Anyone Tried Capoeria?

Motion · 09-09-2006, 02:06 AM

Has anyone done any cross training in this other Brazilian art? Do any of the Gracies know it?

Cool clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54SNspWK0w4

sapatiero · 09-09-2006, 12:26 PM

A couple of the Gracies in Barra do it - I've seen Gregor Gracie and a few of his mates play around with capoeira at the academy. As a result, Gregor is pretty acrobatic & it certainly helps with things like flying triangles & cartwheel guard passes. But on its own, capoeira is just acrobatic dancing IMO, and doesn't really have much credibility as a practical martial art. But beautiful to watch.

Motion · 09-09-2006, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by sapatiero

But beautiful to watch.

Yeah I can agree with that.

I'd think just the swiftness of some of these stylist could make it hard to land a good blow on them. It does seem like it would be more effective for open areas than in closed areas.

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sapatiero Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 246	A couple of the Gracies in Barra do it - I've seen Gregor Gracie and a few of his mates play around with capoeira at the academy. As a result, Gregor is pretty acrobatic & it certainly helps with things like flying triangles & cartwheel guard passes. But on its own, capoeira is just acrobatic dancing IMO, and doesn't really have much credibility as a practical martial art. But beautiful to watch.

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