SINHA BAHIA DE CAPOEIRA

www.capoeira.cc

Sinha Bahia de Capoeira, contact:

Brazil:
Arte pela Paz
AV. olegario Maciel 1.233 -lourdes
Belo Horizonte - MG
Cep 30180-111 Tel (31) 3292-3237

Australia, Sydney:


Jakarta, Indonesia:
Ryan/Maluquinho: 08 177 33 177
Uki/Cavalo: 0815 931 3012
Carita/Garoto: 0811 880 501

Bangkok,Thailand:

Enlgish, Thai and Japanese:	086-627-5713
English, Thai and French:	086-677-7077
Em Portugues:	086-707-6821

Philiphines:



What is Capoeira?

Capoeira is a unique Brazilian art form, a blend of self-defence acrobatics, dance, music and song. With the absence of tangible facts on the origin of capoeira, many different versions are still debated nowadays. The most common supposition is that Capoeira originated in colonial Brazil in the midst of the African slave's fight for freedom. Forbidden from carrying weapons, the slaves resorted to using their bodies as a fighting tool against their armed captors. Having developed a series of fatal moves, they cunningly used music and song to disguise their preparations to fight and often found their masters foolishly entertained by the beauty of their potentially dangerous training sessions. The elements of disguise, which have become an integral part of Capoeira, have throughout the centuries helped to distinguish the art from other forms of martial combat. The unmistakeable rhythms of the berimbau and the beauty of its acrobatic moves have awed every continent, infiltrated the movie industry and become incorporated into popular Playstation games such as Tekken 3

As Mestre Cicatriz puts it "Capoeira is not just a sport, it is an art form, a culture and an educational activity". In many Brazilian schools it is a compulsory discipline, which develops students not only in the physical but also in the intellectual sense.

On the physical side, Capoeira has the potential to:

Increase agility,

Improve balance and coordination,

Increase flexibility and mobility, strengthen tendons, ligaments and bones

Strengthen and define the entire musculature

Increase power and general physical resistance,

Discipline respiration

Increase the speed of reflexes

Improve posture

From the intellectual and psychological point of view, Capoeira

Fine-tunes concentration,

Increases self-confidence

Practices self-control and tames impulsive behaviour

Teaches self-respect and respect for others

Encourages creativity and an individualistic expression through music and movement

Teaches the history and culture of Brazil

Preaches a free and equal existence of the peoples of the world and is based on the principles of fairness, respect, responsibility and freedom

Enables players to see their own progression and

Basic Capoeira Movements

The are the basic moves of capoeira.

• Ginga
• Esquiva
• Cocorinha
  
• Role
• Negativa
• Au
• Ponteira
• Quexada
• Armada
  
• Martelo
• Meia lua de frente
• Meia lua compaso