Nabble - ADB Capoeira • Sacramento

hey

2009-09-13T19:47:09Z

Hey i do not know much about this sport but is it a martial art?

CSUS Club

2009-09-05T17:06:38Z

Anyone up to forming a CSUS club?

Re: nite tales new info

2009-08-05T11:55:50Z

Niice. well I know it got pushes back to August 14th at 11pm on WGN. =]

check it out peeps!

dead tone coming soon

2009-07-15T14:55:22Z

nite tales presents Dead Tone in theaters sept 8 in screen media distributed by good rich quality so dont miss

nite tales presents Dead Tone

2009-07-13T14:48:27Z

hey Dead Tone is coming out in theaters sept.8 on good rich quailty and distributed by screen media.its a horror film so dont miss it

sacramento have a show in are city

2009-07-07T10:57:09Z

sacramento we have a show in are city called up all nite its the hottest entertainment show in sacramento and it airs tonite @ 1am on channel 10kxtv with guess carl anthony payne from the show martin.so dont miss it.

nite tales new info

2009-07-02T10:26:26Z

hey i just heard some new info on the show nite tales that airs augs 7 @ 11pm well it was said that it comes on channel tbs/wgn but now its just wgn and its pending on tbs so dont for get to watch it

Re: Fireworks!!!

2009-07-01T08:09:18Z

We are selling Phantom fireworks.

There is an open roda this Friday at the booth starting at 6pm, hope to see you all there!

The stand is located at the corner of Eastern and Whitney.

Directions from the studio:

Take Del Paso Blvd to El Camino
Right on El Camino
Follow El Camino past Watt avenue, Eastern is the 3rd light past Watt avenue
Left on Eastern (by El Camino High School)
Take Eastern to Whitney, should be the third light

We are at the River City Grace Community Church

Thanks everyone!

Re: Fireworks!!!

2009-06-30T12:50:19Z

What brand are we selling for? Red Devil? TNT? Phantom?

Fireworks!!!

2009-06-27T18:59:53Z

Below are picture of the firework booth schedule. Anywhere you see yellow, we still need help. I have calls in to a few people I'm waiting to hear from, but if you can fill these shifts (especially Friday) call me at 487-1558 or drop me a line on the list serv or face book or here. Sorry they're not the best pictures, the forum doesn't support Excel so I couldn't just attach the sheet. The shifts (from left to right) are 9:00am to 12:00pm (only the 4th), 12:00pm to 3:00pm, 3:00pm to 6:00pm and 6:00pm to 9:00pm (the last shift goes until 10 on the 3rd and 4th).

Chase

private party hosted by Up All Nite

2009-06-15T14:26:18Z

hey sacramento it would be a private party hosted by up all nite this will be the second party they do it will have a whole lot of celebrities their and you could come for free if you register urself and 5 friends and if you are already a member on up all nite then all you have to do is register 5 of your friends so dont miss out the last party was amazing so for more info log on to upallnite.tv

Next top model...capoeirista?

2009-04-23T13:54:43Z

Watch it HERE!

Interview with Mestra Cigana

2009-04-23T11:33:56Z

The first woman to become a capoeira mestre in Brazil, and the current president of the Rio de Janeiro Capoeira Federation, speaks about the difficulties she had to overcome to reach her goals.

Fatima Colombiana (43) was born in Rio de Janeiro and had appreciated capoeira rodas since childhood, but did not practice the art because her mother thought it wasn’t for girls. As a teenager, she went to Belem do Para and in 1970 she started capoeira with Mestre Bezerra, the only mestre in the city. In 1975, she met Mestre Canjiquinha in Sao Paulo and went with him to Salvador. After 5 years of training, she became a mestra.

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Capoeira for the elderly

2009-04-23T11:30:57Z

Discover the benefits that capoeira offers to the bodies and minds of elderly people. Carlos Alberto Rosa (Mestre Rosa) of Grupo Barauna is working with older capoeira students in Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo.

How did you get the idea to teach capoeira to the elderly?

It started because I had many parents of my students who would come and watch the classes, wanting to take up some physical activity – but they thought they could never do capoeira. We had a meeting and agreed that capoeira would be very good for older people, because it could be taught as recreation. So we began a capoeira group with this goal in mind. Today, it has 20 members.

