http://jogolog.com capoeira regional, angola, and everything else Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:51:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sure, some of us think about them, but Joao went through with it. http://jogolog.com/?p=10 I am currently in Austin, TX. My girlfriend lives here, and I’ve been staying at her place for the past month. There’s a nice capoeira angola group here, headed by a teacher called John, whose teacher was Mestre Jurandir. I’ve been told for years by teachers to be careful when in ... http://jogolog.com/?p=9 Graffiti seen in the streets of Salvador, Bahia: http://jogolog.com/?p=8 I just received two courtesy issues of Planet Capoeira magazine from Pardal, its founder. We’ve been chatting about a lot of stuff recently, and he’s been really helpful by pointing to online articles, as well generally giving me an idea of the bigger picture; he’s been practicing capoeira for far ... http://jogolog.com/?p=7 I finally managed to pump out my first post for Planet Capoeira a few days ago. I’m really looking forward to putting out more material for them, I like the added readers and different format of their blog. Feel free to check it out here if you’re interested. Also, I will ... http://jogolog.com/?p=6 A big thanks to Planet Capoeira for the very flattering writeup today on their new collective blog, The Roda. It’s nice to read some comments from their readers, and I look forward to hearing more and participating in the project. In case you want to follow up on posts that are ... http://jogolog.com/?p=5 Information on what batizados are, what they involve, how they are important, and so on, are among the most popular capoeira-related queries posed to search engines, and so I thought I might go into a bit more detail as to what to expect when you are having one. I know ... http://jogolog.com/?p=4 for those interested, i thought i might write a brief primer of my experiences learning brazilian portuguese for the purpose of immersing myself in the culture of capoeira. i suppose these tips could work for the acquisition of any language, although i suspect it may be more appropriate for romance ... http://jogolog.com/?p=3 This is the first post in my new (as of yet unnamed) capoeira blog, which I intend to devote to capoeira after practicing it for a number of years. I wrote this a short while ago on my regular blog: i find it interesting to note that, right now, if i ... http://jogolog.com/?p=2