Capoeira period

[Chado]

This is the first time i see something like this, thus i wanted to share with you people.

YouTube - Capoeira Fight

Not capoeira on a kickboxing tournament but a capoeira tournament !

Also, just couldn't resist quoting the comment:

JustAluno :

Its hard to explain. You can only use capoeira kicks,and you cant hit your opponent when he is down on the floor. Capoeira is mostly non-contact martial art, but there are tournaments like these where capoeira allow contact. Capoeira is very dangerous,maybe the most dangerous of all martial arts,but today is mostly for exercise. Nobody use capoeira to fight anymore. Well,if you dont get atacked on the street :D

[callum828]

I would really prefer it if capoeristas stopped pretending what they do is a combat sport and just say it's a damn fun martial-dance type thing. I'd respect them a lot more then.

[IsThisRight?]

I did capoeira for a while, and it was fun as hell and got me in really good shape. I never truly believed it was an effective martial art though. I guess I view things like this in a similar light that I view a boxing/bjj/judo etc match. There are a set of rules that you have to follow in the competiton, obviously some of the examples given above translate more directly to "the street" than the capoeira example posted by the OP, but at the end of the day they are all sports in which the style of play is defined by the rules.

[TheMightyMcClaw]

I'd still put money on a Capeoeirista over an Aikidoka any day.

[goodlun]

I guess I view things like this in a similar light that I view a boxing/bjj/judo etc match. There are a set of rules that you have to follow in the competiton,

Yep because if I get into a fight on the street I am totally going to worry about tournament rules at the time.

[Permalost]

I'd agree that capoeira may be the most dangerous art- there's not that many styles where you might break your neck while practicing on your own.

[danniboi07]

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Full Contact Capoeira (videos, believe it or not) - No BS MMA and Martial Arts



I took a few classes of Capoeira while in college. Great aerobic exercise! Plus you gain flexibility. I wish I could have worked it into my schedule, but alas.

[Wolf]

I did capoeira for a while, and it was fun as hell and got me in really good shape. I never truly believed it was an effective martial art though. I guess I view things like this in a similar light that I view a boxing/bjj/judo etc match. There are a set of rules that you have to follow in the competiton, obviously some of the examples given above translate more directly to "the street" than the capoeira example posted by the OP, but at the end of the day they are all sports in which the style of play is defined by the rules.

Are you saying boxing/bjj/judo are ineffective for fighting?

[IsThisRight?]

No not at all, I believe they will give you an advantage in a real confrontation, but above all I think they will make you good at the sport. Like I said, some of my examples translate more directly to actual fighting than others (i.e boxing), but at the end of the day in a boxing/judo/bjj/football/rugby/anything match the players have to work around the rules of the competition, thats why the sports look the way they do.

[Wolf]

Ok, I see what you're saying there. Outside of weapons do you have feelings as to what is best suited for preparation for confrontation.

[IsThisRight?]

I dont know about any particular style, but I would say that training with aliveness and intensity is key to building up the reflexes and mentality that will give you the advantage and allow you to perform under pressure when push comes to shove. Also, knowing you that you can take a strike and not be phased (providing its not a knockout) and knowing how your own body mechanics so you can adapt techniques to the situation. I'm no expert, so what im saying is just my opinion and very hypothetical :p

[JordanT]

They do have the flying scissors, so it can't be THAT bad.

[captainbirdseye]

Surely the best way of doing that is through the "sport" of fighting?

[DdlR]

Some RBSD purists argue that the conditions and restrictions of sporting competition tip the balance into "unrealism" re. preparation for surviving a street assault; some combat sport purists argue it in the other direction. As purists, both camps are inclined to miss the point that "street vs. sport" isn't only a dead horse, it was doomed to fail from the beginning by assuming an "either/or" scenario.

[Kovacs]

Surely the best way of doing that is through the "sport" of fighting?

Exactly, otherwise it's just talk and theory.

Or in Capoeiras case, dancing.