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Re: Hello there!

2009-03-31T10:41:16Z

haha.. okay :)

Re: Capoeira survey : I need people to answer my questions for my research project - thank you

2009-03-30T09:53:46Z

Name: Steven "Moleque" Bear
Time you started filling in these questions: 918am
1. What drew you to capoeira? I saw the movie Only the Strong with Mark Dacascos

2. What do you hope you will achieve and have achieved from capoeira? Over the years I have acheived unbelievable flexibility lol. Some would say I have the spine of a shark. but more so I have made unbreakable bonds with some of the greatest people. Family.

3. Can you describe to me how your experience is with capoeira while training? I try to keep an open mind while im training. lately Ive been training alot at home due to monetary and time constraints but its always been positive. Sometimes it can be frustrating though in a group setting but if you keep your head up and realize your all there for eachother then you will always continue to progress.

4. What aspects of capoeira do you enjoy the most? I love all aspects of the art. The flashy acrobatics, the songs and resonating berimbaus...its all bliss to me.

5. What aspects do you dislike the most about capoeira.
This is hard for me to answer. I will think about this and come back to it

6. How do you value capoeira?
Everyone is told that capoeira is life. This is fact. everything in capoeira corresponds to everything outside of capoeira. You never know what to expect. It lives and breathes inside you and everyone you meet. You act and react, you call and respond. You move too quick, you will slip and fall. If you move too slow you or are unsure of yourself in your decision, you will get hit. All just as life.

7. How long will you keep practicing capoeira? Do you consider it a part of your life?
I havent quit yet so I suppose for the rest of my life lol. Very much so...I have a lot that I can thank Capoeira for. More so what I can thank ADB for hehe.

8. What kept you practicing capoeira?
Its a drug. plain and simple.

9. Over the time you’ve practiced, how has capoeira affected your life?
Oddly enough I was quite surprised by capoeira on my 18th birthday. My parents had just separated and as luck would have it I got invited...to my own birthday party! that was the best weekend capoeira gave me. I went to the hills to Mestre Geraldos batizado at his very nice secluded house. Was Pants'd by one of his new Verde students and all around had a great time. This is how my family in capoeira was developed and since then has never let me down.

10. Can you describe to me your experience with capoeira?
Other then the above? Well its nice to know that wherever you go in your travels you will always have a place to stay if you need to. Capoeira is spreading so fast and with everyone knowing everyone...its like one international family. Its different for everybody but to me... It gives you strength and courage to do things that seem out of your reach. It inspires and flows. its really something you have to experience to understand fully.

11. In your opinion what makes a good capoerista? (qualities)
Dedication, the willingness to learn, strength to do, understanding to teach and the ability to sing and play the instruments.

12. What is your approach to learning capoeira? (do you go with it or learn it intuitively?)
good question...I guess i just go with it. Sometimes I try different things I thought of and turn or compare it to capoeira.

13. Can you describe to me how you felt when you first started capoeira?
Very Frustrated lol. when I started there was not a school in sacramento. so everything I learned was from the internet or books...ok and watching Only the strong upteen million times and copying what I saw. there was also a set of videos by Nelson Reis and Joselito Santos made by Panther in the early 80s that I found and worked off that. the history and language I just put 2 and 2 together and wa-lah. It wasnt until mid 90s where a group of us found a willing teacher. He was one of the guys from Fogo na ropa. Studied under Aceituno (rip) followed after his few visits. Tigre, relampago, Angola, Tornado and myself found Galego and there you have it.

14. Do you think you have improved? How much have you improved in capoeira now, compared to when you first started.
Not being in a focused class I think has hindered me alot. Theres also been some life choices I have made that have kept me from progressing further. but from when i first started to now...Oh yeah I have greatly improved.

15. What role do you think capoeira play in the community?
Adds a positive sense of community. Inspires the kids to get out of gangs and into whites lol. It helps by adding something new to express yourself with.

16. What kind of group dynamics does capoeira play in life?
Teamwork and fellowship

Time you stopped: 953am

Re: Hello there!

2009-03-26T10:00:04Z

the more the merrier!

Hello there!

