Quality footage of capoeira pre-YouTube can be hard to come by. Here’s a German clip that just popped up on the aforementioned site that shows Mestre João Grande, Mestre Pequeno, and Mestre Boneco in Salvador in 1989. If you do not speak German (like me), take advantage of YouTube’s subtitle auto-translation for a little more insight!
Any dedicated capoeirista could tell you their personal story about how capoeira has offered them something that nothing else was able to – be it expression, escape, or companionship. However, not everyone can claim to have found the kind of salvation it offers to many boys in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, where a joint effort by UNICEF, the Congolese NGO Concert d’Actions pour Jeunes et Enfants Défavorisés, and the Brazilian Embassy has brought capoeira to…
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