The Official Capoeira Thread - We Have a New Look! :D

[sean701]

I was first introduced to capoeira by my high school teacher, he showed me the anogla one and lucky for me there happens to be a Angola school in washington DC, So of the year of 2007 I practice anogla during the summer up to August but then I stopped for about a year and came across Capoeira Comtemporay a modern version of capoeira in april 2008 and My Batizado is on the 25 to the 27. the name of Our School is Capoeira MAlEs. We have schools in Florida, Canada, brazil,Baltimore, new jersey i think. And our mestre is Name Curisco.

Our website.


http://capoeiradc.com/

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AlexK56

I've always been interested in capoeira, yet never was able to find a place to learn it. It looks like dancing, yet it's a martial art. So that's definitely something unique about it.

No offense meant here but would you say it's effective in a real fight with someone using a different art?

Due to the "looking like a dance" aspect I've doubted it's effectiveness as much as I have wanted to try it.

No, solely using capoeira in a fight wouldn't be the brightest move, but capoeira isn't about fighting, at least not in my opinion. Capoeira is a lifestyle, something you can use for more than just fighting. But, that's not to say that a few moves wouldn't be useful in a fight, such as a meia lua to the temple! Mwahahahaha!!! scream

[sean701]

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AlexK56

I've always been interested in capoeira, yet never was able to find a place to learn it. It looks like dancing, yet it's a martial art. So that's definitely something unique about it.

No offense meant here but would you say it's effective in a real fight with someone using a different art?

Due to the "looking like a dance" aspect I've doubted it's effectiveness as much as I have wanted to try it.

No, solely using capoeira in a fight wouldn't be the brightest move, but capoeira isn't about fighting, at least not in my opinion. Capoeira is a lifestyle, something you can use for more than just fighting. But, that's not to say that a few moves wouldn't be useful in a fight, such as a meia lua to the temple! Mwahahahaha!!! scream

Everone that trys to use capoeira in a real martial art situation would not even think about using the Ginga. you can use the escape and what not.

[capoeira kid]

just asking an opinion question for all who care to answer:
which do you think is better in your opinion; angola or regional?
or even, what are your thoughts on either?

[sean701]

Hey unicorn my name is sean I just got my first Corda Yesterday and it is white, I practice capoeira at the school Called Capoeira Malês, a lot of mestre's and professors were there. They Had MEstre fran, the only name I could pronouce. also whats the name of your school?

[sean701]

UnicornPower

capoeira kid

just asking an opinion question for all who care to answer:
which do you think is better in your opinion; angola or regional?
or even, what are your thoughts on either?

Well, in my opinion, both styles are good and very useful.

My personal preference, however, lies in Regional.
I find it much easier to move faster, and high, than slower and close to the ground sweatdrop
Angola requires more control, I think.

But my fighting is a little reckless, I have to say Dx
I'm working on getting better. =3

Angola can get very fast especially if you play agisnt a mestre thats been doing it for years, i mean can you imagine an angolan fighter fighting you with a knife in there hand.