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Wow interesting mix. I would love to do Caoperia, but you need strong arm muscles. and Don't consider it break dancing.. it's far more in depth than that. So yeah.... I dunno what to tell you other than get strong arms and stuff, and try to keep balance on your hands.

I wanna do it! gonk

Tae Kwon Do and Caoperia... I wonder how that will go.

I've tried capoeira before and I had a hard time on the rythm. But hey! It improved my roundhouse kicks front kicks as well as my spinning kicks very well. I pcractice Arnis De Mano as well as I teach and I encourage my students to do cartwheel exercises as part of the warm up in my curriculum. biggrin Being able to spin and kick while holding two sticks just feels so cool. biggrin

Salve! My nickname is Falador, and I have been training Capoeira for 5 1/2 years. Capoeira is my love and my life!
My best suggestion to you, Inu-Alex, would be to find a professional Capoeira instructor, if you can, and learn it that way. One cannot learn Capoeira properly unless taught professionally by someone with atleast a decade or more of experience. There are just too many aspects of Capoeira to be "self-learned". Finding a professional instructor would be a very wise move.

Hey Axe, welcome to the martial arts crew, hows things? Good solid advice there. On the whole self teaching is a no no unless you have already reached a suficienty advanced level in it

There is so much more to Capoeira than just the physical movements. Even if you don't like it, I'm afraid the music of Capoeira is an integral part of Capoeira that cannot be left out if you wish to fully learn Capoeira. Also, the history of Capoeira is extremely important to learn, as well. And there are many philosophies of Capoeira that I highly doubt can be taught to yourself. And in order to properly enhance your skill in Capoeira, you will need to be able to "play Capoeira" with other people inside a "roda". I suggest going to Capoeirista.com and clicking on "schools" and looking up your area to see if there are any Capoeira schools in your area. The only way to properly advance in Capoeira is in a Capoeira School setting, being instructed by a professional and qualified Capoeira instructor.

Here are some common "instructor" titles to keep an eye out for:
Grao Mestre
Mestre
Mestrando
Contra-Mestre
Professor
Estagiario
Formado
Monitor
Instrutor
Graduado

If the instructor has no official title given to him/her, then you should probably avoid that school.

id love to learn Capoeira but know one teaches it,but i do know a guy who sucuessfully managed to teach him self a good bit Capoeira of course hes like a blask belt in two other styles and when i met him he was quite a way into mastering his third style(soo back doo) he was in class with me but had to leave to take over his tae kwan do instructors school.