Capoeira Technique 1.0

Capoeira is a martial sport developed by African slaves in Brazil in the 1500s. The movement in capoeira resembles a dance and is dotted on a kick. The battle in capoeira is usually accompanied by music and is called Jogo. Capoeira is often criticized because many people doubt his efficacy in real combat, compared to other martial arts such as Karate or Taekwondo.

Capoeira is a traditional martial system established in Brazil by African slaves brought by the Portuguese to Brazil to work on large estates. In ancient times they performed the exercises accompanied by traditional musical instruments, such as berimbau (a wooden arch with strings struck with a small wood to shake it) and atabaque (large drum), and it was also easier for them to hide the practice them in various activities such as the pleasure of a party performed by slaves in their residence called senzala. When a slave runs away he will be chased by a professional armed "hunter" named capitães-do-mato (forest captain). Usually capoeira is the only martial used by the slaves to defend themselves. Their fight usually takes place in a foresty field in the tupi-guarani language (one of the indigenous languages ​​in Brazil) called caá-puêra - some historians argue that this is the origin of the martial art name. Those who had escaped gathered in the fenced villages called quilombo, where it was difficult to reach. The most important Quilombo is the Palmares whose population ever reaches the tens of thousands and lasts for about sixty years against invading powers. Their most famous chief named Zumbi. When the law for the elimination of slavery emerged and Brazil began importing white workers from countries like Portugal, Spain and Italy to work on agriculture, many negroes were forced to migrate to cities, and because many of them were unemployed started to become a villain. Capoeira, already an urban and studied by whites, in cities like Rio de Janeiro, Salvador da Bahia and Recife, began to be seen by the public as a game of criminals and street people, the law came to ban Capoeira. It seems that at that time they began to use razors in their fight, this was the influence of Portuguese capoeira players and sings fado (traditional Portuguese music similar to keroncong). At that time also some racist sectors of the Brazilian elite shouted against the influence of Africa in the culture of the country, and wanted to "whiten" their country. After about half a century of being clandestine, and people studying in the hidden streets and in the backyards of the house, Manuel dos Reis Machado, the Master (Mestre) Bimba, held a performance for Getúlio Vargas, the Brazilian president at the time it is, and this is a new beginning for capoeira. Beginning established academies, so that the public can learn the game capoeira. The most important names of the time were Vicente Ferreira Pastinha (The Teacher Pastinha), who taught the flow of "Angola", which is very traditional, and Mestre Bimba, who founded a stream with several innovations that he called "Regional".