Comments on: How To Get Better At Capoeira

By: Roger Cipó

Roger Cipó — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:23:04 +0000

Hey.. NIce this article… I am Capoeira from Capoeira Beija-Flor… I want to know if you sent one email to Gregory Smith (carf) on flickr to use this image of ourself… Just to Know…

I like to see it here, but we need to know, right?

By: Frichie

Frichie — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:21:46 +0000

Very good article. I have been doing Capoeira for just over 2 months now, and starting to gain the strength and flexibility to do more each class. Its amazing, in the space of a week, I went from being a ‘deer caught in headlights’ in the Roda (ie trying to think to much what im meant to do) to actually playing the game reflexively and gaining more confidence. I think what u said about the interaction in the roda is correct.Once you stop thinking about what you want to do and just let it flow in response to what your partner is doing, it becomes more natural.

By: gallimaufries

gallimaufries — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:11:11 +0000

I’ve been feeling a little down with my performance in capoeira even though my prof keeps telling me I’m improving, and at one point, I even broke down, thinking that as much as I love capoeira I didn’t seem to do any good in it, so much so that I felt like a huge failure.

But these past few days (as well as this article!) helped turned things around. Plus, how can anyone resist from capoeira for too long?

Hope you’ll keep on writing articles like this! There aren’t much sites on how to stay fit/improve for capoeira this time around.

By: mirna

mirna — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:17:38 +0000

thank you so much for the advises.. ive been doing capoeira for 4 days now.. and am really frustrated because am not flexible and because i do not have strength on my whole body.. i feel am the worst player on the roda and in class.. i will start working this weekend in what you just said over here..am gonna challlenge myself and will be the best one in class.. i know that it will be hard.. but i promise dmyself last night that it doesnt matter how hard the work out will be am gonna do it. thank you again.

By: 12 Essential Tips for Playing Capoeira Well « The Capoeira Blog

12 Essential Tips for Playing Capoeira Well « The Capoeira Blog — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:49:52 +0000

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By: thurraiya thurraiya — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:24:55 +0000 That was really nice info…I can do good backbends but my fear is getting my legs over? Thanks for the advice! By: Faisca Faisca — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:43:46 +0000 I’ve hit more than my fair share of plateaus, Maritaca, that’s for sure. I’m just starting to come out of one now. This is good advice even for me! By: Maritaca Maritaca — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:36:31 +0000 Great work Faisca, I couldn’t do it better! This is a great post because like you said we all hit the “plateau” and well yeah, we hit it more then once sadly… atleast I do. By: faisca faisca — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:39:22 +0000 Glad I could be of some help, Tampinha. The macaco has had the best of me for years, I don’t understand why. There’ll be times when it comes easily, and times when all I can do is some crooked au. Just gotta keep practicing. By: Tampinha Tampinha — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:07:11 +0000 obrigado faisca. I was plateauing. Thanks for the advice. The macaco has the best of me, for now!