2009-03-25T14:20:10Z

Im coming in california, sacramento on summer and i would like to ask, that could i come to visit in your classes..? I gonna stay in USA over 6 weeks.. so have time..
I have been into capoeira about couple months now and couldnt live without it.
So what you think? would I?

ou and almost forgot, im Tuuli 18-years-old girl From Finland. :)

Capoeira survey : I need people to answer my questions for my research project - thank you

2008-10-23T17:48:19Z

Name:
Time you started filling in these questions:
1. What drew you to capoeira?
2. What do you hope you will achieve and have achieved from capoeira?
3. Can you describe to me how your experience is with capoeira while training?
4. What aspects of capoeira do you enjoy the most?
5. What aspects do you dislike the most about capoeira.
6. How do you value capoeira?
7. How long will you keep practicing capoeira? Do you consider it a part of your life?
8. What kept you practicing capoeira?
9. Over the time you’ve practiced, how has capoeira affected your life?
10. Can you describe to me your experience with capoeira?
11. In your opinion what makes a good capoerista? (qualities)
12. What is your approach to learning capoeira? (do you go with it or learn it intuitively?)
13. Can you describe to me how you felt when you first started capoeira?
14. Do you think you have improved? How much have you improved in capoeira now, compared to when you first started.
15. What role do you think capoeira play in the community?
16. What kind of group dynamics does capoeira play in life?
Time you stopped:

Is it that hard to say?

2008-10-22T20:50:11Z

I understand that Portuguese is not a commonly spoken language here in the states, but it just can't be that difficult to pronounce "Capoeira." Some of the better ways i've heard it...

Kuhporia
Kappa-whatsit
Cabo-Wabo
Copper Wire
Tupperware-a

has anyone heard anything better? Because i would love for you to share, theres gotta be some great ones out there.

James "Zangado" M.

Re: proposed nicknames!

2008-09-17T16:12:38Z

very cool suggestions, it would be cool if everyone gets a nickname before the batizado. yours should be "scholar", reading these epic novels and such. thats "acadêmico", freetranslation.com helps me out a lot in learning portuguese, spanish, and french. keep the nicknames coming, they might strike a chord with CMG.

James "Zangado" M.

proposed nicknames!

2008-09-16T23:30:37Z

So after our discussion about nicknames the other day...

I'm reading a Chinese epic for fun right now, one of the classic greats of eastern literature called "Shui hu zhuan" aka "The Water Margin" or "Suikoden". Think the "Iliad" but asian. This 14th century book became really popular in Japan in the 1800's and inspired a lot of woodblock art which you see often in traditional-style Japanese tattoos.

There are 108 heroes in this book who are the reincarnations of heavenly spirits or earthly fiends...all rogues or criminals or free spirits who are rebelling against a corrupt government and form a renegade band. Most of them have nicknames, some of these types seem to fit with our nickless capoeiristas. Just some suggestions:

1) "tattooed monk" aka Sagacious Lu. Ex-military who kills a criminal with his bare hands, then shaves his head and becomes a buddhist monk to disguise himself from police. This guy reminds me of Jeremy. He's got the monk beads, shaved head, military experience, and his friends call him "killer"...

2) "Flea on a drum" aka Shi Qian. A stealthy burglar who can jump onto roofs. Something about Rigoberto's characteristic ginga...

3) "10 feet of steel" aka Hu San. Female warrior who beats ass with 2 swords on horseback. Siobhan's pretty tall...

4) "Black whirlwind" aka Li Kui. Crude but loyal, a beserker in the battlefield who wields an axe in each hand and essentially goes nuts whenever he's in a fight...

5) "Stumpy Tiger" Wang. This hero wishes he was a ladies man but really just can't get a date...

6) "Marvellous Traveller" or "Magic Messenger" aka Dai Zong. This hero can run amazingly fast...

7) "Timely Rain" or Song Jiang. The humble leader of all 108 heroes, he was a petty clerk at a jail always bailing out wrongly accused people...has magical visions...

8) "Dragon in the clouds" or Gongsun Sheng. Taoist priest able to control the weather...

There are a lot more nicks like "twin-tailed scorpion", "blue-faced beast", "turbulent river dragon", "the hairy pilgrim", "9 dragons", "little whirlwind", "the featherless arrow"...

If anyone's interested in hearing more nicks or suggestions let me know!

eric

listserv discussion

2008-09-14T05:26:12Z

I don't want to add to the pile of group emails circulating, but just wanted to say that I support the academy. Sometimes we all need to be reminded just how dreary life would be without things like capoeira and our school.

