What’s up capoeira nation, Welcome back to the Capoeira Experience Podcast I’m your host Inst. Caxixi, if you guys don’t know who I am yet, go back to episode 01 and listen to a little bit of my story. Also, I want to say thank you so much to all the support and please help to get to more people so we can grow even more, and please don’ t forget to leave 5 stars and a nice a beautiful review.

Right on, on today’s episode this capoeirista have a rely good work, I started following him on Instagram and I see that he has a pretty cool creative way to keep kid busy with games which are pretty cool btw, I did my homework and I saw that he started capoeira in 1997 but came across with Mestre Cicatriz from Rio de Janeiro in 2001 and the journey in Kadara Capoeira begins from there! so I would like to introduce you to Professor Soquete!!

[00;02;00] Caxixi:

How are you doing man?

Soquete: hey my friend,

how are you?

Caxixi: pretty

good! pretty good! how is everything over there?

Soquete: it’s great, we just finished a couple of classes, so it’s nice and quiet here in the academy and I much rather be here talking to you that swiping the floors, so I’m glad to be here

[00;02;23] Caxixi:

Before we jump to the interview, how people can find you on social media and

website?

Soquete:

Instagram: @kadara_capoeira_canada – Follow them Here

@professor_soquete – Follow them Here

Facebook:

Kadara Capoeira Toronto – Scarborough Like them Here

Soquete Capoeira – Follow him Here

Website – http://kadaracapoeira.ca check their work Here

I really like that website because it is very easy to remember, like for people that do capoeira can be like “oh is just learcapoeira.ca” is easy for them to find it.

Soquete: that’s exactly why I put it together that way because when you’re promoting capoeira outside of Brazil and English speaking country some time I show ” associacao Kadara capoeira Mestre Cicatriz, end then has other words in the back nobody can read any of it so even when we do public demonstration and shows we have a shirt that just says a big capoeira right on in and says Kadara Toronto on the back learnCapoeira.ca and a pictures, because that all people need to see, they don’t need to read all the other things so is simple for them to get that idea and everybody is taking photos these days anyway right, and they are posting it so is the best way to get out there, simply and easily

Caxixi: yeah that way people just I mean they can learn names and all those stuff once they start practicing and all that stuff.

[00;04;45] Caxixi:

Tell us a little bit of your capoeira story?

Soquete: so I guess my journey pretty much started in 1986 I started training a martial art and it was literally was 5 house down from where I lived, so I just walked to class 10/11 years old kid then did that for 3 and a half years and then that academy moved away then a taekwondo school came in I training that for about 3 and a half years before I joined t...

What’s up capoeira nation, Welcome back to the Capoeira Experience Podcast I’m your host Inst. Caxixi, if you guys don’t know who I am yet, go back to episode 01 and listen to a little bit of my story. Also, I want to say thank you so much to all the support and please help … Continue reading "Ep. 15 Prof. Soquete Kadara Capoeira – Toronto, Canada"

Whatup capoeira nation! Inst. Caxixi here, thank you so much to the capoeira community that has been supporting this work, it is very motivating for me knowing that out there are people willing to help our capoeira community, if you don’t know who I am yet, I want to invite you to listen to episode 01 of the podcast, there you can learn who I am and how I got here. Alright, let’s roll.

Today I have the huge pleasure to interview a very good

capoeirista, hard worker and passionate with Capoeira! He has dedicated his

whole life to capoeira, successfully growing kids and adults capoeira classes

since 2000 in Boston, Massachusetts, having great designs for the website,

Instagram and Facebook, and I know we can learn a lot from him,  let me introduce you to Mestre Chuvisquinho

from Sinha Capoeira!

How are you doing Mestre?

Before we jump to question and information, tell us your

social medias:

Website Here

Facebook Here

Instagram Here

[00:02:54] Caxixi:

How did you got to capoeira? Start however you want.

