PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- Free lessons were being offered at the Kimmel Center to introduce the public to cultural dance, that can also be used in self-defense. They were feeling the beat at the Kimmel ...

Grupo Maculele Academy on Magazine street is teaching capoeira–afro-brazilian martial arts to students of all ages. Capoeira combines martial arts, dance, music, and brazilian culture. Capoeira is ...

What's it all about? Capoeira (pronounced cap-wearer) is a Brazilian martial art form, combining self-defence, acrobatics, dance, music and song. It was developed by slaves who used it to disguise the ...

Watch Ana and Andres (Foca) Costas demonstrate the intricate beauty of capoeira and it’s easy to see why they call a workout “play.” There is the music, heavy on drums and the plaintive timbre of the ...

Learn the basics of Negativa and Role in Capoeira with this beginner-friendly floor movement tutorial. Improve your flow, balance, and control with simple step-by-step guidance perfect for starting ...

The martial art of Capoeira is not as widely known as Taekwondo or Karate outside of Brazil. But the graceful dance-like fighting style changed the life of a 13-year-old street kid from Salvador in ...

SINGAPORE – Two Republic Polytechnic (RP) students circle each other, ever watchful, to the sound of traditional Brazilian instruments and singing in Portuguese. Suddenly, they explode into a flurry ...