Only The Strongest
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Only The Strongest
The only capoeira podcast formed by natural selection. No idea is safe. Teaching advice, training tips, concepts, instruments, and Brazil news.
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100 എപ്പിസോഡുകൾParabens, Mestre Mago
We'd like to offer some congrats to a great friend and mentor, the newly-minted Mestre, Mago.
Can ChessBots Play Capoeira?
Varal presents an interesting/dumb thought experiment to the other two hosts, who, with minimal ridicule, manage to entertain the idea. Plus an import...
Only The Life Capoeiraest (w/ Kung Fu) - OTS x The Life Capoeira
We're delighted to welcome Kung Fu to the OTS mic today. He joins us from England at an ungodly hour to talk about how he got into capoeira, why he st...
Who Is The Best Capoeirista?
Hint: there's no clear answer. There's not even a clear answer on what the criteria should be.
Instas of some of the people we mentioned:
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God Save Texas
M. Amen's The Freedom Project: https://www.gofundme.com/f/fuxpx-the-freedom-project
Azul fills us in on her recent, reinvigorating trip to a ba...
The Gang Updates Capoeira
We discuss a joooooosee post from the subreddit about how capoeira should update itself. Bonzinho thinks the post misses the point entirely, Varal waf...
We Need Your Wild And Embarrassing Stories
Your wild capoeira stores here.
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Happy New Year
A look back on 2023 and a look ahead to 2024. Did we make good on our past resolutions? What's in store for the coming year?
The Capoeira Holiday Gift Guide
We got weird shirts, unicorn mugs, awkward sayings, and the perfect gift for alienating a teen girl from her dad. Plus our unanimous best and worst ca...
Capoeira Doesn't Believe In Concussions
Prompted by a listener's email, we discuss emergency protocols when someone takes a meia lua to the noggin.
Azul's interview on The Life Capoei...
In Which We Fail To Offer Any Useful Help
Join us as we muddle our way through whether we, as capoeiristas, have an obligation to be political activists. That's right, we're talking about Isra...
Haunted Rodas And Pinatas
A (not so) spooky Halloween episode where we talk about what it takes to make a good Haunted Roda.
Gettin' Mad And Fightin' Dirty
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How can we best prepare ourselves for the violence in capoeira? How do we control our...
Actually, The Caxixi Goes To The Left Of The Salad Fork, M'Lord - The Pros And Cons Of Etiquette
Etiquette in capoeira is like gravity - you can't see it but it rules everything.
Use three berimbaus. Don't cross the instruments when you volt...
Sabia And The Sultan (HTWAR)
Video here https://youtube.com/watch?v=GPqN4xTgJL4&feature=share9
We battle about whether two capoeiristas who are way better than any of us ar...
Chocolate Cake Was My Balrog - Fome's Return To Capoeira After Ten Years Away
Good friend of the podcast Fome joins us to talk about returning to capoeira after a decade away. He tells us that it's hard, it's ridiculous, it smel...
To Batizado Or Not To Batizado
A mailbag episode. We talk about some great emails we got recently, especially one from a listener who's decided not to host batizados anymore. Bonus...
O Floyd, Where Art Thou? - Book Review Of Capoeira And Candomblé
Today we don our mining helmets, switch on our headlamps, and dig through the book Capoeira and Candomblé: Conformity and Resistance through Afro-Braz...
A Man Bun Man - Capoeira Preferences
The big one fifty! Some nice informal capoeira talk to fill out what we think are the best practices for capoeira. What side should your cord go on? W...
Gettin' Schooled, Old And New, Some Opinions For You
Azul has some important revelations about hand strikes in capoeira, which brings us to a nice discussion contrasting old school and new school types o...
Look What You Made Me Do (HTWAR) - Some Mestres Really Are Legendary
Video of Alex and Cobra Mansa Here
How to Watch a Roda. A famous mestre who happens to be very old plays a less-famous Insta star who happens to...
ChatGPT Has Some Complaints About Capoeira
Bonzinho fed a couple capoeira-related prompts into ChatGPT and got some interesting things back. We go through some "common complaints about capoeira...
Silvinho Makes Azul Look Silly And She Says Hell Yeah
Azul and Bonzinho hosted Mestre Silvinho for a workshop and they fill us in on how it went. And Bonzinho has been doing a lot of flipping and thinking...
Big Gains, Small Flips - Capoeira Dividends
A guide to which acrobatics are worth your time to try and learn. Some moves look great but they take way too much work to achieve. And some moves can...
Keep Your Wrists Healthy And Your Vision Clear
When did you start to find your groove in capoeira? How do you keep your wrists healthy? What are the best ways to develop vision in your game? The in...
You Throw Punches And I'll Do Rolé - Capoeira As Done By Other Martial Artists
Can other martial artists get capoeira to work for them in a self-defense situation? Some youtubers are asking that question, and we're here to answer...
The Best Counters We've Ever Seen (HTWAR)
https://youtu.be/1Vy8-HAeAnc?t=145
How to Watch a Roda! A listener-submitted video proves difficult to diagnose. Who are these people? Is this g...
Live From CO, It's Saturday Night! - Batizado Recap
We quickly recap an event we all attended, recording in between the actual batizado and dinner. Azul's hair was still wet from the shower, Varal had j...
Nickname Trauma w/ Desconfiado (Singing for Survival x OTS)
Desconfiado graciously rejoins us today to talk about a problem he has with nicknames, and also the dark secret around his own nickname. Then we move...
C Is For Chillzado
Azul and Bonzinho are back from a great event and live podcast panel. They recap everything for Varal, who listens with increasing jealousy. Art exhib...
Recycle Your Creativity
We retry some things we didn't do so well before. Some talk of how best to train au, and lots of talk about how to keep your au from getting stale.
Happy New Year
A free association of thoughts and feelings about the new year. Capoeira resolutions, regular resolutions, and a morsel of existential angst.
What We Lose in Portuguese, We Gain in Japanese - OTS x For the Love of Language
The podcast For the Love of Language joins us for a special crossover mashup episode. They school us on how to make learning Portuguese easier, how or...
I Only Accept Perfection And Perfection Does Not Exist
For students, the secret strategies by which your teacher tests your loyalty. For teachers, our top tips to ensure that you never sign up another stud...
Sacred Kicks And Arthritic Aus
We talk starting capoeira when you're past your salad days and how to achieve a few age-appropriate acrobatics. Then we move along to discussing what...
A Banana For Your Banana Tree
Lotta stuff today. Bonzinho creates a handstand protocol for Varal to follow. Azul buys the game and declines to play when injured. Varal learns how t...
Capoeira As Religion - Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Roda
Azul quizzes Bonzinho and Varal about their spiritual beliefs. Do you have to be spiritual to train capoeira? Does training capoeira make you spiritua...
Whistling And With Sticks - The Murky Origins Of Capoeira
Varal's book https://www.amazon.com/Capoeira-Guidebook-Investigations-Philosophy-Afro-Brazilian/dp/1523827386
Varal steps up to the lectern to...