What up capoeiristas! Inst. Caxixi here! Like I always say, everyone has a spot in this podcast, doesn’t matter your level, where you come from, doesn’t matter what is your group or even if you don’t do capoeira, that’s valid too, all I want to do is help OUR capoeira community. So today I have the pleasure to have one of my hommies from LA! I met this guy my very first time I went to LA in 2013, we have been following each other journey since then and I am very excited to go back to see you and play some capoeira with you again and do your class, today I want to introduce you to Inst. Quebrado from Capoeira Brasil LA!..
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Before we start, what are your social medias or how people can find you?
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[00:05:50] Caxixi: Speaking about social media, dude I see that you are killing it on social media man!!… Tell us what are you tricks man! how do you make so much noise in social media?
Quebrado: I think with social media it’s really tricky my point I have no idea what I’m doing, is working sometimes it doesn’t work sometimes it does work really good you gotta know what they want they are waiting for something that they wanna see, they are waiting for that cool trick, or they are waiting for that moment in the roda and then hashtags help a lot, #Capoeira #CapoeiraBrasil #Rio #SaoPaulo #Brazil #berimbau #Africa #axe is like different hastangs a lot of people that I know, sometimes I do it go a research #Capoeira and go over 100 post and see who is doing what and like people’s hashtag with #Capoeira.
[00:08:11] Caxixi: so, lets jump back on time for a sec here, and tell me a little bit of your story man, how did you get into capoeira?
Quebrado: in 2006 I moved to America to California from Lebanon, from an Armenian family, Armenian descents, no capoeira, we only had people in breakdancing and hip-hop, I was always active I was like 8 years old and I had my own hip-hop class and it was like no space like underneath in a building that wasn’t built yet I had like 3 students like couple years younger than me they paid me with like a chocolate or half a dollar you know with coins stuff that I never took a class before I just liked the movement I kind of follow and followed this guy he was a really good hip-hop dancer back in Lebanon, he’s still kind of famous right now he is a dancer big choreographer so I kind of started hip-hop with him and we started breakdancing as a whole group of good friends like 6 or 7 of us so we go together we train together and I was kind of dedicated you know I wanted to be good at it, I was a little more chubbier and I just wanted to do something and stick with it and a month or two later they were all gone nobody stayed there and then was me and the teacher this is amazing is like private right now, the I started to getting better breakdancing, and then I started b-boying more and more, 2004, 2005, and then at 2006 moved to California actually I’ve seen capoeira once in Lebanon, in the dance school there were couple morocco guys, from morocco, and they just showed up and I think there were dancers that they’ve done capoeira before then, I remember them so well and they just came in the were b-boy and by that time they came together, and then they were “oh Brazilian moves” and then that was it, it was just a small memory.
[00:12:10] Caxixi: Why Quebrado?
Because of breakdancing, so the first few months I mean I was tough with myself I was going through a lot I didn’t know how to communicate with other people I was very shy I kind of only talked to Pavao a Chegado at the beginning I was very timid and after class I always wait to everybody to leave then I used to breakdance and I used to train and they looked at me and then “oh the breaker” and the breaker translate to broken and got translated to Quebrado.
[00:16:14] Caxixi: where have you travel?
Quebrado: this past year as did go to Bali, to capoeira me leva with Mestre Pedro, also went to Japan to capoeira Batuque events, and then I went to Lebanon, to see family and did capoeira as well, this was last year, and the following year Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mexico, I don’t even consider Mexico because Mexico is right here.
I like to travel, I like to travel, if capoeira can be part of the travel it’s even more amazing and for capoeiristas I think traveling is really really important, and no matter what level you are no matter if you are invited as a guest or you are student or your friend is having and event, traveling helped me a lot to grow.
[00:35:55] Caxixi: any event coming up for you? Local at your class?
Yes! Local events yes, so in December I hosted Mestre Itabora it was amazing, so that event with Mestre Itabora getting to know him personally more and share his energy, share his story, I couldn’t even, how you say it? is priceless, spend time with anybody as a person with that much energy that much love for the art that much he does for the community I was very privileged for him even to be in my place in my house a share a few hours with us and I’m very thankful for him and I would love to keep going, I’m very thankful with the community, because their supporting.
In March 16, is Saturday I’m hosting a workshop with Instra. Foquina and Instra. Borracha they both capoeira brasil green cords and green cords are dope!
[00:39:54] Caxixi: Mestre Boneco events is coming up when?
last week of September is the 28th 29th, 29th is the batizado but our event usually starts on Tuesday nights, last year was amazing, amazing diversity.
[00:41:50] Caxixi: What advice do you have for beginners?
I mean capoeira has change my life, and still is changing my life, at work I still think that I’m in the roda, and right now my mission for beginners is nothing fancy like I said at the beginning of the podcast I don’t them to do crazy floreios and helicopters and flips, I just want them to enjoy capoeira which it mean capoeira just coming to class ginga, kick and Esquiva and them to do that for long time if they do stick with it for long time and become consistent their life is gonna change when committing to something.
[00:45:11] Caxixi: you mentioned couple of time, fir the last question, during the whole conversation you mentioned couples of time that capoeira has change your life what do you think or where did you change?
change in life is how I think how I feel you know I mean places that I’ve been people that I’ve met, someone like you I would never do this podcast if we have never met.
Thank you so much man!