#74.  A discussion of the pros and cons of batizados compared to less formal events, like capoeira encounters.  Is it better to be shiny and clean in your whites, or sleek in some black joggers?  Does the formality of a batizado help or hinder it?  Can Varal convince the other three that they're entitled millennials?

#73.  We aim only to serve with this episode.  A guide to distinguishing Bonzinho from Sucão, and then we revisit au for our movement showcase.  Helping the listener learn the hosts, helping everyone do au...we're just helpful people today.

#72. Instagram here

Youtube here

In this episode we try to get at the sweet marrow in the bones of a capoeira game: interaction and control.  Some roda analysis to start your day off right -- specifically, why mentality and attitude is important to a game.

#71.  We revisit our 2019 resolutions and evaluate our successes, failures, and progress.  Then it's on to the future with thoughts and goals for 2020.

#70.  A discussion on the people, ideas, groups, locations, and other nouns that have influenced us.  We debate whether a capoeira career is determined more by early circumstances or later choices (can you choose your parents?).  Plus Azul wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Varal tries to take it back.

#69.  Varal does his best to convince the other three -- and the world -- that capoeira has been mis-marketed. 

A few resources:

Historical Danmye

Current Danmye

The Brazil Reader, ed. Levine and Crocitti

Capoeira and Candomble, Conformity and Resistance In Brazil, by Floyd Merrell

Inhuman Bondage, The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

#68.  We weigh the pros and cons of capoeira tournaments.  Can tournaments encourage critical thinking?  Can capoeira exist under objective rules?   Can students be motivated towards gold medals?  Can OTS host its own tournament with prizes for Best Fanny Pack and Best AfterParty Embarrassment? 

#67. An embarrassment of embarrassments, or whatever the collective noun for a bunch of embarrassing stories is.  Club dancing, failed flips, and a pity tip from a middle-aged woman.

Inspired by this post

#66.  A nod to Thanksgiving and what we're grateful for in capoeira, including challenge, occurrence, social flexibility, and an academy awards speech.  Then a discussion on the ethics of giving and taking unsolicited criticism.

#65.  A perhaps-unwise discussion on the future of capoeira and the likelihood of it becoming more of a dance than a fight, sparked by a post in the capoeira subreddit.  And the Juice gives us his witch's brew, whether we want it or not.

Based on this post - Capoeira cannot help but evolve solely into a dance