Jasmim's Blog (2)

After 6 long months of recovery in Brazil from an ACL repair, my teacher, our Contra-Mestre, is back at our Brooklyn studio. I knew I missed him, but I didn't realize just how much until I saw him playing again, singing again, teaching again. I feel so fortunate to have a teacher who I feel really understands me. He knows just the right thing to say to get me to understand a movement and make it happen. Plus, most importantly, he knows exactly how to give me confidence in myself by showing how… Continue

I started capoeira in September of this year. It had already been a long year of illness, disappointments, and unemployment. I hadn't been to the gym in months partly because I didn't feel well and partly because of dreading those boring cardio machines in the over-heated, over-hyped, unfriendly Crunch. I finally decided that I would quit that mess and try fun things that would get (and keep) me active. I wanted something fun, a workout without me realizing it.

Capoeira had caught my at… Continue