In this best-selling capoeira title, now branded as a Blue Snake Book, Nestor Capoeira starts off with an in-depth history of the Brazilian art, giving the most popular theories for the origins and purposes of this movement that combines the grace of dance with lethal self-defence techniques in a unique game-song structure. He discusses some of ...
The second volume of a comprehensive history of the art and sport of capoeira, this book picks up the story where volume I finished: in the first decades of the 20th century. It describes the capoeira "Bamba," mestre Bimba, who became renowned as a fighting champion in Bahia and opened the first legal academy during the dictatorship of Getulio ...
Fun, different, and above all effective, capoeira is a unique dance-fight-fitness program enhancing strength, stamina, and flexibility training for the entire body. While there are many books on the subject, this one differs in being a succinct yet thorough discussion of the basics to engage even the nervous novice. In clear, accessible language, ...
The popularity of capoeira continues to rise as more people discover how useful--and fun--it can be for increasing agility and flexibility, as well as strength and endurance. "Capoeira Conditioning" is an illustrated guide to whole-body training based on this increasingly popular Brazilian martial art. Designed for all ages and all levels of ...
Divided into sections for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students, "Capoeira 100" focuses completely on technique. Easy-to-follow instructions and color photographs guide the reader through all the most popular defensive movements, ground work, flying kicks, escapes, "floreios," and acrobatics of capoeira, with pointers and hints on their ...
Capoeira weaves fighting, music, dance, prayer, and ritual into an urgent strategy by which people live, struggle, celebrate, and survive together. In this book Bira Almeida--or Mestre Acordeon as he is respectfully called in capoeira circles--documents his own tradition with both the panoramic eye of the historian and the passionate heart of the ...
Nestor Capoeira presents the second part of his trilogy exploring the popular martial art/dance from Brazil known as Capoeira. Part instruction manual, part philosophical treatise, this volume covers a broad range of topics crucial to the practice of Capoeira. Instruction is given in intermediate and advanced fighting skills, including in-depth ...
"A Street-Smart Song" delves into the boundless philosophical depths of capoeira, the fascinating synthesis of Brazilian dance and self-defense. Drawing from a wide range of sources -- the streets of Salvador and Rio de Janeiro, the teachings of the old masters Pastinha, Bimba, and Leopoldina, and the brutal economic realities inflicted on the ...
Learning Capoeira: Lessons in Cunning from an Afro-Brazilian Art is a provocative look at capoeira, a demanding acrobatic art that combines dance, ritual, music, and fighting style. First created by slaves, freedmen, and gang members, capoeira is a study in contrasts that integrates African-descended rhythms and flowing dance steps with hard ...
This is the definitive text on the Afro-Brazilian art of Capoeira, the mix of martial arts, dance, and all-around approach to life. Written by one of the world's foremost Capoeira masters, the book provides fascinating historical information, as well as the author's own profound, mysterious, and magical experience with the art form.
Based on eighteen months of intensive participant-observation, Ring of Liberation offers both an in-depth description of capoeira--a complex Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines feats of great strength and athleticism with music and poetry--and a pioneering synthetic approach to the analysis of complex cultural performance. Capoeira originated ...
Capoeira is a unique music-dance-sport-play activity created by African slaves, and Candomble is a hybrid religion combining Catholic and African beliefs and practices. And while there are numerous books on Candomble and kindred Afro-American religions, none of them effectively combines Candomble and Capoeira. Actually, Capoeira and Candomble are ...
Capoeira, a Brazilian battle dance and national sport, has become popular all over the world. First brought to Brazil by African slaves and first documented in the late eighteenth century, capoeira has undergone many transformations as it has diffused throughout Brazilian society and beyond, taking on a multiplicity of meanings for those who ...
Capoeira is a centuries-old Brazilian martial art incorporating traditional movements and rhythmic music that is popular today as an energetic game played throughout the United States and around the world. This book offers a photo-essay about the history and practice of Capoeira. Full color.
Essien is not only an expert in capoeira, but a teacher who has had remarkable results teaching capoeira to at-risk youth and exploring the historical development of the form. Until recently, Brazilians dominated the market on capoeira books, yet the form has spread throughout the world over the last four decades. This expansion has introduced a ...
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art now spreading over the rest of the world, and is the only sport from Brazil that seeks Olympic recognition. Originally the preserve of the underclasses in Brazilian society, capoeira is now practised amongst the middle-classes, and even taught as a sport in schools. The author explores the history of ...
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art now spreading over the rest of the world, and is the only sport from Brazil that seeks Olympic recognition. Originally the preserve of the underclasses in Brazilian society, capoeira is now practised amongst the middle-classes, and even taught as a sport in schools. The author explores the history of ...
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