I just got back from capoeira with Tebogo of Livre Como Vento under CM. Denis. It ended up being 3 people including myself and we ended up just playing capoeira for a good hour, game after game after game. I got my ass kicked mostly, but I felt I had a couple good shots in there...
We all then went out for beers and of course the conversation always revolves around capoeira. The discussion was started by why CM Denis decided to go to a more Angola style. The former CdO group, now Livre Como Vento, doesn't like to peg itself as capoeira angola or regional or contemporary, which I fully understand. Many mestre's have shared this sentiment that capoeira is just capoeira, we all just come together and play together. I really agree with this sentiment. Capoeira should just be about coming together and getting your groove on, whatever style you prefer. It's like dancing, sometimes your rhythms match well, sometimes it doesn't, and only rarely, very rarely, does it come together and make something magical.
I think I'm come to my wits end with cords and groups. I really like the movimento novo idea thought up by Nestor Capoeira's son Itapua Abeiramar. No groups, no logos, no cords, just vadiar. I don't see a need for staunch defense of groups and having to stay within your own group or only promote your own group. It's selfish to say the least. I am apart of Grupo Senzala and do like it, though I'm horribly detached from it. But if I had a choice, I'd love to just go without any group and do what I do already. I don't really want to be judged by the logo on my pants or the cord around my waist. Just let me be me and I'll let you do your thing, then maybe you can make something beautiful
Any who, that's really just rambling. Sorry to Jesse of CECA, got in too late on Monday and couldn't visit you guys. Thank you to Tebogo of Livre Como Vento for a great time in the roda. Now... I need to ice my ankle, that crackling sound can't be good....oh yeah and egészségedre.
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