Capoeria

**Obi.1** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 12:46pm

Every thread I could find is 234892 pages long. I was wondering if anyone here does capoeira? Obviously it is not good as a stand alone method in an actual fight, but to me it seems like it would be an incredibly beneficial art to practice, along with something a little more 'realistic', for timing and conditioning (plus it looks like a whole lot of fun). Does anyone have any experience?

Also, this is a cool video of some more-then-usual contact Capoeira:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMX9K...poeira%20fight

**Dagon Akujin** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 1:10pm

Better capoeria clip.
Wait, that's not Jean Claude?

Dagon

**Yrkoon9** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 1:21pm

Good looking dance movements. Similar to gymnastics. While coordination, rythm, flexibility, and spacial awareness are all good attributes to have they probably aren't going to save your ass.

Practical and applicable fighting style? No.

**Obi.1** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 1:23pm

Originally Posted by Yrkoon9

Practical and applicable fighting style? No.

Cool, but I thought I said that already. No need for people to start bashing Capoeira's fighting usefullness here, as it's been done over and over. It's a game, that's all. I was just saying that the skills you learn from it could be carried over to other MAs, and was wondering if anyone has crosstrained in capoeira and saw any benefit.

**Yrkoon9** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 1:58pm

Re-read your post, scrub.

You didn't exactly bash it and neither did I. But you weren't crystal clear in acknowledging it's effectiveness as you saw it as 'extremely beneficial'. I was making it crystal clear. In fact I even identified some of the benefits.

I am just very blunt when I make sure that practical application is not listed as one of the benefits.

**Cullion** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 2:02pm

Ignore Yrkoon, he was turned down for a date by a local Capoiera instructor.

Several times.

And now she's filing a restraining order to stop him from following her.

**Obi.1** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 2:05pm

Originally Posted by Yrkoon9

Re-read your post, scrub.

You didn't exactly bash it and neither did I. But you weren't crystal clear in acknowledging it's effectiveness as you saw it as 'extremely beneficial'. I was making it crystal clear. In fact I even identified some of the benefits.

I am just very blunt when I make sure that practical application is not listed as one of the benefits.

"Obviously it is not good as a stand alone method in an actual fight"

G8 · Posted On: 7/05/2006 2:19pm

Originally Posted by Cullion

Ignore Yrkoon, he was turned down for a date by a local Capoiera instructor.

Several times.

And now she's filing a restraining order to stop him from following her.

the principal virtue of Capoiera is that the chicks who come into our BJJ gym to train in it are all smoking. it's like yoga with all the fat girls weeded out.

**Teh El Macho** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 2:22pm

Hey, a good yoga class weeds out the fat chicks after the first class, too!!!

**PirateJon** · Posted On: 7/05/2006 2:23pm

I checked it out once. $5 for the class. It was fun. It was a very hard work out. There were hot chicks/dudes. One visiting meistre from brazil looked like he could make the kicks and trips work ON DA STR33T. He moved a lot differently than everyone else. No one else in the class - even the local instructor - seemed to care about the combat aspect.

Also they all wore cotton pants that looked pretty comfy.