Dec 19, 2022
The podcast For the Love of Language joins us for a special crossover mashup episode. They school us on how to make learning Portuguese easier, how oral history impacts capoeira, and whether it's cool to sing songs that aren't in Portuguese.
Stacie and EJ are both linguists, capoeiristas, former students of Azul's, and...
Dec 5, 2022
For students, the secret strategies by which your teacher tests your loyalty. For teachers, our top tips to ensure that you never sign up another student.
Nov 21, 2022
We talk starting capoeira when you're past your salad days and how to achieve a few age-appropriate acrobatics. Then we move along to discussing what is sacred in capoeira. Everyone's answer is a little bit different, but why does it have to cause so much strife?
Nov 7, 2022
Lotta stuff today. Bonzinho creates a handstand protocol for Varal to follow. Azul buys the game and declines to play when injured. Varal learns how to fight even when he doesn't have a tambourine.
The Bonz protocol for all you handstanders (rest at least 1 min in between each):
1 min - regular handstands, straight,...
Oct 24, 2022
Azul quizzes Bonzinho and Varal about their spiritual beliefs. Do you have to be spiritual to train capoeira? Does training capoeira make you spiritual? Why does Azul remember a handspin in LA in 2012 more clearly than the births of her children? Plus, a quick update on cannibalism.