Capoeira

CarbonFly · 01-24-2006

Has anyone practiced Capoeira? A Capoeira club is starting up at my school and I am joining it. I was just wandering if anyone else has tried it. I know we have a lot of MT fans on here, but I haven't heard of many Capoeira fans.

Practicing Capoeira

Capoeira as used in fighting

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jmiester96 · 01-24-2006

i haven't. haven't even heard of it. makes me think of he circus though, lol.

fraga · 01-24-2006

Very nice and elegant to look at...apparently VERY effective in tournament fighting...but I would imagine pretty useless in an actual fight...

CocaineInMyBrain · 01-24-2006

the only time i heard of capoeira is through tekken 3

looks fun as hell, i would definitely join

CarbonFly · 01-24-2006

If you have seen a movie called "Only the Strong" it is all about Capoeira.

Vinh · 01-24-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarbonFly

If you have seen a movie called "Only the Strong" it is all about Capoeira.

that was a good movie

yeah...i used to break dance a lot in high school

so when i took capoeira ... it came natural to me

it has its good and bad points but i use a combination
of capoeira and tae kwon do in tournaments

IronFist · 01-24-2006

Real fights don't look like they did in Only the Strong

There were a few guys in an MMA club we had in college that could make Capoeira work, but that's because they were fighting against us noobs. I have some pics of it (screen shots I took with a digital camera of my TV where a VHS tape was playing) that I can try to post later when I get home tonight if you guys are interested.

R1Style · 01-24-2006

I've touched base with Capoeira slightly... I honestly wouldn't mind learning this style either. It's really cool to watch and hard to learn. I also have a breakdancing background so some of this stuff comes easy to me.

The only thing you have to worry about, if you decide to train in this style, is who's training you? Unless it's a master with a certain level, I wouldn't spend to much money/time learning this from some amature/medicore teacher. Apparently this style of martial art is very desciplined, technical and proud... if an amature is teaching you... even though he looks cool doing it... you can look like a total donkey to people that are properly trained.

CarbonFly · 01-24-2006

I'm not taking it to learn how to fight. I just want to broaden my horizons by studying a new art form.

IronFist · 01-24-2006

^ cool.

gotti · 01-24-2006

Yeah, it's definitely not fighting. It's more of a glorified dance-culture type of thing. But if thats what you're looking for, do it! I think it'd be good for flexibility / coordination more than anything else.

R3DL1N3 · 01-24-2006

yeah, thats really not martial arts. that guys feet and legs were fierce, but when he would throw punches he looked like a girl. still cool though.

NoiSe · 01-24-2006

Capoeira vs. Muay thai from the movie Tom Yum Goong.

It looks fun, and if the goals are just that - for fun, then I'd def. do it!

civic01vtec · 01-24-2006

^ That was pretty awesome.

Yeah, the movie "Only The Strong" was good too.

Vinh · 01-24-2006

muay thai is one of the most simple yet effective fighting techniques

during our sparring practice...i loss to a muay thai fighter

it was like, i couldn't hurt him at all...even when he blocks ... i'm still in so much more pain than he was