Roda Etiquette

[@danielpereira1078]

roda hora do show

[@shigehirotsuzuki4895]

I love Capoeira I'm practicing for 2 months day by day I become fit my agility and flexibility improves.thanks for tips

[@CAPOEIRAwithBOTO]

Thank you for sharing and i am glad my videos help out there. Keep it up!

[@ripeavocado1818]

Such a nice video! I've been learning capoeira for 3 months now and your advices reming me the ones of my professor! You're doing a great job with your videos, keep it up!

[@CAPOEIRAwithBOTO]

Roza K. thank you, I am glad my work helps. Enjoy your Capoeira journey and stay tuned for more!

[@floordust83]

Great tips!

[@CAPOEIRAwithBOTO]

floordust thank you.

[@charlessmith263]

I had played capoeira before, so I do know these common rules. 1. Basically, the first capoeiristas would do the cocorinha on the R side of the music players, and hold from doing play for the first song done by the people in the "pe' de roda" - or the foot of the wheel, a lament (ladainha), for most of the song, and then, there is eye contact, usually the first fighters hold hands just before they do their starting floreio - the "au", and after the "au", they can do whatever they want. For capoeira angola rodas, the starting song for a play-fight is usually "Parana-e, Parana-e, Parana..." by the chorus or similar songs. 2. For dangerous moves, one usually does the pull-back from full contact to prevent injury to the opponent. 3. Never cut-in into the game without the mestre's permission, especially if you are a beginner student. 4. In a baptizado (baptism), the student would fight with the mestre, and the mestre ends the play with a "arrastao" (take down) before ending the fight, and then the student would be asked to take off the old "corda" and get a new "corda" at higher rank. This happens in the "troca de cordoes" (change of belts) in a baptizado. 5. Stopping playing the instruments, stopping clapping, or stopping singing too early might be mistaken for the players to end the roda too early, which can be boring and could be passed off as rude. If you want to stop your instrument play, pass the instrument to another who can play immediately (don't drop the instruments too early). Especially when you are playing with the berimbau. The music leader or mestre will usually decide when to stop the instrument playing completely.