The Life Capoeira

Contramestre Charley talks about how capoeira has woven its way into his life; the changes he’s seen in that time and a special gift he painted for Mestre João Grande.

You can support capoeira social project in Colombia here https://gofund.me/41470065c

and you can follow him on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/capoeirakabcali

https://www.instagram.com/charleyispainting

Double emmy award winner Lateef Crowder talks about his life in capoeira, how it led him to holywood, and capoeira on the big screen.

Follow his instagram here.

Patrique talks about his life in capoeira from Norway, to Brazil, to the USA; the lessons learnt and art he’s made along the way; training now he’s in his 60s and more besides!

You can check out some of his “Jogo de Dentro” sculpture series on The Life Capoeira instagram.

Mestre Carlo returns to discuss how the political seeds he talked about in his first appearance on the show have grown; his latest project; why capoeira and politics are inseparable.

To support his latest project, visit from 09:00 4th July:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/mundo-girou

To check out his previous work visit his bandcamp profile:

http://www.carloalexandre.bandcamp.com/

For Mestre Carlo’s previous appearances on The Life Capoeira check out episodes 10 and 29

Mestre Cobra Mansa talks about the changes he has seen over half a century of involvement in the art; being a permangoleiro at Kilombo; and poses a question for capoeiristas everywhere.

You can get Dance of the Serpent here and you can find out more about the unsung heroes series at Funmilayo.co.uk

And follow the hyperlink to watch Jogo do Corpo in Portuguese with English subtitles.

Axé talks about his life and thoughts about capoeira, from his encounter with the late, great Nestor capoeira, the weight of a corda, and where his journey began.

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Mestre Poncianinho talks about his beginnings in capoeira; how it led him to the UK and why he stayed; his book, stage and screen projects and much more.

You can follow him on Instagram and YouTube:

https://www.instagram.com/poncianinho

https://youtube.com/@mestreponcianinho

Mojuba Capoeira

https://www.instagram.com/mojubacapoeira

https://www.mojuba.co.uk/

Screen projects:

Vida Longa (director’s cut) https://youtu.be/lzBhDqyOw34?si=h8nzYD7t64dO5b-c

Memorias https://youtu.be/d7O5dbawO3E?si=AcItziTRdGKT8URG

Spirit and Bone https://www.instagram.com/spiritandbone_shortfilm

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Ana Paz talks about the beginnings of her capoeira journey; how it led her to Sweden and a masters thesis there; her podcast Un.Spoken and much more.

All the links to Un.spoken podcast are here: https://linktr.ee/un.spokenpod

Alex (aka mayuxi) talks about his life in capoeira starting in China; helping to pioneer its spread in China; to moving to Thailand and his current practice and setting up the capoeira wiki project.

Check out, and join in, the capoeira wiki project here https://capoeirawiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

Professor Minoquinho talks about his beginnings in capoeira in Poland and then to the UK; his capoeira movement library and his plans for the future and more.

The Singing For Survival episode mentioned in the episode (about the abuse alegations and what we can do about them), is here https://open.spotify.com/episode/00edtHyX6gv1PgEyYDjdiD?si=GfaQupXpTB-yJviKZFinog

The movement library is here http://www.youtube.com/@byMinho (and this is the music video that was mentioned https://youtu.be/HpFcNrILZIs ) and Minoquinho’s other social media links are:

http://minhoquinho.com

http://instagram.com/byminhoo

http://facebook.com/byminhoo

If you are in Edinburgh, check out Tucum capoeira there https://capoeira-edinburgh.com/