Comments on: Videos: Capoeira Games with a Twist http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/ (noun, feminine): capoeira player who is skilled, experienced, intelligent, powerful, dangerous, and not to be underestimated Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dende http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-1811 Sat, 16 Oct 2010 15:37:40 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-1811 Miudinho might seem choreographed b/c when you play it, you’re supposed to start with one of the Miudinho sequences and then when the sequence is over, you go into your game. Either the players decide which sequence they’re going to do or the mestre/whoever is leading the roda will tell them.
I also think it’s different than jogo de dentro. At least when I’ve played Jogo de Dentro or been at a Jogo de Dentro roda, it’s been more Angola and the roda gets smaller and smaller as the game continues. It even gets to a point where everyone extends their arms to give the capoeiristas a ceiling.
I haven’t been training for too long but this is what I’ve experienced and learned.

]]> By: Joaninha http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-1503 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:47:40 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-1503 Hey pbatigne,

I’m glad to hear that, and hope you enjoyed seeing the videos. :) Thanks for commenting, by the way! About jogo de dentro and miudinho, that’s exactly the same question I had, but unfortunately still haven’t come across any answers to it. It could be that jogo de dentro is more a style of playing that applies across several types of games, while miudinho itself is a specific game created by Mestre Suassuna (as in, perhaps miudinho is a game that goes under jogos de dentro)?? Just a wild guess on my part!

I think Amazonas is my favourite video up there; I’ve never seen it in real life before! The closest was when I was at a batizado in Lyon and while I was in the intermediate workshop, I heard afterwards that a mestre had made all the advanced capoeiristas act out animals, but without showing any examples first! =O However, if you ever get a chance, I’d definitely reccommend trying to strike up a jogo de dinheiro roda in your class, or asking your teacher to—it is SO much fun, even just to watch, let alone play.

That’s a really interesting way to look at it…I don’t know if they would or wouldn’t agree that it’s an outright attempt to “be more angola”, but I think there might definitely be something to the idea that this could be a way to reinfuse capoeira with the creativity and structure-disrupting aspects that may have been lost in the development of capoeira from angola to regional.

]]> By: pbatigne http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-1482 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:02:02 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-1482 This post really opened my eyes to new aspects to the world of capoeira. I’m a little disheartened that most groups, atleast to the ones I’ve been to, don’t really practice them. I found the Amazonas video to be the most interesting, it kind of looks like a Regional-Angola game. Also, is there any difference between Jogo de Dentro and Miudinho if they are both close and tight games, wouldn’t they be about the same thing?

You know, now that I think of it, I feel like these games or styles or whatever they are called, are created by Regional players to be or play like Angola. They all have low movements, odd gingas, and Angolaish movements. Or maybe that’s me and my lack of seeing a lot of true angola.

]]> By: Joaninha http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-968 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:39:31 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-968 Hey Cenoura!

I’m sorry it took sooooo long to reply to this. Based on what Mestre Suassuna said though, I would say no. Also, I’ve never heard of any type of capoeira being choreographed before…one could almost say that then it wouldn’t be capoeira! Miudinho seems to be just a variation of aiming for a really tight, closed game, so my guess would be the event was just teaching the movements for it. (That’s just my guess though!)

]]> By: Cenoura http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-938 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:31:22 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-938 Does anyone here know if Miudinho is played choreographed? That was the experience that some people in my group had at an event they went to, but I’m not sure if this was just a way of teaching the game-like doing partner sequences-or the way it’s always played? Has anyone done that game?

]]> By: Joaninha http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-936 Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:29:14 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-936 Salve, Morna!! Thank you, I’m glad you liked it! :D I hope you’re doing well too ^^”

]]> By: Morna Gbc http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-933 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:54:54 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-933 Salve,Joaninha..you are doing such a great job..I really loved this article..muito obrigada,amiga..Have a wondeful weekend..hugs.

]]> By: Joaninha http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-926 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:00:02 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-926 Hahaha Coxinha…ditto Xixarro, jogo de cerveza, now that would be interesting to see!

Heyyyy Mariposa! =) Como estas??

]]> By: xixarro http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-925 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:11:39 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-925 Jogo de cerveja –> LOL!! :mrgreen:

]]> By: Mariposa http://mandingueira.com/2008/04/14/videos-capoeira-games-with-a-twist/#comment-924 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:24:56 +0000 http://mandingueira.wordpress.com/?p=188#comment-924 Awsome!!!!

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