M. Chuvisquinho: ok, this could take the time you know! Well, my name is Lindemberg Desouza, I was born in Belo Horizonte, Capital of Mina Gerais, Brazil in 1979, 40 years ago! It’s been awhile, I’m the third generation of capoeirista in my family, yeah everything started with my grandfather and then my father and then myself, my entire life it was capoeira, and still is, capoeira is a strong force that I have within myself like many other capoeirista you know, since childhood capoeira was there, it was present. I was raised for my grandmother which is my father’s mom and she was one of the biggest motivators in my capoeira journey, and my Mestre which is my father as well, he was a young capoeirista that went after his dreams, knowing his believes, and working hard in Mina Gerais in a strong school and I was living with my grandma and she used to take me to capoeira. When I was 9 years old I used to gather the kids on the streets and teach them capoeira, I was 9 years old. And then years went by, life was happening and when the teens age hit, I was going to different roda all by myself going after capoeira you know I was on my teens and I was living capoeira to the best, of course, those are the years of the troubles, you know, he kind of disagree with all my adventures, and life happens you know, just training capoeira, living capoeira came from a very humble childhood you been raised by my grandma wasn’t a lot of easy path however I’m very grateful.

[00:10:02] Caxixi:

how did you get the Chuvisquinho nick name?

M. Chuvisquinho:

Chuvisquinho, because my Mestre, you know Chuvisco and Chuvisquinho.

[00:10:38] Caxixi:

you are a good example to a lot of capoeiristas out there, including me, on how

to grow our classes. On growing a class, how do you sell capoeira to the public

or how do you catch their attention?

M. Chuvisquinho: you know is interesting I get this question a lot I believe because we have, we did have a strong work here in Massachusetts but I always come up with the same answer, if you do anything with love man you are on the right track because I don’t go to my classes and I’m like “ugh another day this is just a class because this is what I do for living so I need to be here” no I love, I literally love what I do I teach you know a small class with 3 studen...

Whatup capoeira nation! Inst. Caxixi here, thank you so much to the capoeira community that has been supporting this work, it is very motivating for me knowing that out there are people willing to help our capoeira community, if you don’t know who I am yet, I want to invite you to listen to episode … Continue reading "Ep. 14 Mestre Chuvisquinho Sinha Capoeira – Boston “knowledge doesn’t take space”"

What’s up capoeiristas! welcome back to the capoeira experience podcast! where we learn more and more not just about our capoeira community but also about how to make it grow and connect it even more, and because I love connecting with our community today I got the chance to interview a female capoeirista, she is from Decatur, Atlanta, she is 3 times world capoeira champion, and professora at Maculelê Capoeira, I would like to introduce you to Professora Dandhara!

[00:02:10] Caxixi:

how did you start in Capoeira?

Dandhara: So my

story it feels a little bit different because both of my parents are capoeira

mestres, so Mestre Fran and Mestra Asara, they’re founder of capoeira

Maculelê  so I’ve been introduced to

capoeira I guess in my mom’s belly when she was pregnant at a very early age

I’ve seen capoeira events you know amazing mestres coming to my house and doing

this big events in Londrina where I was burned so I kind of just started

training I never felt the pressure to train but I guess at a very early age and

see for me capoeira was magic so I started around when I was 7, 8 years old and

I’m gonna be 25.

[00:07:28] Caxixi: how

did you get your nick name? ok hold on is that your name or your nick name?

Dandhara: everybody

asks me that question, everybody! and I grab my lugage and my ideas because it

is my name, crazy right, yeah, I guess when you have capoeiristas parents they

named me something related to capoeira, I guess Dandhara was Zumbi’s wife and

she was also related to that fight for freedom.

[00:08:20] Caxixi: on

these years of capoeira pretty much your entire life, what do you think

capoeira benefit you, like any benefit that you see like, okay capoeira helped

me to change this in my life, what do you think it is?

