Capoeira:
Capoeira is an Afro Brazilian martial art with elements of dance, music, acrobatics and philosophy. Capoeira is an art-form that challenges us to fight without fighting, play a game where there is often no clear winner and dance with someone who may be our enemy.
Capoeira was developed by african slaves and disguised as a dance. It was born not as a fighting style, but as a simple hope of survival. A tool with which an escaped slave, completely unequipped, could survive in the hostile, unknown land and face the hunt of the armed and mounted colonial agents who were charged with finding and capturing escapees. The dance was incorporated to avoid detection and corporal punishments. With music and rhythmic moves, they raised no suspicion of escape attempts.
Capoeira is considered a game "jogo" between two people. A dialogue, without words, that can be slow, fast, rough, beautiful, or any combination of these. An Art form commanded by music, history, and community.
Capoeira is an Afro Brazilian martial art with elements of dance, music, acrobatics and philosophy. Capoeira is an art-form that challenges us to fight without fighting, play a game where there is often no clear winner and dance with someone who may be our enemy.
Capoeira was developed by african slaves and disguised as a dance. It was born not as a fighting style, but as a simple hope of survival. A tool with which an escaped slave, completely unequipped, could survive in the hostile, unknown land and face the hunt of the armed and mounted colonial agents who were charged with finding and capturing escapees. The dance was incorporated to avoid detection and corporal punishments. With music and rhythmic moves, they raised no suspicion of escape attempts.
Capoeira is considered a game "jogo" between two people. A dialogue, without words, that can be slow, fast, rough, beautiful, or any combination of these. An Art form commanded by music, history, and community.
