Who here knows Capoeira?

330DTM · 11-07-2002, 03:59 PM

Just wondering, but do any of you guys/gals know Capoeira? It's a Brazilian martial arts which break dance derived from. Anyone knows how to play it?

I'm in the process of learning it

Jon@Bimmersport · 11-07-2002, 04:17 PM

what is it? break dancing?

330DTM · 11-07-2002, 08:34 PM

It's martial arts which is like a dance. IT was used way back long ago in Brazil where the slaves disguised their fighting technique as as dance.
One character common in video games is Eddie Gordo from Tekkin.

Look up kazaa and type in Capoeira and watch the vids, it's sick stuff

1BADBMW · 11-07-2002, 10:51 PM

ya, ya , i know Capoeira. it is the best thing ever, i have a friend that does it he has the one strip white one strip yellow belt and he teaches me. man it's hard. i remember for him to get his upper level belt he had to fight the master, man, he got his ass kicked

, it is really fun, it is like Karate, gymnastic, Break dancing, everything mixed, good stuff.

Slaves used to do it at night when they had free time with music[brazilian] and then when he master would see them he would go :'oh, they are dancing again', but they were keeping in shape and eing ready to kick ass.