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I resonate with everything you write here. The decentralized nature and ebb and flow of in and out of groups is true and an interesting parallel. I’ve only really trained in one school- so hasn’t been my personal experience yet- but I’m open to it if I find another mestre.

About the money thing- so true . It’s also a Brazilian thing I believe. As an American, I’ve only tried to be generous with my mestre and others when possible.

A lot of mestres live around the world and are sending money to BR regularly. I agree that doing it with bitcoin is more malandro and even kinda manjinguero, as they are exploiting with courage and necessity their cyber (street) know how to make their way in a world that’s so often stacked against them.

Like saylor talks about cyberspace being the next frontier, the symbolism of capoeiristas using bitcoin seems like something potent. Can’t quite put my finger on it.
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satsminded 2y ago

And to your point about professed individualism actually seeming collectivist from the inside, it’s true . Humans need group cultures.

Maybe what I meant was a strong and clear hierarchy in capoeira groups, their social events, and of course rodas.

But come to think of it, I’ve been to enough btc conferences to notice the same haha

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Moon 2y ago

I’ve been rereading Nestor Capoeira’s books he calls out Authoritarian Capoeiristas as “schumcks” and “motherfuckers” - it’s great 😂

The way I go about it - just like authoritarian bitcoiners - when I can avoid such people, I do, but fortunately / unfortunately capoeira also teaches us that such people are an inescapable part of life.

“Capoeira is everything the mouth eats…”