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capoeira
Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality.
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Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that blends fighting techniques with dance, acrobatics, music, and spiritual elements into a single practice. It matters as a significant cultural expression that reflects African and Brazilian heritage and remains practiced and valued worldwide today.
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Key facts
- Martial art.aka
- Jogo de angolaJogo de capoeiraCapoeiragem
- Martial art.formation
- Unknown, first mention in 1789
- Martial art.hardness
- Full-contact
- Martial art.image
- 250px
- Martial art.imagecaption
- Capoeira or the Dance of War by Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1825, published in 1835
- Martial art.name
- Capoeira
- Martial art.focus
- Kicks, evasions, takedowns, handstands, acrobatics
- Martial art.parenthood
- Engolo
- Martial art.ancestor arts
- Engolo, batuque, possibly moraingy and savate
- Martial art.descendant arts
- Capoeira carioca
- Martial art.related arts
- MacuelêDanmyéknocking and kickingBreakdancing
- Martial art.meaning
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52 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Contemporary global popularity
- Techniques
- Weapons
- As a game
- Roda
- Batizado
- Chamada
- Volta ao mundo
- Music
- Instruments
- Songs
- Philosophy
- ''Malícia'' (malice)
- Malandragem
- Personal Skills Developed
- ''Body''
- Mind
- Spirituality
- Bantu culture
- Inverted worldview
- ''Mandinga'' (magic)
- Styles
- Capoeira Angola
- Capoeira Regional
- Capoeira carioca
- Capoeira Contemporânea
- Ranks
- Brazilian Capoeira Confederation system
- Children's system (3 to 14 years)
- Adult system (above 15)
- Instructors' system
- ABADÁ - Capoeira system
- Adult Graduation System
- Women in Capoeira
- ''Prior to 1970s''
- Inequality in Capoeira, pre-1970s
- Female Capoeiristas, early-to-mid twentieth century
- Culture Changes post-1970s
- Related activities
- Samba de roda
- Maculelê
- Puxada de rede
- Combat capoeira and MMA
- Notable practitioners
- In popular media
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality.
It includes acrobatic and complex manoeuvres, often involving hands on the ground and inverted kicks. It emphasizes flowing movements rather than fixed stances; the ginga, a rocking step, is usually the focal point of the technique. Though often said to be a martial art disguised as a dance, capoeira also serves as a way to maintain spirituality and culture.
