RE: capoeira

Jon Jung (jjung@mail.summer.hawaii.edu)
Mon, 15 Sep 1997 11:10:09 -1000


Whoa, don't get me wrong....I can fully realize and understand that capoeira
can be dangerous. Similiar to tai-chi, both look very harmless (tai chi is
associated with old Chinese men doing trance meditational exercises in the park
at your local Chinatown) but add a little speed in there and both can be
dangerous...

Even aikido, which is primarily defensive, can be very painful for the person
who it is being practiced against. I should know, I'm one of my friend's (who
knows aikido, taekwondo, jiujitsu) sparring partners.

--Jon
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Not dangerous?
Jon, more people have been sharing your opinon (especially the portuguese
slave drivers) until they were lying on the floor with a berimbau string
around their neck...
It was used by slaves and masked as a dance to mislead their oppressors as
they were forbidden to train martial arts. Nowadays however it seems to be
just a dance.

On another tip. I met a guy in Sao Paulo who was making jazzy jungle and
liked acid-jazz too. He told me that he was influenced and loved the music
of Mr. Bungle (freaky side project of Faith No More) which is an all-time
favourite of mine too. Any other fans of Bungle music here?
W.A.S.P?!? You aint seen nothing if you haven't watched a show by the
'Freaky Fukin'Weirdoz' from Germany :)

paz por tudo,

Jeroen