CAPOEIRA

Capoeira (IPA: [ka.puˈej.ɾɐ]) is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial art created by enslaved Africans during the 16th Century. Participants form a roda (circle) and take turns playing instruments, singing, and sparring in pairs in the centre of the circle. The game is marked by fluid acrobatic play, feints, subterfuge, and extensive use of groundwork, as well as sweeps, kicks, and headbutts. Technique and strategy are the key elements to playing a good game. Capoeira has three main styles, known as "regional", "Angola", and the less-well defined "contemporânea".

If you want to learn more interesting things about this amazing sport you can read the whole article in Wikipedia. Just press here

By the way I´m glad to inform you that on 22, 23 and 24th June in Benicasim will take part the 4th "Batizado e Troca de Cordel" of our Capoeira group "Oxes de Ouro". All of you are invited.
If you want more information visit www.oxesdeouro.com

Book review by Javi

BOOK TITLE: Murder Maker
AUTHOR: Margaret Johnson

PUBLISHER / YEAR: Cambridge, 2003

BOOK TYPE: thriller

PAGES: 106


SUMMARY:

After being jilted by her lover, Carla is devastated and intends to seek revenge. She joins a self-help group for people in similar situations and there she meets three women who have been betrayed or abandoned by their husbands. There is the moment when she realizes how she could help them.
Carla decides to rehearse her revenge on these men and starts by buying a ticket to Cuba.
On her first step she would have contact with one of those ex-husbands who are going to pay from everything that they have done to their couples.
Step by step she will manage to find them wherever they live and how their lives have changed, although it will be the end.
Finally she will be able achieve its purpose and its real intention with respect to the true guilty of the entire happened one.

LANGUAGE / STYLE:

As far as the language used by the author we can emphasise that it is British English, furthermore is a little informal for that reason it is easy to understand.
If you realize that the main character belongs to a middleclass position and they are used to talk this way.
During the course of the book the main protagonist visits many places in which a different slang in each is used, it is joint the use to him of specific vocabulary.On the other hand, the author does not use many rhetorical devices, so it would be easy to understand for a advanced student.

OPINION:

The book treats a present subject and it even can get to be funny but it depends much on the reader of the same. In my opinion the author takes the subject towards a personal land and to the being man the end of the book does not seem to me honest. For that reason I invite to you to read it.

Film review by Javi

FILM REVIEW BY JAVIER FERRER

FILM TITLE: ROCKY BALBOA
COUNTRY / YEAR : USA, 12 January 2007
DIRECTOR: Sylvester Stallone
WRITING CREDITS: Sylvester Stallone. Stephen Schiff (screenplay)


CAST: Sylvester Stallone - (Rocky Balboa)Burt Young - (Paulie)Antonio Tarver - (Mason "The Line" Dixon)Geraldine Hughes - (Marie)Milo Ventimiglia - (Rocky Balboa Jr.)

SYNOPSYS :

Rocky Balboa' examines one of America's greatest icons at a vulnerable period in his life--middle age. A former heavyweight boxing champion, known and renown throughout the world for going the distance, Rocky finds a new venture: giving back to his community. This is where he, once more, finds himself at the opposing side of opportunity, not unlike the one he has seen decades ago. Heavyweight champ Mason Dixon and his representation offer Rocky a shot for the title. For Balboa, it'll be one last achievement he'll never forget but with his glory days far behind him can he confront the inevitabilities of what's to come. Finally agreeing to Mason Dixon's proposal, Rocky prepares to step in the ring for one last time.OPINION:

Like the best sports movies, its plot centres on the discovery of what is really important. This, the aging Rocky has learned in sequel after sequel, and now must share with others in his life, including the new champ. It’s a feel-good movie, one with an inspiring message. Mr. Stallone has definitely gone the distance. From my point of view you can conceive these types of films like something more interesting than people use to doing.


TYPES OF LANGUAGE:

The language used in this film is American English. There isn’t any crude language in the film. The film avoids much objectionable language, but does contain some expletives (ranging from damn and hell to ass).

CONCLUSION:

Normally movies of a Star Muscle, like Sylvester Stallone, if you ask men in their 30s and early 40s they will always defend these movies and most will admit that these films influenced their lives considerably. Younger people and older people just don’t get it. And most women will laugh at you regardless of their age. Sometimes you have to take a hit for something you believe in, and in the case of the 2006 movie, Rocky Balboa you might be surrounded.

Book review by Andrei

Book title: Trumpet Voluntary
Author: Jeremy Harmer
Publisher / Year: Cambridge University Press (1999)
Book type: Thriller, drama.
Pages: 111

Summary:
Derek, who is a viola player from London, realizes that his wife has disappeared. It looks like she had got in contact with an old love when they studied music ten years earlier.
Derek who doesn’t know why Malgosia had left him searches for her. He flew to Rio de Janeiro and with the help of a private detective he finds Tibor and Malgosia together. He is told that Malgosia would be dead because she got in contact with a chemical agent.
Afterwards, Derek has to see Malgosia’s funeral in Poland which makes him go back to Rio to find the reasons of her death. There he arranged a meeting with the criminal Tibor in a restaurant. Tibor told Derek the story about Malgosia’s death. After that, Derek shows a box in which Tibor though the chemical substance is. So Tibor runs away from the restaurant followed by Derek and they start a persecution. At the end, Derek goes back to London with his new wife.

Opinion:
I really enjoyed this book because the story catches you immediately and you can’t stop reading until the end.
This story is about love and hate. There is love and love that becomes hate. Sometimes it is hard to see the divide, but these two things are the moral of the story. Love can be wonderful but it is an easy thing to let love become hate and anger.
I also found interesting to read what things love makes you to do. I mean, a woman who is married a man left him because she really loves another man who doesn’t, and he makes her to die. At the same time, the man betrayed looks for her wife desperately and he notices she is dead. A few weeks later he fells in love with another woman like if nothing had happened. The author wants to emphasize those strange attitudes of humans.

Language / Style:
The author uses a formal British language. It is quite easy to understand the whole story because there are very common words and not so difficult structures.