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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
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
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