IS CAPOEIRA MARTIAL ART OR DANCING??

IS CAPOEIRA MARTIAL ART OR DANCING??


In this text you can get information about what is capoeira and a little bit of history because here in barranquilla are to many people that are afraid to practice or training this martial art because they think that this is more like a type of dancing and singing in a other language that call the spirits.

Capoeira is one of the most exciting martial arts in Brazil. The African slaves in Brazil created Capoeira hundreds of years ago to rebel against their Brazilian slave masters. Capoeira is considered an art form because it is used as for playing, fighting, acrobatics, dancing, music, theater, ritual and philosophy. These elements make Capoeira so different than any other type of martial art. African men also used Capoeira as a way to prepare for war thousands of years ago but it is now practiced as a dance without any type of physical contact; it depends of the groups that you practice.

There are one capoeira but different style to played or “jogar”, one is Angola that is the traditional form of Capoeira and one the hardest forms to learn because the movements are slower requiring a lot of strength, there is also an emphasis on religion, with Angola praise is always given to the spirits. Angola is played to slow music so that the performer can be deliberately and careful to his opponent, but Angola is more to the ground imitating movements of the snake. The next one is Benguela that is more movements with fancy kicks in this style we can see a lot of malice or “maginga” like capoeira’s fighter said also capoeristas that imitates movements of the scorpion and the monkey. There are to many styles but depends from this two styles like sao bento grande, sao bento pequeno, Bimba in this style we can see the physical contact .
Capoeira became legal in Brazil in 1920 then later came a master of Capoeira by the name of “Bimba” and opened the first Capoeira academy in 1932. In Capoeira you can learn the type of person you are by expressing your skills in the roda. The student must show that he is ready and dedicated to his superior by being disciplined in the practices of Capoeira. The players, beginning in the center of the roda with their hands and feet touching the ground, move toward the center of the circle and begin kicking, and defending against the other opponent.

Also have a lot of benefits such as in the physical way the intense cardiovascular workout, improve the flexibility, develops rhythm and coordination , in the intellectual way you can learn Portuguese, general afro-brazilians traditions in the psychological way reduce stress, improves focus and concentration, promotes self-control, discipline and in the social way promotes togetherness, celebrates diversity among other .

Finally, with all this information I can say that capoeira is a martial art, the unique one that combines martial arts, acrobatics movements and music.

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LUIS ANGEL MERCADO P
LUTADOR DE CAPOEIRA