Brazilian Martial Arts- Capoeira

[just jess]

Some guys came to my gym tonight and were doing it to some music---its off the hook..its a type of dance/fighting ...

Anyone ever do this?? Or know where i can take a class in it? preferrably in jersey

[mikey77]

Originally posted by just jess
Some guys came to my gym tonight and were doing it to some music---its off the hook..its a type of dance/fighting ...

Anyone ever do this?? Or know where i can take a class in it? preferrably in jersey

ask woooood, he knows about that.

[drumaboy]

i did a few classes, too much on my left shoulder thats been dislocated three times, first class you're already walking on your hands, but.....i have so much respect for this style, its just nutty as all hell, and the music behind it is just insane, def gonna throw some of these dudes into the circle at my first party

[just jess]

the music is what made me stop to watch them..i should have asked them what cd it was!! these awesome chants and drums...

but yeah one guy was off the hook...he would get on his hands with bent elbows, almost like a breakdance move, and do some crazy side kick ...

my friends sister was taking capoeira lessons down in miami and loved them...this is definitely something i want to look into doing

[woooood]

i gave her the low down
in my opinion like i told her:
its hard very acrobatic
completely useless as a form of self defense
but its different and intriguing,
id like to take a trip to brazil for about 10 days and go to gracies camp to grapple 5 days and try capoiera for a few days

[woooood]

www.bilang.com has some cool videos of them doin that stuff
enjoy!

[joeyjoey]

There was a good movie about that about 10 years ago, but I forgot the name.

[just jess]

wood told me to rent some movie...Only The Strong...that may be it

[MzPimpKore]

i tried it once - absolutly loved it - but u gotta b in goo dshape to do it
theres a REALLY good place in astoria i can find out the name if your interested

[jt]

when i was in israel, if you went downtown in jerusalem they alway had guys doing it in the street, young and old some, def need to be in good shape for it, but like wood said completely useless as a fighting style

[just jess]

Originally posted by MzPimpKore
i tried it once - absolutly loved it - but u gotta b in goo dshape to do it
theres a REALLY good place in astoria i can find out the name if your interested

astorias kinda far for me, but thanks :D

maybe they offer some sort of beginners classes ..where i wont have to do flips and handstands right off the bat lol

ive done acrobatics and karate when i was younger, and i do yoga now...we shall see!

[Deez Nuggets]

Ironically, the movie "Only the Strong" actually sparked me and two of my friends' interest in it. We started taking clases on thursdays in SoHo, right off of Houston. They held classes there @ a dojo.. It was cool, a little hard for me to keep up being I was still in highschool but definitely a GREAT form of cardio and a great way to learn balance... I don't remember the exact address but I can see if I can find out...

At the time I was also into break dancing.... after 4 years, i've given both up though..... between both, I messed up my back and neck pretty good....

A really ineffective form of defense - I agree.... Alot of fun though..

[just jess]

Originally posted by Deez Nuggets
Ironically, the movie "Only the Strong" actually sparked me and two of my friends' interest in it. We started taking clases on thursdays in SoHo, right off of Houston. They held classes there @ a dojo.. It was cool, a little hard for me to keep up being I was still in highschool but definitely a GREAT form of cardio and a great way to learn balance... I don't remember the exact address but I can see if I can find out...

At the time I was also into break dancing.... after 4 years, i've given both up though..... between both, I messed up my back and neck pretty good....

A really ineffective form of defense - I agree.... Alot of fun though..

actually if u could PM me with this info, or post it..thatd be great..if its once a week i may be able to get into the city--especially since ill be done with school now in a few weeks and ill have some free time on my hands...thanks in advance

[woooood]

go back to TSK and stop with the spic MA's lol
OSU! haha

[woo]

in the summer 0f 99 there was a crew 0f cap0eira d00ds wh0 w0uld take up the dancefl00r at sf.
they trained at the chelsea piers.