Capoeira

[elbows_and_knees]

cma typically means chinese martial art. From the context of his post, I'm thinking he means it to be combat martial art. If this is the case, then he's wrong on that one - there is plenty of combat in capoeira.

[Goju_boi]

cma typically means chinese martial art. From the context of his post, I'm thinking he means it to be combat martial art. If this is the case, then he's wrong on that one - there is plenty of combat in capoeira.

yeah i thought it was chinese ma,but i was confused being that caopeira doesn't look chinese

[ItalianMuayThai]

I think you should research it a bit, i dont know much, but from what ive seen its very entertaining to watch.

[JusticeZero]

you are going to get taken down in a real fight trying to use the capoeira kicks

Honestly, only if the attacker is a reasonably skilled practitioner of a grappling art, which isn't actually all that amazingly likely. Non-grapplers (including untrained fighters such as one encounters "in the wild" in general) typically are unable to take down someone with skills in stand-up, especially ones who spar using committed sweeps and takedowns on each other, which all the Capoeira I have personally experienced does. I still remember watching someone I studied under once casually stand in stance or ginga slowly unconcernedly as a man in his approximate weight class or slightly larger - a "street fighter" as he called himself - pulled, pushed, and swung on him like a jungle gym trying to "take him down" unsuccessfully for a full minute before being told to give it up.

[Goju_boi]

do you know where I can see a clip of Capoeira sparring?

[Skeptic 2004]

Muaythaiboxer wrote:

you are going to get taken down in a real fight trying to use the capoeira kicks

Honestly, only if the attacker is a reasonably skilled practitioner of a grappling art, which isn't actually all that amazingly likely. Non-grapplers (including untrained fighters such as one encounters "in the wild" in general) typically are unable to take down someone with skills in stand-up, especially ones who spar using committed sweeps and takedowns on each other, which all the Capoeira I have personally experienced does. I still remember watching someone I studied under once casually stand in stance or ginga slowly unconcernedly as a man in his approximate weight class or slightly larger - a "street fighter" as he called himself - pulled, pushed, and swung on him like a jungle gym trying to "take him down" unsuccessfully for a full minute before being told to give it up.

Historically, while a dance-fight-game, capoeira had many fighting applications. Capoeira was maintained mostly by gangs and criminals during the Underground Period (1892-1930) when the practice of capoeira was outlawed in Brazil's first penal code in 1892. Remember, slavery in Brazil didn't end until 1888, and before the 1892 law, capoeira exploded onto the scene with the freedom of the slaves. Capoeira crowded Brazil's urban centers, but because it was practiced by the "riff-raff" (aka African descendants, Indians, etc.) the police was often summoned (that and the criminal element tended to terrorize the population). When police tried to break up a roda, they usually got their butts handed to them by all involved. It wasn't until Capoeira was officially illegal in 1892 that the police had the authority to charge in fully to suppress it. By then, Capoeirasta's learned how to hide knives and straight razors on their persons and would use them skillfully in a fight. For the next 38 years, Capoeirastas gave the police a run for their money.

Granted, the Capoeira practiced now is significantly different from the Capoeira practiced during and after the Underground Period (my impression is that it's been watered down to make it less lethal than it used to be), but history alone suggests that Capoeira if applied properly is fighting effective.

[blackbelt061204]

I noticed you said you were Brasilian. My wife is brasilian too, and she took Capoeira when she was 8. I've got tapes on Capoeira from Panther Productions and have learned some of the techniques.

What state do you live in?

[elbows_and_knees]

Are you talking about me? I didn't say I was brazilian - I said that the angola techere is brazilian and the regional teacher has brazilian relatives.