The Life Capoeira

Dalua talks about his journey in capoeira - from joining a school the moment he arrived in Canada, to how it felt organising his first roda, of around 50 people, and how that roda is helping children ...

1 Feb 202413min

Mike talks about starting his capoeira journey with online tutorials, his advice if you want to get started solo, and the delight of finding a group and experiencing his first roda.Mike’s YouTube chan...

11 Jan 202417min

David talks about getting his group started again following the pandemic, setting up his group as a charity and how he helps all his students get to similar levels with their techniques.You can contac...

28 Dec 202317min

Professor Afobado talks about many things including his goals following his recent graduation to professor, and becoming a father; how he finds capoeira internationally compares with the UK capoeira s...

14 Dec 202332min

Mestrando Paraiba talks about his beginnings in capoeira, living in his mestre’s house; growing his classes to become one of the largest capoeira academies in Canada; how his students stay in touch wi...

7 Dec 202328min

CW: Sexual assualt allegations in capoeira are discussed between 06:34 and 10:10, and also, the BBFC would slap a 12A certificate on this for the “moderate bad language” at 12:45Azul discusses running...

30 Nov 202329min

Cristiano talks about many things from the positive effect capoeira has had on his mental health; why capoeira angola is his preference over regional; to his biriba project an online lyric archive ope...

16 Nov 202322min

Capoeirista and author/illustrator talks about his latest book, Game of Freedom: Mestre Bimba and the Art of Capoeira; his capoeira journey in North, Central and South America; and much more.Wherever ...

2 Nov 202323min