Mestre Joao Grande and Moraes 1990

[tidada]

The same day there was a demonstration of ladja from Martinique with "ti-raoul" and his group! So,do you have the part of this recording?

I saw it already at New York in Caribeen Culture Center! Most of biggest Researchers were present like Dan Dawson,a mestre Grande's friend. He knows very much about Ladja and capoeira.

[Mbira0racle]

schweeeet!!!obrigado

[dadigy]

2 legends...

[beetleist]

bit off topic but arent the playing the toque called miudinho that M. Suassuna popularized?

[pekenhoca]

wrong, it's jogo de dentro com maracaçao

[beetleist]

ah aright then, thanks for the correction!!

[larryboulder]

For those of you who would like to buy one of Mestre Joao Grande's VCDs, help him earn a living and support his family, we are working to add a store to the Mestre's website. Meanwhile this material is protected by copyright!

[bumblefreak]

Does the videos come in DVD or MPEG4 format? Even .avi would be preferable. I just don't like the VCD format. It's too low in quality.

[larryboulder]

Unfortunately they're only available as VCDs, the source video, VHS, isn't very high quality. However the quality of the VCDs are much higher than the youtube clip!

[Sovietico]

Great job Struendo2!! Keep on!!!

To hazelday: history destroyed many documents concerning capoeira. I think we should learn the lesson and try to spread information and knowledge on capoeira at most. This will develop people's awareness on what capoeira is and preserve the very essence of the art (thus helping all those old mestres to pay their rents).

If those videos were easily available at a reasonable price, I would buy them (as I did for others).

[hazelday]

These are availabe as VCDs at the price that pays the rent. If you'd like to get one and you're not in the NYC area, I will happily buy one on your behalf and send it to you at cost.

[Sovietico]

That's very nice of you!

I think is valuable material! Is there any website selling them? How much do they cost? We could try...

Unfortunately I live in Italy, so I fear that the shipping cost would be too much for me to pay my rent :-)

[hazelday]

Struendo2, you realize you're posting vidoes where the people in them do sell them, and they help to pay the rent?

[struendo2]

I do not think that posting few samples of this video will affect Joao Grande's economy, (number 3 in the Capoeira Forbes list after Camisa and Suassuna) at all. However the intention is to spread the information about capoeira and to introduce one of the best capoeira players to a wide audience.

[hazelday]

"number 3 in the Capoeira Forbes list"? I guess he gets that rep because he's living in the studio he teaches in, and while in his mid 70s he's traveling constantly to make sure he can pay the bills?

Whoever gave you this impression is sadly mis-informed.

[MadeB]

Yes it's good, thanks! They are obviously performing.