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CAPOEIRA CHOREOGRAPHY FOR SHOWS

CAPOEIRA CHOREOGRAPHY Creating a Capoeira show is only limited by your imagination. Regardless your limitations, there is always a way of being able to do something that will make an impact. So many people worry about getting the best tricks, or focusing on showing ‘something that has never been done before’. From my experience, it [...] [...more]

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Capoeira Acrobatics- Combination 2

This combination is a moderate to high level of difficulty, purely because of the helicoptor movement in the middle. However, if you can already do the helicoptor movement with relative ease, the rest should be easy! I have broken the combination down into the three movements to make it easier to grasp. Movement 1. Queixada-Dobrado (a name [...] [...more]

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Capoeira Combination 1

CAPOEIRA COMBINATION 1 This combination of reasonable difficulty and would require some level of prior capoeira movement ability to achieve, as you will see below: TIPS: TIP 1. When you are doing the Armada into Queda de Rins, to make it look more beautiful do not touch the ground with the kicking foot. [...] [...more]

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CHAN’S DEMO VIDEO

hey everyone, Just thought I would post my demonstration video. It is just a compilation of things I have been working on for the past couple of years. I have been training lots of other styles of martial arts which has been hugely beneficial for my movement capabilities and ideology. However, Capoeira has and always will be my [...] [...more]

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Capoeira Acrobatics- Queda de Rins Combination

Queda De Rins Combination The Queda de Rins in capoeira is so versatile and can open up a whole new range of motion and movement in your game. It is important to try and practice quedas as I have found that it has given me a new outlook on creating and expressing within capoeira. Popularity: 74% [...] [...more]

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Capoeira Acrobatics- The Raiz

RAIZ BREAKDOWN The Raiz in Capoeira is one of those movements that constantly needs work. The Raiz constantly changes and can look different depending on the angle of projection and the height of your first leg swinging. Popularity: 63% [?] [...more]

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Capoeira backsault variations

Here are a few more capoeira backsaults for your enjoyment. Popularity: 56% [?] [...more]

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CAPOEIRA COMBINATION- Ground Movement

Here is a small combination with a progression for people to have a look at. Just a few things to pay attention to in the first combination: 1. When I am swinging the left leg around I make sure I rotate it all the way until my bum is facing the partner. (this enables me to [...] [...more]

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Salto Mortal- The backsault in Capoeira

Capoeira Acrobatics is spontaneous, agile and sometimes mysterious, I remember watching countless amounts of videos, searching the world for new tricks, different movements. The more I have experimented and tried different movements the more I have come to realise three things: Popularity: 34% [?] [...more]

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CINTURA DESPREZADA - BALANCA DURADA

MESTRE BIMBA’S ADVANCED SEQUENCES This is a clip of my mestre, mestre bamba and Instrutor Toinho doing the cintura desprezada. There are a few variations you will see around the place, but these are the standard ones that are taught in the academy. Cintura desprezada traditionally, Popularity: 100% [?] [...more]

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