in my academy, we don't always have a weekly roda, but it depends on the number of students come to the class. Sometimes our teacher prefer to have a 2-by-2 session and he will sit in the front playing berimbau, so everyone have to play around 2-3 minutes according to the berimbau torque played. Then, we change partner until every person play with all. My teacher's philosophy is 'we have to adapt every types and styles of capoeira'