Quintal Brazil 2011 Newsletter View more documents from Lee-Sean Huang

I went to morning class for the first time today. The class was taught by Faisão, and it was a great way to start the day. Before class I had a breakfast of pain au chocolat from a bakery in Essex Market. It was pretty good, but still not as good as Ceci Cela, or [...]

I’m finally taking Ari’s advice to heart and writing a capoeira journal. I have tons of notebooks all over the place, but I lose them or get them mixed up with my other notes. I think blogging about it will make it easier for me. Three firsts this week: First time getting elbowed in the [...]

Video of me giving a Pecha Kucha-style talk at a Purpose.com event in March 2011. I weave together a story that combines design philosophy and movement building with anecdotes and metaphors from capoeira, pop culture, and literary history. There was a camera glitch halfway through the talk, so please pardon the jump cut. Music by [...]

New cord, new nickname, new moves, and new tunes. All in all an awesome Capoeira Angola Quintal festival week. The video above is of me playing for my dark green cord. Thanks to Mei Yen for the video!