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- Capoeira Group:
- Brasilcapoeira (Berne - Mestre Matias)
- Primary Capoeira Teacher:
- Mestre Matias
- Cordel:
- crua-larangia
- Capoeira Apelido and its meaning/explanation:
- Leoa: Lioness (don t want to explain how I got it ;))
- Hometown:
- Landsberg am Lech (Germany)
- Relationship Status:
- Single
- About Me:
- When I came to work in Berne (Switzerland) I could not find any good martial arts club (I started with Kick Boxing and KungFu but didn t like it so much) ... However because I am living near the Capoeira Academia I decided to watch training there once ... I had seen some Capoeira shows in Munich before, but I was more fascinated by martial arts like Taekwondo, that is why I never thought about starting Capoeira before... however when I saw the training methods of this teacher in Berne (Mestre Matias) and the positive energy of the group I was really fascinated and I decided to train there...
At the moment after a bad injury with my arm and some phase of not training which at least is about more than one year now, I have been moving to a city 60 km near Munich. As we do not have Capoeira here and I am still unemployed I still miss the art. Because of some knee problems as well, I am not sure if I will ever be able to restart training properly. I wish of course, but I also learned to express my “saudade” for the art form in other ways. I do paintings, I read and write a lot about the art, I travelled to Bahia to take a glimbs at the roots there … but I am also aware that this will never make me a real “Capoerista” again. As I read in a book about Budosports today, there is no scientific studiing of any form of budo sport. Either you do it or you leave it… Thhat s more or less the feeling I have at the moment too.
- Ethnicity:
- European / global citizen
- Religion:
- Other
- Favorite Music:
- depends on my mood
- Favorite TV Shows:
- none
- Smoke / Drink:
- No/No
- Children:
- Someday
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Greetings from Croatia..
Axe!
she actually e-mailed me back and she does sell her prints!
i'm still debating about whether or not i want to purchase one.
http://www.art-tart.com/
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I completely get what you mean about having to reconcile your "rational" personality with capoeira. I definitely remember having thoughts from time to time like "Wait...isn't that a contradiction?...how does that work...that doesn't make sense...where's the logic?!"
But on the other hand, it is that exact ambiguity, and like you said, that "encompassing-everything" quality of capoeira that appeals so much, as well!
It's hard to see the complete extent to which capoeira has changed my life, since the way I fell into it it seems more like it got incorporated into my life and while it definitely enriched it, I don't know if it was a drastic change like flipping around my life, since everything else stayed the same or kept progressing alongside capoeira! What I know has definitely come from capoeira though:
-I'm more open and outgoing, and not *as* afraid to talk to new/different people
-While I wouldn't say I've ever seriously lacked self-confidence or been insecure, capoeira has definitely helped to develop that part of me more as well...solidified or deepened, maybe, what I had to begin with.
-Learning about other lives, backgrounds, and lifestyles from other capoeiristas I've met has been absolutely invaluable to me. Nearly everyone I'd ever met before starting capoeira had a similar background and lifestyle to mine (because it'd be either through family, friends, or school), so this aspect of capoeira was/is a much-needed education.
-love how doing capoeira gives you a hands-on opportunity to learn a new language
-love the music, the fact that you can learn and play music
-With all the disciplines involved in looking at capoeira (anthropology, history, sociology, politics, philosophy, literature, religion, etc.) anything written about capoeira also makes for a fascinating read, and as a bona fide bookworm and liberal arts junkie, I'm always up for those!
-friends; I think it's safe to say that were it not for capoeira, I would have NEVER met some of my friends or really gotten to know them even if I did, because we each have completely different backgrounds and personalities and are doing different things in life.
Anyway, I think I've gone on for long enough now! But thank you for asking me that question...it's amazing when you stop and actually think about it. And I agree, sometimes it seems there is nothing that cannot be related to capoeira (or at least my non-capoeira friends think so whenever they hang out with me)!
how did you come across this artist? do you know who she is??
i love all her work!
"Go with the flow...you'll tend not to be bothered as much by the common annoyances of life......"
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