I really do believe this academy is a unique and shining jewel in the Sacramento area, and we are lucky to have something like this so closeby.

I gladly pay my tuition, and for that very reasonable fee I have something to look forward to on all my days off. In comparison, i have spent that same amount on, and gotten much less enjoyment from:

1) 7 beers in NYC
2) 2 bad haircuts
3) 1/3 of a board exam "study guide"
4) 16 pints of Ben and Jerry's (actually the enjoyment factor is pretty close but capoeira is clearly hella better for me)

Just for perspective, argentine tango festivals-- which include demonstrations and workshops and milongas (the equivalent of our rodas)-- can easily cost twice as much.

I think we should all do our best to support something which adds so much to what sometimes can be a mundane daily existence.

e

Re: look! what i've found

2008-08-24T21:32:16Z

Is Capoeira an "art" opposed to a martial art? Who ever said it was only ritualized combat? Is kung-fu non-martial because it has forms? The forms do not stray from kung-fu but rather focuses on elements that are essential. Make no mistake, a well trained student of kung-fu will utilize movements from those forms to grant you a beat down. Apply the same analogy Capoeira.

example:
http://fighter-arts.net/portal/index.php?id=11&L=0&backBlog=id=100%A7L=0%A7p=1&contr=h@28
*****

I haven't seen Mestre Barrao's son in years. Lets just say he has grown quite a bit since the last time I saw him which ironically was at Berkeley. The last time I saw him play, he was a fairly scrawny teenager and I saw him have the most off the hook game with Mestre Beicoila's son who was also a scrawny teenager at the time. I must be getting old.

Prof.

Re: And look what I found...

2008-08-21T00:54:00Z

amazing! +1!

Re: And look what I found...

2008-08-07T11:31:47Z

ha ha! no way! we need one of those for the studio court yard :)

Re: look! what i've found

2008-08-07T11:26:55Z

cool.

And look what I found...

2008-08-06T16:50:58Z

http://www.bossaball.com/english.html

Crazy!

Re: look! what i've found

2008-08-06T14:43:36Z

nice find.. but however awesome it is watching a capoeirista do well in MMA, i can't help but wonder if it's straying too far from the art, going from ritualized combat to actual combat. then again, during beginners class last night CM Galego while talking about the martial arts aspect of capoeira said that MMA is the future of martial arts..

i'll give it more thought, and it's still a sweet vid, gotta look this guy up..

James

look! what i've found

2008-08-04T19:39:51Z

http://fight.bodoglife.net/thevault/185-podson-vinicios/

Re: Regional & songs

2008-07-26T14:29:28Z

Hello from Fresno,

A trick I try to use is by learning the song in banguela and then transitioning into regional when we have a better feel for it. Good simple songs are "Chue, Chua", "Gunga E Meu", "Sao Bento Me Chama", "Roda Da Boa".

Peace,
Piaba

Cordois

2008-07-09T20:40:43Z

Hey Prof, I think I remember you posting a guide to making cordois back on the old forum. I was wondering if you could post it up here since the Batizado is coming up soon and it would be really helpful once we start. Thanks.

~Caça

Great film you all should see

2008-06-24T23:02:40Z

I just finished watching a documentary called "Favela Rising" directed by Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary.
The movie tracks the brief history of the favelas of Rio and the grass roots effort to combat the violence through organized cultural activities aimed at the youth (batucada, dance, capoeira etc).

This film was just the "tip of the iceberg", when it comes to showing the depth of the issues surrounding poverty in Brazil...but it had great music and I would recommend it to all of my fellow capoeirista's.

The Death of a Great and funny Icon

2008-06-24T00:10:54Z

Sunday evening George Carlin died of heart failure. i don't know all the details but personally i grow up with this guy. My nana used listen to a radio show that had him as a weekly feature, and he will be missed.I said all of that to say this Tomorrow isn't for certian so take care and enjoy each day and all the people in it.....

Tony T...

Learn Portuguese with David Bowie!

2008-06-17T21:26:34Z

cool, right? Seu Jorge from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, my favorite film from Wes Anderson. I always found it easier to learn a language by singing it.. hope you guys enjoy!

-James