Dandhara: it’s really everything, all aspect of my life, physical you know, it helps me with cardio, losing weight and is just like physical but also mentally, I was really shy I couldn’t talk to anyone, I couldn’t talk on the phone to anyone, now with demonstrations I’m like getting the microphone and just like talking loud, performing in public, it helped me in all aspects of my life.

[00:09:55] Caxixi:

and what do you think, capoeira besides helping with the introversion, how

capoeira can help our communities, or how do you see capoeira how it helps

people where you live?

Dandhara: so we

live in Decatur, we’ve been for long time and we’re bringing Brazilian culture

to this town and is not just capoeira, is the language like kids, and everybody

is learning Portuguese, so you learn a new language, you learn culture, you try

foods, you try Brazilian food, you go to Brazil you know is like a whole as

experience. We also have social projects here we have carnivals.

[00:15:50] Caxixi: people

see capoeira as a very masculine stuff, usually, no everyone I think capoeira

is a ground for all the ages, all the genders, and that’s what I love about

capoeira, but what would you recommend to those ladies out there that are or

shy to getting into the roda or kind of like intimidated about the roda, what

would you tell them?

Dandhara: about

the roda, yeah I get intimidated too, sometimes I go to some rodas and I see a

lot of guys just dominating, I am like “oh god” and I feel like just

go, juts try to do it, it is a very masculine sport but I feel like now days is

a lot of girls, is amazing,

What’s up capoeiristas! welcome back to the capoeira experience podcast! where we learn more and more not just about our capoeira community but also about how to make it grow and connect it even more, and because I love connecting with our community today I got the chance to interview a female capoeirista, she is … Continue reading "Ep. 13 Professora Dandhara Maculelê – Decatur, Georgia"

Whatup capoeiristas, welcome back to the capoeira experience podcast, where you are going to learn from all kind of experiences to increase your knowledge in capoeira, and even to find your whys in capoeira.

Today I have the pleasure to have with us my very first

student in the US, the first American that I wanted to teach capoeira and pass

on not just my knowledge but also my passion in and out of class, not just as

my student also as my wife and this is Canarinha from capoeira brasil Indianapolis

[00:02:02] Caxixi: We

gotta start from the beginning I usually start all the interviews from the

beginning I just want to know how everyone starts in capoeira from day one till

right now, tell me a little bit of your story from the very beginning

Canarinha: ok well

I meet you in 2012 I heard that you did capoeira and you were staying in the US

just for 2 months so I asked the person that you knew if you can teach me capoeira

and maybe we can get together, do something. The guy finds out that I liked you

from there he kind of introduced us and we started talking, hanging out. We

didn’t really do capoeira, we you were here, but when you came back, I would

say I officially started training with you, probably in 2014? I started

training with you.

[00:07:38] Caxixi: For

you what was that eye catching for capoeira?

Canarinha: the

kicks, for sure! I think all the kick are amazing, throughout the years the

acrobatics got me be the initial thing that got were the kicks.

[00:09:03] Caxixi: what

do you like the must about capoeira?

Canarinha: I like

the energy the most I think all the people all the moves and everything that

brings together when you are in the roda, I think is that explosive energy and

that makes me want more you know is very like I said, when I saw you it was

very contagious and I think your energy is what attacked to it, so for Capoeira

when I’m in the roda when I’m in a festival or class is definitely the energy

that fires me up.

[00:12:15] Caxixi:

if you have to choose on word for capoeira what it would be?

Canarinha: contagious,

don’t matter who it is or what it is or where it is, if you are at a capoeira

event no matter what kind of group who or whatever you are always going to be

like in a Roda, you always end up in a roda with some people not even like a

playing Roda, you are standing, you are talking you are creating this group of

people.

[00:17:07] Caxixi:

Why Canarinha?

Canarinha:  well is definitely not because I sign amazing

I feel in capoeira people base it of a look, or characteristic  or personality or something that at the

moment have to be with you, so when you first met me I was partially blonde, I

was half blond half brunet I probable kept that for about 3 years? yeah yeah 3

years and I think that probably that pop in your head.

