I heard a little about Capoeira while at lunch today. What exactly is it? I know its a Brazilian martial art, but not much else.
Is it mostly a performing art? No offense to any of you capoeira practitioners. I am just curious. Thanks. 
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Capoeira Article Confirmedā¦ and Questionsā¦
Today we had an Editorsā meeting. For those who did not read my last post on the subject, I am the Arts and Media Editor of a local newspaper in Washington and I have decided to pursue an article on Capoeira.
Anyways, I am wondering if anyone knows any credible informational sites/pages on Capoeira.
Also, I am still wondering if anyone who has experience in Capoeira would like to have any of their pictures in action to be used in the article (you will get credit etc. etc. i will scan the page for you to see when it comes out etc. etc.)
Timely answers would be appreciated. My deadline for a skeleton draft is this Friday.
Thanks 
Go to my site, located in the link below my sig, go to the portal and check out the Capoiera Link which leads to the Capoirea page listed there, itās the only one I have but it is pretty good info.
Lotās of pics and listings of schools in the US and internationally.
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Kung Lek
fantastic site:
http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h96b/h9650297/capoeira.html
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Hey Kwokfist,
No info to add. I just wanted to congratulate you. This is going to be great.
Stuart B.
Good deal! I am sure you will produce a great article.
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Anyone have an Au Batido picture or some other Capoeira acrobatic-movement?
same as above o_O.
I am planning to meet with a capoeira stylist this week, but i am still wondering if anyone here would be willing to contribute a picture of themselves performing an au batido, 540, sweep or outer crescent or something of the like that has even the faintest hint of capoeira.
you will get credit.
Not my page, but you might try asking this guy:
I would do it for you, but I dont have web cam capability. There are diagrams and animations here though:
http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h96b/h9650297/cap-basics.html
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Capoeira (but this time it has a twist)
Hello hello!
It is once again official booty shakin time at my school(this means the dance concert/recital is coming up). My dance teacher has asked me to come up with a different type of dance than the ones that most other performers are doing(hip hop, Britney Spears etc.) Now, I figured Iād put my experience in KF to work for me and try to teach myself capoeira from the oh so wonderful movie, āOnly the Strongā. Before I go outside and tear something, though, I would like to ask anyone here who has had experience with this art, how difficult it is to teach oneself( I would like to truly learn and not just for the concert). As much as I would like to sign up at an official school, Iām afriad Iām a bit poor and busy. Soā¦ anyone have an idea as to how difficult this might be?
-Z
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Ask Tvebak. He hangs out a lot on the OTHER ARTS forum.
I donāt get mad.
I get stabby.
Learning Cap by yourself
Honestly Zen my bro did Cap for a while and he said it was hard to learn, keeping in mind he is already a good breakdancerā¦
His Maestre said you have to PRACTICE one or two moves for the whole class. And the people who dont get it just dont get it!
If you can breakdance a lil you will be able to do it, but if you have no previous experienceā¦there is no way you will be able to learn itā¦
Kung fu wont help you on this one , you need A lot more coordination for this one.
But hey I might be wrong you may breakdance or take it up pretty easily so try it out! But my advice would be, I hope you have a lot of time for practice.
You can teach yourself a few moves Iām sure. But youāre never really going to experience the flavour, the music and the game of Capoeira unless you have a teacher and a group.
Thereās a lot more to it than dancing and doing flashy moves.
I think a teacher would help in this one, capoeria is so different from any other MA out there. Since your funds are limited you said you couldnāt go to a school but at least get a better tape you canāt get it from āOnly the Strongā
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Capoera?
HAve any of you people fought a capoera person? I was watching some perform and I really want a chance to spar one. It was cool and fun to watch but they looked really open and it seemed to me that if you practice not actually conecting with your kicks so much it will be hard to hit when you need to. Any experiences?
As I understand it, some schools are flashy and performance oriented while others produce streamlined effective fighters. (just like kung fu 
). There is more than one style of capoeira, so it would not be fair to judge them all based on one personās approach. I suggest if you have any questions about the diversity of capoeira and what is out there, post on the āOther Artsā board ATT: TVEBAK. He is familiar with more than one style of capoeira.
I donāt get mad.
I get stabby.
I personally have never fought someone else useing capoeira but I have sparred useing it myself. Itās not that bad. It is a lot like drunken boxing, not in a technique sense but in theory they are quite simillar. they both rely on unpredictable movments. So when fighting someone who use capoeira stay on your toes.
And yes there is more than one stle of capoeira, though I couldnāt tell you thier names.
P.S.
Itās a hellāuva goodtime using it though.
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Lei
not all capoeira is that way. Iāve heard of a style of capoeira that relies on a lot of in fighting and develops proficieny fighting in confined areas. Iāll try to find the name of the style.
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