Capoeira becoming too much of a martial art???

[bushido_man96]

Here's an interesting Capoeira article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira

Ed

Thanks for the article, Ed. It is a nice history lesson. There are some very interesting highlights in there.

[KarateEd]

I learned something from it. I thought (and once heard on television ) that it was invented by slaves in Brazil, but I now know that it traveled with the slaves over from Africa.

Interesting stuff.

Ed

[bushido_man96]

I learned something from it. I thought (and once heard on television ) that it was invented by slaves in Brazil, but I now know that it traveled with the slaves over from Africa.

Interesting stuff.

Ed

I think it was a fighting style indiginous to Africa, where the slaves came from, but was then modified to the dance form, when brougth over to Brazil.

But, I could be very wrong. Someone correct me if I am.

Does anyone know of any indigenous African fighting systems?

[username8517]

There's a few listed on Wikipedia

[bushido_man96]

There's a few listed on Wikipedia

Thanks for the list!