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The Life Capoeira

The Life Capoeira

By: Kung Fu
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A capoeira podcast from the UK, featuring interviews with capoeiristas from around the world, sharing their experiences, thoughts and philosophies from their life in capoeira, hosted by Kung Fu.

David “Kung Fu” Wood 2023
Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 43. Mestre Poncianinho
    Aug 5 2025

    Mestre Poncianinho talks about his beginnings in capoeira; how it led him to the UK and why he stayed; his book, stage and screen projects and much more.

    You can follow him on Instagram and YouTube:

    https://www.instagram.com/poncianinho

    https://youtube.com/@mestreponcianinho

    Mojuba Capoeira

    https://www.instagram.com/mojubacapoeira

    https://www.mojuba.co.uk/

    Screen projects:

    Vida Longa (director’s cut) https://youtu.be/lzBhDqyOw34?si=h8nzYD7t64dO5b-c

    Memorias https://youtu.be/d7O5dbawO3E?si=AcItziTRdGKT8URG

    Spirit and Bone https://www.instagram.com/spiritandbone_shortfilm

    If you would like to help support The Life Capoeira, then please share it on your socials, subscribe on whatever playform your own, and if you can, you can donate here.

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    47 mins
  • 42. Ana Paz
    Jun 24 2025

    Ana Paz talks about the beginnings of her capoeira journey; how it led her to Sweden and a masters thesis there; her podcast Un.Spoken and much more.

    All the links to Un.spoken podcast are here: https://linktr.ee/un.spokenpod

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    28 mins
  • 41. Alex (aka mayuxi)
    Mar 7 2025

    Alex (aka mayuxi) talks about his life in capoeira starting in China; helping to pioneer its spread in China; to moving to Thailand and his current practice and setting up the capoeira wiki project.

    Check out, and join in, the capoeira wiki project here https://capoeirawiki.org/wiki/Main_Page

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    41 mins
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