instagram: sambeukeboom

facebook: Sam Beukeboom

Hi,

I made this personal blog for the reason that all people blog: to document, show, express something personal. Also to teach, to get educated and learn about various things. And, ofcourse, to connect with people.

In this blog there are certain themes that are coming back:

Capoeira - my first love, my background and biggest source of education in my life. I started when I was 9 years old. Recently it has sparked my interests in ‘movement’.

Movement - I am new to this greater perspective of movement and following teachings of Ido Portal, Gymnasticbodies, yoga and more to get a better understanding about it.

2017 (and older)

over 13 years of capoeira practice: many workshops and classes from great teachers in London, Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Hamdburg, Bochum, Rouen

workshop Mestre Moraes 'atitude e consciência', Capoeira Angola, Hamburg

several beginner yoga workshops

2018

workshop Animal Locomotion, The Conscious Club, Amsterdam

workshop Weightlifting - form and mobility in the squat, SSCE Eindhoven

Future

workshop Spine Mobility - Neck, Upper back and Lower back, MBA Utrecht

workshop Upper Body Mobility - Shoulders, Elbows and Wrists, MBA Utrecht

capoeira through my eyes

a phenomenon that takes place when two human beings start to interact  while being guided by ancestral music and energy

many things can happen now it is a game of many fields

a jogo

sometimes humorous like a two man cabaret, everything can be expressed  its all done while smiling and flowing

sometimes as serious and profound as the old traditions and rituals being executed

cantadores preacing their hearts out in ladainhas remembering us of good and bad times, moral lessons and wisdom

sometimes intimate when human bodies are sensing and interconnecting

moving elegantly like a choreographed dance although completely improvised

sometimes tensed, intimidative games much like wild cats solving problems on the street

unpredictable like a real fight, yet guided like therapy thus with more respect and less damage

a rythmic exchange in psychological and fysical gestures and broken when a chamada is proposed

mantra like corridos that can be sung for hours conditioned hearts start beating faster

because of the primitive sounds coming from the berimbaus a profound fullfilling practise with many witnesses

and it is never ending

I have had so much ideas and thoughts about different aspects lately. I always wrote them down for later to do something with. Now is the time to clearify those concepts and shape them into designs.  It feels good to be working on this. I am working out things that I’d like to share with other people, how to communicate my ideas and specifying them into frameworks or roadmaps. 

As I never share too much details about the content I will just highlight two of the concepts that I am working on:

Focussing on the contrary: when you’re trying to understand, create or learn something

A chronological order of appreciation model: the self, its body, other bodies; other persons, other living things (build up from relatable to less relatable organisms), ecological systems; the earth

Universal truths do not really exsist. Things can be accepted as such but there is never a universal truth. Each of us has his own unique set of beliefs and truths. But what is truth to a human individual? How do we form our truths?  I think truths are like water, they can transform and evaporate. They can fall on us like raindrops and soak us when it rains. 

The intensity and duration of holding a truth is actually influenced by one thing: experience. Especially the disposal of a truth is most likely to happen when you experience something that opposes your current truths. This is beautiful, because it means that truths are, in a way, equal to the experiences you’ve had in your life. Therefore it can only be influenced by experiences. 

Fear as a healthy source of energy - Avi Grinberg

Lately I read the book ‘Looks Good, Feels Good, Is Good’ and it has given me significant inspiration! It shows creative ways of dealing with topics, such as wellbeing, waste and energy by using social design. 

Our biceps, what are they meant for? At the start of the evolution of us humans we would hunt down animals and then bring them back home. Our biceps were used mainly for carrying (i.e. a prey for a) long distance, therefore, it is only logical that a bicep will blossom in high volume work. (Sommer, Secrets of Gymnastic Strength podcast) 

A day of studying theory with coach Sommer

In the last few months I have slowly developed a keen interest in Buddhism. As I was suffering from the ending of my first romantic-relationship, I became very curious about the pain and suffering and where it came from. It wasn’t my girlfriend who caused it, it wasn’t the unfair world, it wasn’t the devil and the pain, it came from somewhere within me, I realised. 

Extremes of the human body [Ted Lawson]

I am now slowly getting to the end of this book. The chapter I started this morning is called ‘ Tools for Mastery’ and summarizes all tools given throughout the book. I will post the most important tools (IMO) soon.

Mastering the commonplace The commonplace is often taken for granted, but the path of mastery can be walked here too. For example, a relationship is something where many things just are the way they are. They go the way they go and only if there is a perceived conflict or problem, it might get some special attention (or not). But even in the commonplace of your relationship you can still keep on improving, and practising ‘love’. 

Something I want to remember is that in life there is no difference between the commonplace and ‘actual practise’. These are one and your daily practise will affect all other practises on other paths.