Challenge #capocovid19 No 5: Learn a Ladainha So here in Barcelona we’re just starting our second week in lockdown. It’s officially been extended another two weeks, but realistically all the evidence points to it needing to be much longer if we’re to avoid a total collapse of the health system. So more challenges #capocovid19! We’re […]
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Challenge #capocovid19 Nº 4: Train Your Brain Today’s challenge is to train your brain – not with cabeçadas but with books! Amazon is offering 2 months free of the Kindle Unlimited Service to help keep people entertained and educated during the coronavirus lockdown. Amazon Kindle Unlimited There’s no need to own a kindle or ereader
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Challenge #capocovid19 No 3: Foi no tempo do coronavírus… Today’s challenge is for song improvisation. We all know the song “Foi no tempo do cativeiro, quando o senhor me batia, eu rezava pra nossa senhora e meu deus, como pancada doia” I’m sure? The challenge is to start the song “Foi no tempo do coronavírus…”
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Challenge #capocovid19 No2: Pomodoro Banana Split If you’re used to going to the office everyday, and now all of a sudden you’re thrust into working from home, I’m sure it can be a bit of a shock to the system. But don’t worry, working from home is great! I’ve not been to an office in
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Challenge #capocovid19 No1: Berimbau Skills So here in Barcelona we are into day 2 of home quarantine! It’s tempting to just crash on the sofa and binge watch Netflix series 24/7, but there’s so much more interesting things you could do – especially if you’re a Capoeirista, there’s never an excuse to be bored. To
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How to make an Agogô from Coconuts Capoeira classes cancelled thanks to coronavirus? Stuck in the house with nothing but a pair of old coconuts and a stick? Well we’ve got just the thing for you – A step by step guide on how to make a coconut agogô, aka an “acocô”! Materials > 2
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Learn Portuguese for Free! Bom dia galera! We really want you to learn Portuguese – it will enrich your capoeira journey so much. That’s why we’ve created our new guide: Portuguese for Capoeiristas. Not convinced that it will work? Tried and failed to learn a language before? Don’t be dissuaded, you can do it, you
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A Hora é Essa – Capoeira Song, Lyrics & English Translation A hora é essaA hora é essaBerimbau tocou na CapoeiraBerimbau tocou eu vou jogar It is timeIt is timeBerimbau played in the CapoeiraBerimbau played, I’m going to play The time has come! A hora é essa literally means “The hour is that”. You often
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Learn Portuguese Já! Já is a small, but very useful little word, that you will hear a lot when speaking with Brazilians. Já = Now, Soon, Already, Have ever… It’s an adverb of time – that means it adds information to when the action of a verb is happening. Depending upon how it is used,
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Maior é Deus (Pequeno sou eu) – Capoeira Song Lyrics and English Translation Iê!Maior é DeusMaior é DeusPequeno sou euO que eu tenhofoi Deus que me deuO que eu tenhofoi Deus que me deuNa roda da CapoeiraGrande e pequeno sou euCamará! Yay!God is GreatGod is GreatSmall am IThat which I haveIt was God that gave
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