Capoeira: Difference between revisions

*** Just to elaborate, the Blessing (or, in portuguese, "Benção") is an unbalancing push that is one of the most known and effective moves in Capoeira.

* [[Dance Battler]]: A traditional Capoeira roda (sparring circle) is performed to music, and is as much about looking impressive and showing off how clever you are as it is about landing blows.

** The spinning kick exchanges may also be used by one player to lull the other into a false sense of security before dumping him or her on his butt with a sudden sweep. All part of the fun of the game.

* [[Extremity Extremist]]: The basic dozen or so kicks are pretty much always the first thing new students will learn, and probably 90% of the attacks in the roda are kicks. Headbutts and takedowns account for another 9% or so. Hand strikes are usually reserved for illustrating to your opponent that they're conspicuously dropping their guard. Hand or elbow strikes and takedowns are generally reserved to more experienced practitioners, but can become fairly frequent in games between skilled Capoeiristas.

 

 

* ''[[Only the Strong]]'', generally the movie most U.S. capoeiristras cite as their introduction to Capoeira.

** This film is also the origin of the "Zoom Zoom" song you still hear in Mazda commercials.

** The Brazilian fighter in ''[[Undisputed (Film)|Undisputed]] 3''. While his part was fairly minor, both of his fights are arguably among the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|highlights of the movie]] and, among other things, subvert [[Extremity Extremist]] aspect HARD.

** Eddy Gordo in the ''[[Tekken]]'' movie.

* In Hellboy 2 it's revealed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDw7OwVUeE8 Abe is one hell of a capoeirista.]

* The enemy captain of Episode 2 of ''[[Merc Force]]'' employs Capoeira in his fighting style.

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