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Welcome to the community, foot blisters and aches are common in the beginning and expect there to be lots of things that you aren't used to; I tell my students all the time if you were great at capoeira from day one I wouldn't have a job. I struggled with music a great deal; hell in grade school I got a C in recorder, just keep working it all eventually makes sense. Here is an interesting TED Talk about learning and it should be applicable to what youre going through. Also Beastskills.com has a FAQ on blisters so feel free to check that out and buy a roll of tape.

Cheers

My teacher in Pittsburgh is offering Zoom classes for $7 a week, Monday and Thursday at 7-8 PM EST. If you can't swing that price, I may be able to set up a deal with him, but that's about as cheap as it gets.

I'll admit to not really knowing who to recommend for YouTube or instructional videos. "O Rei" has some decently instructive videos and is apparently offering some for free at http://gingaandgrowstrong.com/Ginga_and_Grow_Strong/Reis_Rome_Training.html. Fair warning, he's very much in the "marketing" mindset, so he will try to upsale you on his latest products and seminars. If it's not covered in the free training, his Fundamentals book/videos are about $10 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076ZKQR74/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_xZp3Fb38XW21H?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

The only scholarly work that I'm aware of (and I'm not a scholar, so there may be more) would be T.J. Desche-Obi's book here.

His book describes how in his field research he encountered old men who were able to relate an art/game they played that had similar distinct movements that he recognized as being in common with capoeira angola. However in subsequent trips those men had passed and only after some time some younger kids began repeating movements that they remembered the older men doing and using it as a draw for tourists.

Since the price on amazon seems higher than I remember I'd encourage you to look around for a better price, but from what I remember these displays don't resemble what I remember T.J. describing, but I'd have to pull the book out from storage, and that storage is in another country right now so I'll have to recommend that you either contact him at Baruch College/CUNY or see if the book is available via a library or other resource

Use athletic, cotton tape! Can find it easily at sports or martial arts stores. https://tinyurl.com/y6vkotyx But only use it to cover up blisters that form. Otherwise your feet won't callus.

Or, you can use ankle supports (not recommended if you want your feet to toughen up). https://tinyurl.com/yb69j3gf Note: Im not sure if these ones specifically reach the ball of your foot that usually gets blisters.

Hope that helps!

Check out my Mestre's awesome gungas! Seems like there've been a lot of bow posts lately, so might as well join the fray...

The gallery page is pretty sick, too.

The Capoeira Daily app is pretty good.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.capoeira.daily&hl=en_US&gl=US

There's probably an IOS version too.

It's definitely available for Andriod, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=social.marune.marune&hl=en_US Please let me know if you're having trouble finding/downloading it.

I believe the style would be considered Contemporânea -- my area doesn't have a super large capoiera presence, so my group is a mix of a few different schools.

As opposed to taping them, would something like this work?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TXGW8N4/ref=redir\_mobile\_desktop?\_encoding=UTF8&keywords=toesox&pi=AC\_SX236\_SY340\_QL65&qid=1495593420&ref\_=mp\_s\_a\_1\_1&sr=8-1&th=1&psc=1

Possibly something like this?
https://www.amazon.com/TSLA-Lightweight-Athletic-Barefoot-Minimalist/dp/B07HQ6VN9Z/ref=sr\_1\_5?crid=150BAISZQJIY9&keywords=tsla+shoes&qid=1656512489&sprefix=tsla+shoes%2Caps%2C274&sr=8-5

Mestre Cobra Mansa, historian Matthias Röhrig Assunção, ethnomusicologist Christine Dettman and others travelled through Angola meeting and learning as much as they could about the many musical, cultural and combat roots that may have evolved into capoeira as we know it today. They're looking for funding to finalise the editing of the documentary with crowd-sourced funds.

• sponsor the DVD

(I've got nothing to do with the campaign other than meeting Matthias Assunção at one of his lectures and being interested in the history of capoiera.)

Unknown Capoeira 2 isn't bad, and can sometimes be acquired pretty cheaply. The Capoeira Guidebook isn't bad, and is written by one of the Only the Strongest podcast cast. I want to say Dende Arts had a list of Capoeira books that included those two.

Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace
- Really good dry account of Capoeira's historical roots all the way from pre-Portuguese influence.

https://www.amazon.com/Capoeira-Jogo-Angola-Luanda-Cyberspace/dp/1556436017

It has two volumes. I would balance it out with some personal Capoeira books.

Ah, gotcha!

Well, for making running entertaining I can whole heartedly recommend Zombies Run! https://www.zombiesrungame.com/

It costs, but is worth it - I use a capoeira soundtrack, so can practice my music whilst keeping my fitness up. But then I enjoy running by itself (it's what let's me do sillt stuff like this http://justgiving.com/whatonlythree

Where do you train? I'm with Oficina da Capoeira, though don't train as often with them since leaving GLoucestershire, but can't wait for our festival at the beginning of July!

Ha-hah! Awesome.

I have the privilege of being his student! His gungas are amazing.

For others who've not seen his work, check 'em out here.

I've made a couple bows, but I'm nowhere near your pyrographic skills yet... practice practice, I guess.

Capoeira at the turn of the century bears only a passing resemblance to what it looks like today. If you can find some very old videos you’ll find that there was more ginga, Chamadas, and more of the game was based in hiding your attack in between the other elements. You likely wouldn’t have seen rapidly traded circular kicks, and rather more chapa, robô de arreia, tesoura, and a lot of rasteira. Many of the other kicks we do today were added to the art later and adopted from other arts popular in Brazil like Batuque and jui jitsu.

I you want a great book on early origins of capoeira, Check this one out:

https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Honor-Atlantic-Carolina-Lowcountry/dp/1570037183/ref=nodl_

Full disclosure, I haven’t read it myself, but the author presented his research at M. João Grandes academy once and it was fascinating.

If you’re looking for good reading, I’d recommend to check out Mestre Accordeon’s book

Capoeira: A Brazilian Art Form: History, Philosophy, and Practice https://www.amazon.com/dp/0938190296/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_2A3kFbKF07GG2

For listening, some classic teachers are Mestre Bimba, Mestre Pastinha, and Mestre Waldemar if you can find old clips on YouTube or elsewhere.

For current big names but contemporaries, Mestre Suassuna, Mestre Acordeon, Mestre Toni Vargas, and Mestre Barrão are all super well known and recognized even outside their respective schools.

Books are all sold. I also brought my other Capoeira books during the transaction such as this rare one, which is the English language edition, and going for over $300 on Amazon.

So this is the only one I have been able to find, but it seems like it has gotten not so great reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Capoeira-Tale-Martial-Mastery-Mysticism/dp/B00M7913U8/

Given the limited English capoeira books, but even more limited audio-book options, maybe you can focus on other aspects instead of books. For example, listen to capoeira music to help learn the songs, or an audio Portuguese lessons like Pimsleur. Pimsleur I know does 30 minutes segments that might work well for a commute.

Hope that helps!

Check out Assuncao's book: http://www.amazon.com/Capoeira-History-Afro-Brazilian-Martial-Society/dp/0714680869 It's a bit more scholarly than the others you've mentioned, but it's very good and very in depth.