Post date: Mar 03, 2014 1:9:19 AM
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art characterized by beautiful whirling kicks and acrobatic flourishes. Born in the communities of freed slaves, it is a liberation art with its own music and musical instruments. It replaces traditional sparring with an exercise called the Roda--more exciting than olympic gymnastics--a kind of martial improv to music characterized by timing, rhythm, trickery, on-up-man-ship and tag.