Have a Plan: Capoeira, Teaching, and the Discipline of One Day
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” This episode is about planning — not as rigidity, but as responsibility. Drawing parallel...
Identity Over Goals: Capoeira, Habits, and Who You Become
This episode opens the second section of the book — a section about habits and self-improvement. At first glance, habits may seem far from capoeira. ...
Passenger or Pilot? Taking Responsibility for Your Own Learning
Are you just along for the ride — or are you actually learning? In this episode, we talk about what it means to move from passive consumption to real...
Malandragem Today: What Capoeira Teaches Us About Health and Survival
Malandragem is often associated with mischief, cunning, and street smarts. In Brazilian culture, it grew out of necessity — a way to survive in a worl...
The Three Pillars of a Good Capoeira
To become a master, you first have to become a good student. In this episode, we explore the idea of good study through the “Three Pillars” described...
Learning, Practicing, Training: The Path to Mastery in Capoeira and Life
Mastery in capoeira is not about titles, cords, diplomas, or recognition. It’s about shaping the body, the mind, and the spirit — and allowing a prac...
Apples and Potatoes: Capoeira, Career, and the Long Game of Life
In this episode, we explore capoeira as a philosophy for life through a simple but powerful metaphor: apples and potatoes. Potatoes give quick result...
Capoeira as a philosophy for life
In this episode, we step back and look at capoeira not as a set of movements, but as a philosophy and a way of life. Capoeira is a young, evolving ar...
50 Lessons on Capoeira, Teaching, and Life. The Introduction.
What this podcast is about, where it comes from, and who it’s for. 50 Lessons is a podcast built around capoeira — not only as a physical practice, b...