Chapa Baixa
Level: Intermediate | Style: Mixed Style
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A low side kick to the knee.
Move Background
This is a side kick to the lower areas including the thigh, knee, or instep. Impact is usually made with the heel or sole of the foot.
Step by step guide
- As with the pisào, the chapa baixa begins with a forward knee raise.
- However, instead of rising upwards towards the usual kicking targets capoeira (head, chest, stomach), the kick is driven downward towards the other player's lower extremities.
- It incorporates the malacia in capoeira appearing as a high kick but ending in an unpredictable painful kick to the knee or thigh.
Variations on Chapa
Chapa
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Intermediate
Sub Type : Chapa
Gancho
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Intermediate
Sub Type : Chapa
Pisào
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Intermediate
Sub Type : Chapa
Gancho Giratoria
Style: Contemporânea
Level: Advanced
Sub Type : Chapa
Chapa de Costas
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Beginner
Sub Type : Chapa
Chapa Giratoria
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Intermediate
Sub Type : Chapa
Chapa de Frente
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Intermediate
Sub Type : Chapa
Other kicks
Queixada
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Beginner
Sub Type : Queixada
Bênção
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Beginner
Sub Type : Bencao
Chibata
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Intermediate
Sub Type : Chibata
S-Dobrado
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Advanced
Sub Type : Au
Escorpião
Style: Contemporânea
Level: Intermediate
Sub Type : Escorpiao
Armada Dupla
Style: Mixed Style
Level: Advanced
Sub Type : Armada