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What Is The Capoeira Batizado Ceremony?

As Capoeira continues to spread around the globe, more and more people grow curious and become interested in the art. Schools sprout in local cities to teach Capoeira both in its traditional and cont...

Can Capoeira Improve Your Sex Life?

Capoeira is a martial art form from Brazil and a combination of acrobatics, dance, music, and self-defense. Not just martial art moves but exercising right can lead to endless sexual stamina....

Capoeira And Movies

As Capoeira continues to capture the interested hearts of people around the world, we hear and see more and more of it every day. Big thanks to modern media, we get to learn about the beloved art even...

Samba De Roda

Samba de roda is regarded as the mother of modern samba dance. It is a popular festive event that combines music, dance and poetry. The rhythm comes from the traditional samba de roda of Bahia, and pe...

Agogo-The Playful Partner Of Capoeira

This crucial element of capoeira has been perfected by using traditional African instruments which have subsequently been mastered over the centuries. Agogo is such an instrument, which initially orig...

Pandeiro

Music and dance is an integral part of Brazil and deeply embedded in its soul and culture.The pandeiro is used in many types of Brazilian art' including the capoeira and the samba....

Music Is The Heart Of Capoeira

Understanding the meaning of the songs in Capoeira is a perfect way to grasp and understand about the early history and life of the people of Brazil...

18 Yoga Moves That Help Your Capoeira

Combining the powers of the famous Brazilian martial art and traditional Yoga is an innovative way to add to the zest of capoeira these days....

The Impacts Of Capoeira In Society

Bringing people closer together and the efforts that many capoeira communities work on to bring about awareness to important causes....

Capoeira: A Wise Investment?

Modern day Capoeira has become a rich form of art. With thrusting kicks, rotational movements and fancy footwork it has become an awesome and breathtaking performance to behold. ...

Mestre Pastinha The Capoeira Artista

Mestre Pastinha left a heritage that served as the concrete basis for the Capoeira Angola that we know today. A Legend who inspire thousands to see beauty and culture of capoeira the...

Mestre Bimba: The Father Of Capoeira Regional

The history of bimba the unstoppable mestre and father of modern Capoeira. He not only gave us the capoeira we love today but set a legacy that will live for many generations to come ...

Capoeira And The Roda Maravilhosa

There is an interesting connection between a roda and the world. According to the verses of the ladainhas, to enter the roda is like 'going around the world'...

A Biography Of Lateef Crowder

As the art of Capoeira continues to invade the film industry, more and more people get to recognize the method and the practitioners alike. As we get to see more and more of Capoeira on TV, we learn t...

10 Health Benefits Of Capoeira

Are you in search for the perfect workout? How about an activity that combines martial arts, music, aerobatics and dance? This is Capoeira and this might be the perfect workout for you....

Capoeira Roda

A typical capoeira game takes place in the interior of a circle of some 5 meter in diameter. It is a circle formed by capoeiristas and capoeira musical instruments, where every participant sings the t...

Capoeira Batizado

A batizado is an initiation ceremony where students can have the chance to showcase their skills alongside advanced students and mestres in the Capoeira roda within their respective group or associati...

Capoeira Angola

By the 16th century, along the outskirt towns of Brazil, sprung a colourful culture from a wild mesh of fighting techniques, acrobatics, music and passion. It seemed like a harmless ritualistic episod...

Atabaque: Beat Of Capoeira

Music plays a vital role in the development of capoeira by injecting energy, style and rhythm to the game. Apart from infusing power to the players, it also helps in masking the self-defence technique...

Berimbau - A Soulful Piece Of Musical History

Music is at the very core of capoeira; as it emerged from very very poor and submissive people, mainly treated as outcasts, it was the beat of the berimbau which imbibed in them togetherness, improved...

Capoeira - A Secret History Of A Freedom Struggle.

The art of capoeira began its development centuries ago. The fusion of african and local settlers, during the colonial period acted as a perfect climate for development of this unique art form. The ...

Physical Benefits Of Learning Capoeria

This dynamic and incredibly enjoyable style of fighting bears many similarities to dancing and can significantly improve your mental and physical health if practised on a regular basis...

Capoeira & Yoga

The fusion of capoeira and yoga incorporates physical and spiritual components that are very much aligned. The binding of these two culturally rich disciplines brings a new dimension to this old pract...

15 Basic Capoeira Terms

If you are here, then it is most probably because you are interested to know more about the intangible cultural heritage known as Capoeira. To be more precise - you want to learn more about the basic ...

Capoeira's General Code Of Ethics

it is important for you to know the basic rules and ethics of Capoeira. Even though the rules and ethics may differ in every capoeira group, the basic concepts pretty much remain the same....

How To Learn Capoeira At Home

How To Learn Capoeira At Home with these basic movements. Build, Fitness, Confidence, Self Defense, Endurance, Strength, Mobility and Flexibility....