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    The history of capoeira explores the origins and development of capoeira, the Brazilian martial art, that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music...
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    Capoeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [kapuˈe(j)ɾɐ]) is a Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music and spirituality...
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    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...
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    Capoeira carioca was a street fighting version of capoeira that existed in Rio de Janeiro during the 19th century. In capoeira carioca, all available means...
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  • Capoeira Regional is a style of capoeira created by Bimba's reform of traditional capoeira in the 1930s. Capoeira regional is presented as a Brazilian...
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    of capoeira. It is a sidestep that can be a prance or a shuffle and it sets the rhythm of the game. The ginga embodies the extraordinary cunning of capoeira...
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    music plays a crucial role in capoeira roda, setting the style the energy of a game. Music in the context of capoeira is used to create a sacred space...
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    The list of capoeira techniques includes kicks, headbutts, evasions, acrobatics and more. In capoeira, the main emphasis is normally placed on the interaction...
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    Batuque (Brazil) (category History of capoeira)
    (2002). Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-8086-6. Capoeira, Nestor (2002). Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game...
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    stingray's or scorpion strike. Rabo-de-arraia with both legs is one of the most dangerous capoeira technique, both for the person who executes it and for the one...
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  • as Mestre Pastinha, was a mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira and a codifier of the traditional capoeira Angola style. Mestre Pastinha was...
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  • Engolo (category Capoeira Angola)
    combines elements of combat and dance, performed in a circle accompanied by music and singing. It is known as the forerunner of capoeira. Engolo has been...
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  • Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art is a book by Matthias Röhrig Assunção published by Routledge in 2005. The book is known for its...
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    Berimbau (category Capoeira music)
    Afro-Brazilian art capoeira. Until the mid-20th century, it was used almost exclusively within the black community, but after the popularization of capoeira, it gain...
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    Black Guard (Brazil) (category History of capoeira)
    Review. 3 (2): 43–57. ISSN 0024-7413. JSTOR 3512882. Capoeira, Nestor (2002). Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game. Blue Snake Books. ISBN 978-1-58394-637-4...
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    Jogo do pau (category History of capoeira)
    J. (2008). Fighting for Honor: The History of African Martial Art Traditions in the Atlantic World. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-57003-718-4...
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  • da Arte-Capoeira (ABADÁ-Capoeira), in English translated as "The Brazilian Association for the Support and Development of the Art of Capoeira", is a nonprofit...
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  • (10): 89 – via EBSCOHost. Assunção, Matthias Röhrig (2005) [2002]. Capoeira: The History of an Afro-Brazilian Martial Art. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7146-8086-6...
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    Afro-Brazilian music (category Music of Africa)
    Bimba, has become the preeminent authority on Capoeira Regional and the history of Capoeira because of his life-time devotion to its study and practice...
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  • Manuel dos Reis Machado (category Capoeira mestres)
    1974), was a Brazilian capoeira mestre and the founder of the capoeira regional style. Bimba was one of the best capoeiristas of his time, undefeated in...
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    The History of Hip Hop Dance". DaveyD.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2010. Retrieved July 31, 2009. Essien, Aniefre (2008). Capoeira Beyond...
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    which participants perform in any of several African and Afro-Brazilian dance art forms, such as engolo, capoeira, maculelê and samba de roda. By extension...
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  • Elcano in 1522. In Brazil, this influence resulted in the development of Capoeira. Some historians use a different periodization, saying that it began...
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  • Grupo Capoeira Brasil is an organization that practices, teaches, and demonstrates the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira. Grupo Capoeira Brasil practices...
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    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...
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    Talmon-Chvaicer, Maya (2010). The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance. University of Texas Press. p. 19. ISBN 9780292773585...
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    Stick dance (African-American) (category History of capoeira)
    acrobatic capoeira dance moves. Cakewalk Set de flo' Patting juba Maculelê (stick dance) Weapon dance Knowles, Mark (2002). Tap Roots: The Early History of Tap...
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    Capoeira Federation (WCF) is an international non-profit organisation whose main mission is to implement the systems and standards of sport capoeira with...
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    foot sweep technique in capoeira, which usually counters high kicks. It is one of the fundamental techniques in traditional capoeira. Rasteiras are quick...
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    (teachers), and often include accounts of the history of capoeira, or the doings of great mestres. This type of music is played primarily in the Recife...
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