Capoeira seems to be rising in popularity (again)...

[Tony Dismukes]

That got me thinking...I know Brazil is about the size of the U.S., but I'm wondering if there's any Brazilians who've done both and kind of combine them? Any idea what BJJ guys and Capeoira guys think about each other's art over in Brazil?

I imagine it would make for interesting forum discussions over there.

According to my Capoeira instructor, one of his teacher is also a long time BJJ practitioner. He's hoping to get him to visit town one of these days, which would be a fun (and doubtless humbling) experience.

 

[KangTsai]

Well if you're good at capoeira, I would assume you're pretty damn strong... and surely the first thing you would've learned is a roundhouse kick.

 

[drop bear]

Well if you're good at capoeira, I would assume you're pretty damn strong... and surely the first thing you would've learned is a roundhouse kick.

probably a crescent kick.

 

[KangTsai]

probably a crescent kick.

One of those. I would assume a low to mid height roundhouse is easier to start with.

 

[drop bear]

One of those. I would assume a low to mid height roundhouse is easier to start with.

there is a convention to using capoeira. you have to give the other guy something to work with. so you quite often trade crescent kicks. until you find an opening to set the guy up.

it is more about looking awsome than beating on people. so you are trying to trick the guy into a shot he cant defend. Rather than pushing through them.

it is a deception game. the concept is called. Mandinga.

 

[Dong xiao hu]

there is a convention to using capoeira. you have to give the other guy something to work with. so you quite often trade crescent kicks. until you find an opening to set the guy up.

it is more about looking awsome than beating on people. so you are trying to trick the guy into a shot he cant defend. Rather than pushing through them.

it is a deception game. the concept is called. Mandinga.

Actually the concept is called malacia. Manginga is more along the lines of " magic" in the since of using the concept of malacia to do what seems difficult to impossible to do. ie being cornered with no where to go but still turning the table.

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