Capoeira de Angola (Angolan capoeira) or simply angola is the traditional style of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art. A newer style, based on the...

According to the old capoeira mestres and tradition within the community, capoeira originates from Angola. Although the origin of capoeira is not entirely...

participants used the name angola or the term brincar de angola ("playing angola") for this art. In formal documents, capoeira was known as "capoeiragem"...

was a mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira and a codifier of the traditional capoeira Angola style. Mestre Pastinha was a brilliant capoeirista...

smoothness typical of a dancer. Angola and Regional styles in capoeira have distinctive versions of this movement. In Capoeira Angola, the ginga is more expressive...

legitimate and effective martial art. The base of capoeira regional is the traditional capoeira Angola without many of the aspects that were impractical...

with drumbeats or hand clapping. In 1818, João Angola was arrested for possessing a small drum at a capoeira gathering. Playing a drum could lead to severe...

Mestre João Pequeno was capoeira Angola mestre and one of the principal students of mestre Pastinha. He began his carrier in Capoeira as a student of Mestre...

Angola, that combines elements of combat and dance, performed in a circle accompanied by music and singing. It is known as the forerunner of capoeira...

capoeira maltas, this style of capoeira is generally extinct. Contemporary capoeira comes from the traditional capoeira Angola, preserved in Bahia. In the...

from various martial arts. Bimba came from capoeira Angola, and taught Angola style. He reformed capoeira primarily in response to Burlamaqui and Sinhôzinho's...

legendary locations celebrated in capoeira songs, and was raised in Salvador. His father was also a practitioner of capoeira Angola, the traditional style of...

originally developed within the Angolan martial art engolo. Beside the engolo core, the sole major technique incorporated in capoeira was headbutting, derived...

Cobrinha Mansa, is a mestre of capoeira Angola. He is one of the founders and the guide of International Capoeira Angola Foundation, that supports 11 affiliated...

martial art of capoeira angola who has contributed to the spread of this art throughout the world. He was a student of the "father of Angola", Mestre Pastinha...

1909. Rabo de arraia is very old capoeira technique, which was very popular in capoeira carioca and capoeira Angola. The same technique is found in African...

most common names are "Angola" and "São Bento Grande". There is much talking about the meaning of these terms. In capoeira Angola, three Berimbaus play...

Angora wool Capoeira Angola, a style of the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira Angola (Book of Mormon), a city in the Book of Mormon "Angola, Louisiana"...

also known as Mestre Nô, is a Grand Master of capoeira angola who was initiated into capoeira angola at the age of four. He was born in Coroa, Itaparica...

as Mestre Noronha (1909–1977) was one of the old capoeira Angola mestres, from the time when capoeira was an illegal martial art. Mestre Noronha was one...

capoeira Angola mestre and a prominent figure in contemporary capoeira. He was one of the few mestres who didn't emphasize differences between Angola...

traditional rabo-de-arraia in capoeira Angola. Scorpion kick with its variations, the traditional rabo-de-arraia in capoeira carioca. In Brazil, the rabo-de-arraia...

ICAF (International Capoeira Angola Foundation) or FICA (Fundaçao Internacional de Capoeira de Angola) is the name of a capoeira angola group. FICA is the...

a Brazilian capoeira mestre and musician from the state of Bahia. He is considered one of the most artistic and skillful capoeira Angola players of his...

radical new ideas of Wilhelm Reich, as well as the Brazilian martial art Capoeira Angola. Somatherapy (or Soma) was created by the Freire in the 1970s as a...

rodas. Mestre Bimba's Santa Maria is different from the Santa Maria in Capoeira Angola. It does not have a traditionally-associated game but is played at...

of capoeira Angola and one of the basic capoeira kicks. This kick may pose a learning curve for beginners. According to Nestor Capoeira, to perform the...

Pastinha, Mestre (1988). Capoeira Angola. Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia. Assunção, Matthias Röhrig (2002). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian...

engolo, the forerunner of capoeira. Chapa de costas is typical kick of capoeira Angola. This "malicious" kick is similar to chapa de frente, applied from...

Aú is the capoeira term for a cartwheel. The purpose of the "aú" in capoeira includes mobility, offense and evasion. The aú has similarity to handstand...