full contact capoeira

**crackhead** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 2:25am

Is there such a thing?

**wetware** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 2:52am

I tried looking and found this.

Edit: Pretty sure there is such a thing, but I was unable to find decent videos of it. The only halfway decent one kept degrading into crappling.

***TaeBo_Master*** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 4:27am

The legend goes that hardcore Capoeira involves the use of knives (sometimes used with the feet even?) and can sometimes be to the death. However, the same has been said of Wing Chun and even Tae Kwon Do (the to-the-death part, not necessarily the knives part).

Part of me has always been fascinated with Capoeira for the athleticism and gymnastics-like cool flips and ****. But what would full contact Capoeira really end up looking like once the combatants engaged? My guess is push kicks, roundhouses, overhands rights, and generally, the type of h2h that you see in most combat settings.

**Rene "Zendokan" Gysenbergs** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 5:09am

Originally Posted by wetware

I tried looking and found this.

Edit: Pretty sure there is such a thing, but I was unable to find decent videos of it. The only halfway decent one kept degrading into crappling.

That's a different camera angle from a scene of Never Back Down.

**Chili Pepper** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 6:45am

It looks like this:

Try searching youtube using the term "batizado" with "capoeira". The batizado ("baptism") is a public showing of your skills, so tempers occasionally run high.

**Grey Owl** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 6:47am

Originally Posted by crackhead

Is there such a thing?

Seriously, this was all I could find!!

**danniboi07** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 9:23am

I hate you people, I swear.

http://www.bullshido.net/forums/show...t=50698&page=1

http://www.bullshido.net/forums/show...t=56294&page=1

http://www.bullshido.net/forums/showthread.php?t=66460

**wetware** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 10:59am

Originally Posted by Zendokan

That's a different camera angle from a scene of Never Back Down.

Yup. Says so in the comments.

**Permalost** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 11:28am

Originally Posted by Chili Pepper

It looks like this:

Try searching youtube using the term "batizado" with "capoeira". The batizado ("baptism") is a public showing of your skills, so tempers occasionally run high.

The guy who jumps in at 3:15 does some neat stuff.