Thoughts on Capoeira in Present Time
By Luiz Renato Vieira. Class at the Capoeira project, University of Brasilia (UnB) Since the…
The Letters: Neves e Sousa, Câmara Cascudo and the Engolo Myth
By Ricardo Nascimento e Cinézio Peçanha. For the majority of capoeira practitioners, as for the…
An Old Attack on UK capoeira
Sara Delamont, Cardiff University The UK has a ‘free’ Radio and TV service provided by…
Capoeira parading for the Samba Schools
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Both Carnival and capoeira have a long history in Rio de…
Central Station Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Central do Brasil, 1957. Source: IBGE. Capoeira, as many people know, was…
The Roda at Zé Pedro’s
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Mestre Zé Pedro, in a rare smile, next to Mestre Artur…
Capoeira, the transnational dialogue of bodies in motion
By Daniel Granada. Once the African-Brazilian martial art called capoeira was distant. Now it’s right…
Kapoarte Group
Geisimara Matos & Matthias Röhrig Assunção Capoeira group Kapoarte was founded 20 January 1965 by…
Black Shirt
By Antônio Luiz dos Santos Campos (Mestre Boa Alma). Miguel Camisa Preta, a nickname that…
Seven Crowns
By Rômulo Costa Mattos. The construction of the memory about Sete Coroas, the most famous…