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How It Feels to be Kicked in the Face (Part 2: A Lesson In Capoeira)

Capoeira has always been known to be a “dance” type of sport. There is so much grace involved in it that people often forget that it’s a martial art. As the capoeira song “Zum Zum Zum” goes: Zum, zum, zum, Capoeira mata um! Translated to english, this means: Zum, zum, zum, Capoeira is deadly! It is.

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How It Feels to be Kicked in the Face (Part 1: How’s My Nose?)

What Happened I was kicked in the face last night. And I don’t mean figuratively – I mean literally kicked in the face; smack in the middle of my nose. How did it feel? Imagine a big guy’s shin (almost) whappacking on a small girl’s nose – understand now?

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Capoeira and the World (Brasilipinas 2012)

Though I’ve been doing capoeira for a while, I’ve never participated in a capoeira event that is not ours – that is, until yesterday. It was Escola Brasileira de Capoeira’s Batizado, which is part of a yearly festival called Brasilipinas.

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Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body (WOD Nation Crossfit)

This whole day, I was just waiting for my arms to finally fall off.

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30 Minutes of 360 Fit (360 Fit Club)

Warning: contains a lot of random things about me. Each day – or maybe at least each month – you gotta do something that you previously thought was impossible. At least attempt to do something. If you fail, no matter. Fail better the next time. As long as you don’t break your neck (or your […]

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Fall, and then Fly

To all those times I fell flat on the floor, to all the stupid things I’ve done and will do, to all those times my ass was heavy and my head was in the clouds, to that time in my life when I was 20 pounds heavier, this one’s for you.         […]

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Festo Do Mundo 2011: A Big Capoeira Blast for Everyone

To those who are wondering what the hell Festo do Mundo 2011 is, here’s a not-so-brief explanation. Yearly, Sinha Bahia Manila holds a big Brazilian culture event with capoeira in the center. This year, this festival was composed of a workshop, batizado, and a bangin’ brazilian presentation at the Eastwood open park. DAY 1-2. November […]

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I’m just around the corner / capoeiramanila

If you ever feel that I’m way too quiet in this side of the world, remember that I’m just around the corner, in a different address. http://capoeiramanila.wordpress.com

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Being Bad-Ass in Brazilian

A few years back, our Sinha Bahia Capoeira was featured in Expat Magazine — I got a bit excited when I found this in our archives. I know a lot of people are curious about it, so if you want to know how it is in the eyes of a first timer, I encourage you […]

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Futsal at Club 650

I have gotten numerous requests to post this, so once and for all, here it is. These Brazilian guys regularly play Futsal beside the Capoeira area at Club 650. If you’re actually interested to work out though, Club 650’s got badminton, futsal, basketball, table tennis, and of course, Capoeira. Club 650 is located along Libis, Quezon […]