The two fighters prowl rhythmically to the sound of a percussive beat. When one strikes, the other anticipates, moving back on his hands and trying to sweep his opponent's legs out with a swivel kick, ...

Columbus instructors Elton Brasil and Joseph Lewis teach capoeira at three locations and aim to make classes affordable for all. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art combining music, dance, and ...

Capoeira student spars with instructor in a 'roda' or circle, as others sing and play traditional Brazilian capoeira songs. The BYU Capoeira club invites all to learn about this culturally rich ...

One of the important changes enacted by Afro-Brazilian activist groups and legislators in recent years was the mandatory incorporation of black history and culture into school curriculums. Perhaps the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University Spanish professor says the best way to understand the African-Brazilian influenced Capoeira is by comparing its deceptive elements to what it is not – dance, ...

“Some people think you choose capoeira, but capoeira chose me. I used to spend all my time in the streets, but when I discovered capoeira I changed,” said Joselio Lima de Oliveira, a capoeira mestre ...

Brazil is well known as the home of the dance-like martial art capoeira, but its roots in fact lie across the Atlantic. In Angola, one man is trying to resurrect an older style to help people ...

In a Mission District studio, a barefooted Brazilian woman in white pants steps to the front of a group of about 30 students. Speaking almost entirely in Portuguese, the instructor dives into 90 heart ...

Hip-hop beats from the class next door slip through the Capoeira Evolução studio walls. "Don't worry, we'll drown them out in a few minutes," says capoeira instructor Alex Rodriguez. In minutes, a ...

Join the conversation here and subscribe to our YouTube channel to never miss a new episode. When capoeirista Ricky Lawson II teaches new students in the Afro-Brazilian art form of capoeira, he often ...

Mestre Joao Grande is a 78-year-old master of the black Brazilian martial art called capoeira -- a rich blend of music, dance and ritualized combat. Enslaved Africans brought the roots of capoeira ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inside a gymnasium at the Linden Community Center in Columbus, Elton Brasil and Joseph Lewis greet their students as they warm up ...