[00:019:07] Caxixi:

from the student-wife perspective, what do you see from there, like from

outside, behind the scene and everything?

Canarinha: well

first of is more than love of capoeira, you have like an obsession with

capoeira, I would say that you love capoeira more than me but that’s another

story, I think is awesome, I think is awesome, you know as partner wise if you

have something in common that you both love or both really like to do I think

it really helps your relationship you know push each other ...

Whatup capoeiristas, welcome back to the capoeira experience podcast, where you are going to learn from all kind of experiences to increase your knowledge in capoeira, and even to find your whys in capoeira. Today I have the pleasure to have with us my very first student in the US, the first American that I … Continue reading "12 Canarinha – Capoeira Brasil Indianapolis “The wife, The student”"

What up capoeiristas, welcome back to The Capoeira Experience Podcast, where you are going to learn about the Capoeira community, where all of you are more that welcome to express your experiences because we all got experience, so that being said, on today’s episode we have a guest form Europe, he teaches in the Netherlands, he is from Grupo Ginga da Alma… Welcome to the podcast Prof. Espirito.

Caxixi: How are

you doing man?

Espiritu: I’m

doing fine man! what up!!

Caxixi: I like to

start with capoeira stories.

Espiritu: I

started capoeira late 1997 in the Netherlands a lot people from my generation

were not Brazilian, grew up with a movie – really bad movie, only the strong, I

saw later when I read about capoeira, but my introduction to Capoeira was from

a tv commercial, from a Nokia cellphone, Nokia commercial and what I can

remember there were 2 people on a beach dressing white and making beautiful

movements you know, I was mesmerizes I was like “what? what is this?”

because since my youth I grew up in martial arts like karate aikido, you know,

did some gymnastic, and already did some crazy stuff on my own, jumping around

you know, my mom going crazy, she was just like “just go outside and do

your thing” but when I saw the commercial, I was like “what is this”

because I didn’t have any knowledge about it “what is this” and I was

memorizing by it, and also in that time I also was into gaming and 3 fighting

games at that time, was street fighter, mortal combat, and tekken you know, you

know tekken?

Caxixi: oh tekken!

yeah yeah when tekken just came out, yeah Eddy Gordon of course!

Espiritu: yeah

yeah I already had tekken, then tekken II, and then I was waiting for tekken

III because I knew I like tekken III, 

and I bought tekken 3, and there was a character, you know the

character, and I was like “oh is new so let me choose the character” Eddy

Gordon, so what the hell is this, and I was meshing the buttons and was like,

“eehh what is this this is awesome” I recognized it this is the same

thing that I saw on television you know.

Caxixi: what kind

of benefits does have capoeira bring to your life? like some positive influence

on your life?

Espiritu:

Friends, family you know, you travel a lot to different places you meet people

that share the same thing also being secure about myself and be less aggressive

because back in the days, and not because I was aggressive but I had a temper

capoeira helped me, yeah self-control you know be more aware of my surroundings,

be more aware of people you know and yeah it helped me a lot specially meeting

people you know and sharing, and yeah self-control and be happy.

Caxixi: how do

you like the capoeira community in Europe?

Espirito: so far I didn’t go everywhere in Europe but

what’ve seen what’ve been through, the capoeira community in Europe is good,

like you said people are ore knowledgeable also about capoeira you know they

are seeking they are hungry no just for capoeira itself, also the community,

the community part of capoeira you know.

Caxixi: How did

you get your nick name? when and how?

Espirito: ok, first when you started capoeira I was the only

black guy in the class, I was the youngest in the class so my teacher back

then,

What up capoeiristas, welcome back to The Capoeira Experience Podcast, where you are going to learn about the Capoeira community, where all of you are more that welcome to express your experiences because we all got experience, so that being said, on today’s episode we have a guest form Europe, he teaches in the Netherlands, … Continue reading "11 Prof Espirito Grupo Ginga da Alma"