The Place: In Itacaré (Bahia) watched some brilliant capoeira of the group ´Tribo´ run by Mestre Jamaica. Played in 4 of the rodas. (Which they have almost every second night). Trained daily on the beach with Mestre Jamaica which was a great experience, doing the movements facing the trees, seeing palm trees instead of walls, and ending the classes by practicing back somersaults into the soft sand.
The Rodas: Was first intimidating to play against these guys. As the pics show the brazilian capoeristas start from a really young age, in fact they even encouraged a baby of one and a half to play in the roda! In Itacaré alone ( a one street town) there are at least three capoeira schools. As a result the older guys are ripped and really good, jumping into spinning kicks (parafuso´s, fulhasecos (excuse spelling), and au sem mãos (cartwheels without hands)). But their style is not as aggressive as the Rio groups which means more time for showing off and less fear of being struck down, so playing was great fun! Saying that tho I did get a meialua to the chest playing one guy whose capoeira nickname means bullet.
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