Marco Zero Roda

On the second Sunday of every month Aché Brasil has a roda in downtown Recife at Marco Zero, where the city began. This month we were early, and stopped in at Paço Alfándega to take in the view from the top. Very nice. The tourism industry in Recife likes to compare Recife to Vienna... lots of bridges, I guess.



So here is a picture of Marco Zero, where the roda´s are held. Last month the roda was cut short because a "Mestre" showed up with a chip on his shoulder, and just wanted to fight. The roda degenerated until CM Gordo stopped it. Seems to happen often in street/open rodas. Lots of guys like to grapple, and it makes for pretty ugly capoeira.



Anyways, this month nothing like that happened, and we had a great roda. Here´s a picture of Prof. Pitbull airborn,