• N'golo (anglicized as Engolo) is a traditional Bantu martial art and game from Angola, that combines elements of combat and dance, performed in a circle...
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    identifying engolo as an ancestral art and locating the Cunene region as its birthplace. Still, some authors believe there were more ancestors besides engolo. However...
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    pipes known as "quills." Some authors find that this art originates from engolo, and cognates with capoeira and danmyé. "Knocking" referred to a specific...
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    Capoeira Angola (category Engolo)
    capoeira's origins and maintain a connection with the ancestral art of engolo. Capoeira Angola restored to mainstream capoeira the tradition of skillfully...
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    History of capoeira (category Engolo)
    identifying engolo as an ancestral art and locating the Cunene region as its birthplace. Still, some authors believe there were more ancestors besides engolo. At...
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  • indistinguishable from each other once the sport has been regulated. Angola Engolo Egypt Tahtib Nigeria Dambe Senegal Lutte Traditionnelle Senegalese wrestling...
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    taekkyon and some forms of pencak silat. The initial form of ginga comes from engolo, the forerunner of capoeira. By the late 19th century this motion was called...
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    Cartwheel kick (category Engolo)
    techniques of capoeira, aú batido originates from engolo. The Buntu name for this technique in engolo is okusana omaulo-ese (cartwheel or handstand kick...
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    the distinct characteristics of engolo, an Angolan martial art considered the ancestor of capoeira. The traditional engolo sweeps are: crouching sweep (okukondjola)...
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    Bahk Do Moo Duk Kwan Chang Moo Kwan Jidokwan Suntukan Sikaran Capoeira Engolo Taido Folk wrestling Sumo Cornish wrestling Cumberland Wrestling Westmorland...
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  • within African diaspora, probably derived from Bantu practices such as engolo. Ladja said to be inspired by cockfighting, with stories suggesting that...
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    Scorpion kick (capoeira) (category Engolo)
    and capoeira Angola. The same technique is found in African martial art engolo, the ancestral art of capoeira. The position is similar to the scorpion...
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    Meia lua de compasso (category Engolo)
    (compass crescent) is a distinct technique found in the martial arts of engolo and capoeira, that combines an evasive maneuver with a reverse kick. It...
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    of the opponent instead of the ground. The typical inverted positions of engolo and capoeira, including the handstand, aú, rabo de arraia, and others, are...
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    principal capoeira's kicks. It is also basic kick in African martial art engolo, the forerunner of capoeira. Chapa de costas is typical kick of capoeira...
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  • Alexandra Takounda Engolo (born 7 July 2000), known as Alexandra Takounda, is a Cameroonian football forward who have played for Djurgården and the Cameroon...
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    basic kicks in engolo, an Angolan martial art considered the ancestor of capoeira. There are numerous variations of the crescent kick in engolo: front crescent...
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    Rabo de arraia (category Engolo)
    imitating their ancestors, who walked on their hands in the spirit world. In engolo, the class of spinning kicks with hands on ground is called okuminunina...
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    Roda (formation) (category Engolo)
    perform in any of several African and Afro-Brazilian dance art forms, such as engolo, capoeira, maculelê and samba de roda. By extension, the whole event may...
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  • boys with a chance to participate in combat games before the more earnest engolo matches commenced. The term kandeka is clearly related to okukandeka, meaning...
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    known African combat game that uses similar kicking techniques to moraingy: engolo, which is played in Angola. Moraingy originated during the Maroseranana...
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    L-kick, were originally developed within the Angolan martial art engolo. Beside the engolo core, the sole major technique incorporated in capoeira was headbutting...
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  •  Brazil Founder Vicente Pastinha Arts taught capoeira Angola Ancestor arts engolo Ancestor schools Centro de Capoeira Angola Practitioners João Pequeno João...
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    fundamental kicks in capoeira. It is also documented in African martial art engolo, the forerunner of capoeira. This traditional capoeira kick is direct, firm...
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  • Ekizino Electro dance Electric Slide Endeka Kozanis English Country Dance Engolo (combines dancing and martial arts) Entarisi ala benziyor Entogoro Errenzhuan...
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    and defenses. Bajan stick-licking BCR (Brick city rock) Capoeira Calinda Engolo Jailhouse rock (fighting style) Juego de maní Moraingy Senegalese wrestling...
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  • the Bambara Empire from 1766 to 1795 Pierre Ngolo, Congolese politician Engolo (also known as N'golo or Ngolo), African martial art Ngolo, dialect of the...
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  • Albano Neves e Sousa (category Engolo)
    Angolan martial art n'golo, which is considered the ancestor of capoeira. His engolo drawings from 1950s have become an important historical document and one...
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    PhD, Ọbádélé (2018). "Afrikan=Black Combat Forms Hidden in Plain Sight: Engolo/Capoeira, Knocking-and-Kicking and Asafo Flag Dancing". Africology: The...
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    D., Ọbádélé (2018). "Afrikan=Black Combat Forms Hidden in Plain Sight: Engolo/Capoeira, Knocking-and-Kicking and Asafo Flag Dancing". Africology: The...
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