Comments on: Jogo de Dentre, Jogo de Fora – the Beauty of an Angola Game http://angoleiro.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/jogo-de-dentre-jogo-de-fora-the-beauty-of-an-angola-game/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:07:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: angoleiro http://angoleiro.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/jogo-de-dentre-jogo-de-fora-the-beauty-of-an-angola-game/#comment-83 angoleiro Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:19:48 +0000 http://angoleiro.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-83 Hoi Shayna, you´re back again. Welcome! :) I must agree with you. The variation does not only come in the "forms of the play", but also in its speed, it's potential to be dangerous and so on. And most of it comes down to one thing: you have time to express yourself in the Roda (compared to the couple of seconds you have in some modern Capoeira Rodas) and space for doing it (in a Roda of modern Capoeira I will usually try not to make a slow and nice Rabo de Arraia, because I cannot expect that the other person reacts sensible). Hoi Shayna, you´re back again. Welcome! :) I must agree with you. The variation does not only come in the “forms of the play”, but also in its speed, it’s potential to be dangerous and so on. And most of it comes down to one thing: you have time to express yourself in the Roda (compared to the couple of seconds you have in some modern Capoeira Rodas) and space for doing it (in a Roda of modern Capoeira I will usually try not to make a slow and nice Rabo de Arraia, because I cannot expect that the other person reacts sensible).

]]> By: Shayna http://angoleiro.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/jogo-de-dentre-jogo-de-fora-the-beauty-of-an-angola-game/#comment-81 Shayna Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:34:44 +0000 http://angoleiro.wordpress.com/?p=27#comment-81 That is a GREAT observation. I often say the same thing about speed in capoeira angola when people describe it as the "slow" style - whereas the real difference is more that capoeira angola is played at a huge variety of speeds (slow game, fast game, a sudden slow movement within a fast game, a sudden fast movement within a slow game, and everything in between... pauses, theatrical moments, crazy lightning-fast moments, etc.) whereas capoeira regional/contemporânea tends to be played at a more uniform speed throughout the game. The variety is one of the things I love about capoeira angola. There's a time to do a low, smooth aú de cabeça where your feet just barely leave the floor. There's a time to do a flying back handspring to launch yourself across the roda in an attack. There's a time for a friendly rabo-de-arraia, and for a vicious martelo (and vice-versa). And there is plenty of room for expression - which leads me right to your next post! That is a GREAT observation. I often say the same thing about speed in capoeira angola when people describe it as the “slow” style – whereas the real difference is more that capoeira angola is played at a huge variety of speeds (slow game, fast game, a sudden slow movement within a fast game, a sudden fast movement within a slow game, and everything in between… pauses, theatrical moments, crazy lightning-fast moments, etc.) whereas capoeira regional/contemporânea tends to be played at a more uniform speed throughout the game.

The variety is one of the things I love about capoeira angola. There’s a time to do a low, smooth aú de cabeça where your feet just barely leave the floor. There’s a time to do a flying back handspring to launch yourself across the roda in an attack. There’s a time for a friendly rabo-de-arraia, and for a vicious martelo (and vice-versa). And there is plenty of room for expression – which leads me right to your next post!

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