouraged with skills they didn't know they had before; where current members are challenged to perfect their technique with the basics they may have neglected in anticipation in learning the more advanced stuff.
Notable sequences and pointers:
ginga 3xs
meia lua de frente
esquiva (leading with kicking leg)
cabeçada
ginga 3xs
meia lua de compaso*
negativa de fuga
role
negativa
*with meia lua de compasos, remember to use your leading hip to help power your kicking leg, aim with your heel, and control, control, control that kicking leg!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Unfortunately with knees that can predict the weather, this rain-laden week made it difficult to participate for the whole time on Wednesday, but it did provide a good opportunity to take notes on the sequences taught, and observe how Professor's sequences work between 2 people.
Notable Sequences and Pointers:
Person A
meia lua de frente, land kicking leg crossed in front
chapa with front leg
Person B
esquiva de frente
lean back on hand (opposite of esquiva direction)
rasteira*
rolé
*with the rasteira, remember to keep your core and hips strong and in a straight line from your reaching arm down to your hooking foot.
Person A
armada
vingativa (with back leg)*
Person B
quebra de ginga (esquiva)
queixada de fora
*with this vingativa, stay low to escape the queixada, or you'll lose your face.
Of course, we end with some kind of floreio; this time it was the au revesao. Of course, we had to build up to to doing a few in a row.
1. au
2. au, immediately step forward with 2nd landing leg
3. au, step fwd with 2nd leg, step fwd again
4. au, step, step, 1/2 au / back walkover*
*keep the momentum going from au, step, step and into the 1/2 au; square your hips to go backwards rather than falling to the side on the 1/2 au; and make believe you're a tire, maintaining a round shape with your body as you consistently au over and over.
Coming back after a hiatus of Monday practices, I was very concerned when I heard that our Mondays have been cut down to a 1-hour practice. However, after seeing how Professor Maranhão can do within an hour, I think of Mondays as the Tom Cruise of practices: short but intense (we all know about that Oprah interview...).
It's like a power hour, where new members are learning sequences that are just above their comfort level, where they are challenged but encouraged with skills they didn't know they had before; where current members are challenged to perfect their technique with the basics they may have neglected in anticipation in learning the more advanced stuff.
Notable sequences and pointers:
ginga 3xs
meia lua de frente
esquiva (leading with kicking leg)
cabeçada
ginga 3xs
meia lua de compaso*
negativa de fuga
role
negativa
*with meia lua de compasos, remember to use your leading hip to help power your kicking leg, aim with your heel, and control, control, control that kicking leg!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Unfortunately with knees that can predict the weather, this rain-laden week made it difficult to participate for the whole time on Wednesday, but it did provide a good opportunity to take notes on the sequences taught, and observe how Professor's sequences work between 2 people.
Notable Sequences and Pointers:
Person A
meia lua de frente, land kicking leg crossed in front
chapa with front leg
Person B
esquiva de frente
lean back on hand (opposite of esquiva direction)
rasteira*
rolé
*with the rasteira, remember to keep your core and hips strong and in a straight line from your reaching arm down to your hooking foot.
Person A
armada
vingativa (with back leg)*
Person B
quebra de ginga (esquiva)
queixada de fora
*with this vingativa, stay low to escape the queixada, or you'll lose your face.
Of course, we end with some kind of floreio; this time it was the au revesao. Of course, we had to build up to to doing a few in a row.
1. au
2. au, immediately step forward with 2nd landing leg
3. au, step fwd with 2nd leg, step fwd again
4. au, step, step, 1/2 au / back walkover*
*keep the momentum going from au, step, step and into the 1/2 au; square your hips to go backwards rather than falling to the side on the 1/2 au; and make believe you're a tire, maintaining a round shape with your body as you consistently au over and over.
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