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What is Capoeira?
An introduction to the art.​​​​
Some describe capoeira as a martial art, others a dance, others consider it a street fight, or choose to focus on the folklore and culture. In truth, capoeira embodies all of this and more.
Capoeira is everything we want to take from it.
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Do you have an interest in music?​
Would you like to improve your fitness, flexibility, strength, confidence?​
Would you like to explore a rich, interesting culture and history?​
Are you interested in learning self defence?
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In its entirety, capoeira is a cultural lifestyle, many consider it a way of life, but the real question is, what is Capoeira to you?
A Brief History of Capoeira
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An often told story, is that of African slaves, who were taken from their homelands to work plantations in Brazil, using Capoeira as a fight for liberation.
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The slave trade in Brazil created a melting pot of African Cultures, traditional practices from the homelands of these people, including war dances and musicality, were used to keep up morale and to maintain their cultural identities, and very likely, to help in their escape from captivity.
In this era, capoeira as we know it, didn't exist.
The development of this art has been long and organic, changes along the way came through necessity or circumstance.
The history of old capoeira is a complex story of Quilombos, Malandros, famous warriors, gangs, outlaws, and eventually the practice being made illegal in Brazil.
