I've been fairly busy with life that I completely forgot about this thing. I have a couple of minutes of down time before more LSAT studying so I might as well jot some stuff down.
Surprisingly, the last couple of weeks in capoeira have been phenomenal. I was in St Louis last week, training with Tebogo and Livre Como Vento and had a roda with my CECA folks. It was a great roda, first time in a long time with a full bateria. I'm a huge fan of this "angola contemporanea"/"movimento novo" deal, and the Tebogo's group kind of personifies that. Also, kind of personal sad new, Prof. Jesse stop teaching in St Louis and quit capoeira in general. Good guy, wish him well and hopefully one day comes back to capoeira.
St Louis also keeps surprisingly me with food too, this time in the Cherokee district. Tongue tacos...something everyone should try.
This past weekend was Mestre Doutor's workshop at ASCAB NC. Sadly, Estagaria Maravilha was hurt, but still played like a boss for her birthday roda. It was a great time to hang out with a great group of people. North Carolina is not a bad place either... kinda fun, with the right people. For the record, Mestre Doutor, fucking hilarious.... If anyone is in Philly, I'm sorry, but go to Mestre Doutor's class. It is well worth it!
Nothing else has been that new... up to 5 miles on the marathon training and the vibram pains are fading. LSATs are still going, finally broke the 160 plane today, and if that holds up, I should still be on schedule for June LSATs.
I do want to note the passing of some great capoieistas:
Mestre Decanio de Mestre Bimba
Mestre Biriba do Grupo Uniao Capoeira
Instrutor Morcego do Mandinguieros dos Palmares
Saudades...descanse em paz
It's kind of sad... the first generation of great capoeira has passed away: Mestre Bimba, Pastinha, Waldemar, etc. and now the second generation is aging. But so goes life eh? Hopefully, we can write down all the history they have to pass on and start something like an anthology of capoeira.
Surprisingly, the last couple of weeks in capoeira have been phenomenal. I was in St Louis last week, training with Tebogo and Livre Como Vento and had a roda with my CECA folks. It was a great roda, first time in a long time with a full bateria. I'm a huge fan of this "angola contemporanea"/"movimento novo" deal, and the Tebogo's group kind of personifies that. Also, kind of personal sad new, Prof. Jesse stop teaching in St Louis and quit capoeira in general. Good guy, wish him well and hopefully one day comes back to capoeira.
St Louis also keeps surprisingly me with food too, this time in the Cherokee district. Tongue tacos...something everyone should try.
This past weekend was Mestre Doutor's workshop at ASCAB NC. Sadly, Estagaria Maravilha was hurt, but still played like a boss for her birthday roda. It was a great time to hang out with a great group of people. North Carolina is not a bad place either... kinda fun, with the right people. For the record, Mestre Doutor, fucking hilarious.... If anyone is in Philly, I'm sorry, but go to Mestre Doutor's class. It is well worth it!
Nothing else has been that new... up to 5 miles on the marathon training and the vibram pains are fading. LSATs are still going, finally broke the 160 plane today, and if that holds up, I should still be on schedule for June LSATs.
I do want to note the passing of some great capoieistas:
Mestre Decanio de Mestre Bimba
Mestre Biriba do Grupo Uniao Capoeira
Instrutor Morcego do Mandinguieros dos Palmares
Saudades...descanse em paz
It's kind of sad... the first generation of great capoeira has passed away: Mestre Bimba, Pastinha, Waldemar, etc. and now the second generation is aging. But so goes life eh? Hopefully, we can write down all the history they have to pass on and start something like an anthology of capoeira.
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