Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality.
The berimbau is a traditional Angolan musical bow that is commonly used in Brazil.
Capoeira music is the traditional musical accompaniment used in Afro-Brazilian art capoeira, featuring instruments like berimbau, pandeiro, atabaque, agogô, and reco-reco. The music plays a crucial role in capoeira roda, setting the style the energy of a game.
Capoeira de Angola or simply angola is the traditional style of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art. A newer style, based on the reform of capoeira Angola, is called regional.
The L-kick is a cartwheel technique known under various names in engolo, capoeira, breakdancing and other martial arts and dance forms.
Cabeçada is a frequently used strike in capoeira. According to mestre Pastinha, it is one of the fundamental techniques in traditional capoeira.
The ginga is the fundamental footwork of capoeira. It is a sidestep that can be a prance or a shuffle and it sets the rhythm of the game. The ginga embodies the extraordinary cunning of capoeira, which is its fundamental characteristic.
Batuque (drumming) was a general term for various Afro-Brazilian practices in the 19th century, including music, dance, fighting game and religion.
N'golo is a traditional Bantu martial art and game from Angola, that combines elements of combat and dance, performed in a circle accompanied by music and singing. It is known as the forerunner of capoeira.
A meia-lua de compasso is a technique found in the martial arts of engolo and capoeira, that combines an evasive maneuver with a reverse roundhouse kick.
The history of capoeira explores the origins and development of capoeira, the Brazilian martial art, that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music.
Knocking and kicking is a little-known traditional African-American dance-like martial art, arguably practiced clandestinely in parts of the Southern US and on the Sea Islands.
The Danmyé or Ladja is a martial art from Martinique that is similar to Brazilian capoeira and to other arts in various Caribbean islands.
Capoeira carioca was a street fighting version of capoeira that existed in Rio de Janeiro during the 19th century. In capoeira carioca, all available means were used, including various types of weapons, such as knives, straight razors, clubs and machetes. Capoeira from this period is also known as capoeiragem.
Chapa de frente or bênção (blessing) is a front push kick with the sole of the foot.
Rasteira is a foot sweep technique in capoeira. It is one of the fundamental techniques in traditional capoeira. Mastering the rasteira takedown technique is a hallmark of an exceptional capoeiristas.
Chapa de costas is a back push kick in capoeira, and one of the few principal capoeira's kicks. It is also basic kick in African martial art engolo, the forerunner of capoeira.
Danca da guerra is a short movie from 1972, by Jair Moura.
Aú is the capoeira term for a cartwheel. The purpose of the "aú" in capoeira includes mobility, offense and evasion. The aú has similarity to handstand in capoeira (bananeira), but it differs because the body rotates laterally with an energetic impulse.
