The origins of savate, chausson and French boxing (1798-1842)
Savate, “chausson”, sailors and the sea in the development of French boxing, 1798-1875 By Jean-François Loudcher Savate, as a duel of kicks and punches, originated…
Students of Mestre Roque
“Students of Mestre Roque” is the most recent documentary produced for Capoeirahistory. By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Mestre Roque was among the first Bahian capoeiras to…
Brasiliana: Black Culture on Stage
Brasiliana: Black Culture on Stage (1949-73) By Juliana Pereira e Matthias Röhrig Assunção The Brazilian Folk Theatre (TFB) debuted in 1950 in Rio de Janeiro.…
Prestigious gifts in the slave trade
Prestigious gifts in the era of the trade in enslaved Africans By Ana Lucia Araujo. The exchange of gifts has been part of social protocol…
Augustus Earle’s Negroes fighting, Brazils
Augustus Earle’s Negroes fighting, Brazils By Sarah Thomas. Excerpt adapted from chapter 6, from the book Witnessing Slavery: Art and Travel in the Age of…
The jackknife game
By Roberto Pereira. Little is known about the use of the jackknife in capoeira of former times. Some scholars attribute its origin to a Portuguese…
From the Ring to the Stage – A movie about Master Artur Emídio
Master Artur Emídio took capoeira to the ring. He also ventured onto stage and screen, in addition to promoting capoeira in national newspapers and magazines.…
Frede Abreu
By Maria Luísa Pimenta Neves. Frederico José de Abreu (1946-2013), known in capoeira circles as Frede Abreu, was a native of Bahia who discovered and…
Capoeira politics in Teresina, Piauí: lineages, federations and political parties
By Celso de Brito. Encounters and mismatches Capoeira from Teresina emerged in the 1970s and consolidated itself in the following decade with a series of…
Sailors, Moleques and “Heroes”: Capoeira in Maranhão in the First Republic
By Roberto Pereira. When the gunboat Lamego, of the Brazilian Navy, left São Luís, on 18th June 1887, the city breathed a sigh of relief.…