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ordered pizza from a small local place and they didnt actually cut it so i've chosen to revert to a wild animal and begin ripping it apart instead of just using a knife to portion slices

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When you both choose Eddy Gordo in Tekken:

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Salvador por Miguel Rio Branco, 1989. 

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Capoeira or the Dance of War by Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1835.

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Silva, the smart young one with the capoeira style 🟢

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Meia Lua Compasso

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A ton of motion studies I never posted here! 

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Tried out a simpler colouring style w/ my OCs (2021)

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Capoeira painting. Martial arts. Brazilian. African.

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CMC revival?

Hello everyone who’s still out there. 

I do apologize that i stopped posting so abruptly so many years ago. Life happens. Grad school and starting a career happened. When I started this little capoeira fan blog, I thought I was going to be training forever and that nothing would break the group I was a part of. But like so many of you COVID broke it apart. My feelings about training have changed. While some of mt group mates still meet, its just not the same anymore. I tried training with the other high cords, without our instructors (and that’s a whole other issue that I don’t want to get into). It wasn’t working. I finally decided to make the decision to put my Capoeira aside for a little while. 

This doesn’t mean I won’t go back eventually. I hope to train again this summer with another group. But for now, I’ll just do a little cross training. Some BJJ. \

Anyway, if there’s still interest in this blog, I can keep posting. I can’t promise it will be consistent or any good though.

Later,

Tijolo (Should I even use this nickname anymore???)

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HIGHLIGHTS - Red Bull Paranauê ‘17

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Boston, MA

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// Elements Of Capoeira (set 1)

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that developed in the 19th century. It combines elements of dance, acrobatics and martial art from different social and cultural groups. In this project I wanted to visualize it’s unique movements and elements. The combination of stroboscopic lights and long exposure enables to show the overall, abstract shape as well as the detailed sequence of the motion. 

// Elemente der Capoeira (set 1)

Capoeira ist eine brasilianische Kampfsportart, die sich im 19. Jahrhundert entwickelte. Sie kombiniert Tanz-, Akrobatik- und Kampfelemente verschiedener sozialer und kultureller Gruppen. In diesem Projekt möchte ich ihren einzigartigen Stil der Bewegungen und Elemente visualisieren. Dabei ermöglicht es die Kombination aus Stroboskoplicht und Langzeitbelichtung sowohl die allgemeine, abstrakte Form der Bewegung, als auch ihren detaillierten Verlauf zu zeigen.