I saw these two great capoeira videos on You Tube. They were made by group called DALLAS MALANDROS, who are the Dallas branch of a capoeira group called OS MALANDROS DE MESTRE TOURO. They teach a unique form of capoeira called CAPOEIRA ANGOLA de SAO BENTO GRANDE. The reason it is unique is because, among other things, it is an old form of capoeira that was born and developed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and NOT in the city of Salvador, Bahia as the main forms forms of capoeira angola, and capoeira regional were.
In the first video, we have one of the teachers, Professor Bode Cantador talk a little bit about what Capoeira means to him, and in the second video, we have a open roda at a farmers market in Dallas. I like this particular video because in the second game, it shows a fat student playing, and doing pretty good. It just goes to show you that ANYBODY can come and study capoeira, no matter the age, color, creed, or body type.
When I went to leimert park and saw a capoeira roda a couple of months ago, the teacher who ran the roda said that a lot of students who first come to him, they are intimidated by all the acrobatic movements and stuff, and they ask him if they do some kind of exercises to prepare to be able to start capoeira. And he tells them, all you need to do to prepare... is to walk through the door.
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