Capoeira Quotes

 

 

The true angoleiro does not do Capoeira, he lives Capoeira. So don’t be in a hurry.

-- Mestre Bola Sete

 

Na roda de capoeira, [In the capoeira roda]
Grande e pequeno sou eu. [Both great and small am I]
-- Mestre Pastinha

 

The flame of this beautiful art is now in your hands. You can dampen it, you can burn yourself or your brothers and sisters, or, afraid of its heat, you can let go of it. I hope that you take good care of your Capoeira and kindle this fire alive and powerful, enlightening your life.
-- Mestre Accordeon

 

Valente nao existe [The fearless don't exist]
-- Old Capoeira saying

Quem aguenta tempestade e rochedo. [Only cliffs face the tempest]
-- Mestre Bimba

 

Modern Capoeira is similar to a young and beautiful woman that naturally rivets whoever sees her, although she is completely empty in her essence. Whereas the traditional Capoeira of the past was more similar to a simple woman of the people, who does not stand out at first sight, but however possesses a truer beauty, interior, that only the people with a more acute sensitivity could immediately perceive.

-- Mestre Bola Sete

 

Capoeira e para homen, menino e mulher, so nao aprende quem nao quiser.
[Capoeira is for men, women and children; the only ones who don't learn it are those are those who don't wish to.]
-- Mestre Pastinha

 

A venerable capoeira once said to me: "I wished to be a dancer and I could not be. Today I dance in capoeira. I wanted to be a fighter, so I fight in capoeira. Because I want to be an artist and express myself, have self-esteem, and be a real human being, I am a capoeirista."
For us capoeiristas, the jogo do capoeira transcends each occasion of its actual performance and translates to every moment in the life. Capoeira is not a costume to be worn and taken off according to the situation or tournament. It is our own skin. We carry it all the time. We are cats, rats and monkeys, ferocious and gentle beasts in cavalcade through the many rodas of life. we are clowns, masters and slaves of the art who regain the freedom of ourselves only when cooked in the cauldron of Medea which is the jogo in the roda.
-- Mestre Accordeon

 

The game of Capoeira Angola is similar to the game of chess, where the rasteira and/or the cabeçada are the check-mate of the angoleiro.

-- Mestre Bola Sete

 

Fruit only comes with time.
-- Mestre Bimba

 

Capoeira is everything the mouth eats.
-- Mestre Pastinha