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1. Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular Fitness Using Capoeira Movements

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2. The Little Capoeira Book

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3. Capoeira (Sport in the Global Society)

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5. Teaching Movement & Dance: A Sequential Approach to Rhythmic Movement

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6. The Hidden History of Capoeira: A Collision of Cultures in the Brazilian Battle Dance

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7. Long After Midnight at the Niño Bien: A Yanqui’s Missteps in Argentina

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u/coldize · 2 pointsr/capoeira

Get this book

It's awesome. It has a ton of exercises and some workout regiments already in there.

Like someone else has already said, the best way to get your body in shape for capoeira is to do capoeira, but this book is good for doing workouts that incorporate capoeira movements.

My particular favorite is called "serpent running" or something like that. You get in pushup position and then you rapidly switch between your left and right foot, like you're running. It's really hard and a great workout.

I also found this was a great way to supplement actual classes because I felt like I could try to just do the same routines and movements we learned in class but doing them by myself, I felt a huge lack of direction.

Good luck! Axe!

u/znewbie · 1 pointr/capoeira

There are lots, of varying quality.

Off the top of my head are the books by Nestor Capoeira, who is deeply respected for lots of reasons. He has a series of three books, only one is formatted as a sort of technical manual, but the others are highly entertaining and fascinating in their own right and discuss important elements beyond just the movements of capoeira.

http://www.amazon.com/Nestor-Capoeira/e/B001JRUQ8Y

There is also the Capoeira 100, and Capoeira Conditioning. These have some issues, while the contain photos of various movements, the instructions seem to go like "First, prepare to do the flip, next, perform the flip, finally, finish the flip." Also be aware that different capoeira groups use different names to refer to moves, there are very few that are completely stable between groups, so the names of the moves in the book might not be how they are referred to by any group you meet.

seriously though, google is your friend. So is amazon books.

There are lots of youtube videos, around too. Like Com Expressao who have a basic movements video, and some tutorials on more advanced moves, but those that i've seen do not discuss the use of those movements in the roda. They post here occasionally as well as /u/comexpressao .

u/thatsnotgneiss · 2 pointsr/asatru

Historical

u/Juridiwy · 2 pointsr/MMA

Ok, so if you are interested in some real capoeira history, this is one of the best books on the topic: https://www.amazon.com/Capoeira-History-Afro-Brazilian-Martial-Society/dp/0714680869

u/empleadoEstatalBot · 73 pointsr/argentina
	


	


	


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> I was practically a kid, 22 years old, when I moved to Argentina in 2000 with the crazy idea of making it as a reporter. Shockingly, the Buenos Aires Herald was in no rush to hire a Texan with no experience, and the economy seemed to be in a bit of trouble. I knew only two Argentines – both lovely, but older, with kids and lives of their own. So I spent sweltering days wandering the streets and riding the #60 bus (it crossed the whole city from Constitución to Tigre for under a dollar, and offered a nice breeze) while devouring empanadas, ñoquis and ham sandwiches on a budget of 70 pesos – which then was 70 dollars – per week.
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u/lukamu · 2 pointsr/MusicEd

Start with folk songs and dances. Folk songs are great because 1) they're easier and 2) the community knows them. Plus it teaches culture and history, just pick songs that are age-appropriate. Folk dances are great because it gets the kids up and moving. You can use a website for ideas or find some literature on folk dances.

Sure, teach them how to read music too, but don't focus on it. For young music students, the goal is to expose them to high-quality music and make music fun.

u/smellsofelderberry · 2 pointsr/capoeira

Thanks! I'll take your word for it. As far as books on Capoeira go I've only read a few so I don't have many to compare it to. One of those was Nestor Capoeira's The Little Capoeira Book which also has a nice bit on maliçia. On that topic, I also once heard him comparing everything you do in the roda can be analogous to something in life. You wouldn't trust a complete stranger not to deceive you in certain situations and you should do the same in the roda. It's something I've always remembered.

My issue with the book would be with the person who wrote it. I could not trust an author, who claimed to be something he wasn't, to write a book about the capoeira journey. It's ironically an example of real life malicia. It's snakeoil.

u/Lonever · 2 pointsr/martialarts

I've trained for about 6 years. Am not in Brazil but I'm planning to visit and stay there for at decent period of time.

My expertise is as a student of the art, from my experience of studying the art, discussion with Mestres of different capoeira schools and philosophy, as well as studying books and secondary historical sources (I recommend this this book)

To put it in context, let me explain to you a brief history of pre-academy capoeira as well as broad categories of capoeira styles that exists to day.

As we know, before Mestre Bimba created his school, capoeira was forbidden (that's why he first school's name did not have the word capoeira in it). Mestre Bimba thought that capoeira at that time was not effective, therefore he added some moves from other martial arts and created the first capoeira training system. Before this, capoeristas would just learn by imitation and playing in the roda (pronounced ho-dah).

As Bimba's style became more popular, the traditional style of capoeira became less and less so. Mestre Pastinha created his school and they called the traditional style Capoeira Angola. Today, the term is (somewhat problematically) used to describe any style that is considered traditional and not under Mestre Bimba.

Another term that you will come across is Capoeira Contemporanea, which just means comtemparary capoeira and is used to describe any styles that don't fall under Regional or Angola)

Capoeira Angola today is more ritualistic and focuses more on cleverness and tricks. The moves are (in general) more dance-like and hey (generally) play lower to the ground.

The style in the video is more towards a modern Regional style that focuses on martial effectiveness, speed, and objectivity.

There's also a style that emerged in São Paolo that merges both the styles. A famous group among is my group (CDO) that is today famous for acrobatics, lack of a backbone, and versatility.

Each different style generally has good reasoning for why they do things a particular way. The main problem with portraying capoeira as a fight is that even the most aggressive, objective groups generally still "play". While a capoeira game can degenerate into a fight, that is rarely a desired outcome, fueled usually by ego or some personal beef.

The old capoeristas used to call capoeira vadiaçao, which loosely translated means vagrancy, or in other words, just wasting time and hanging out.

That is why a capoeira game is inherently more than a fight, because there is a lot of things outside of martial ability to consider.

u/koolyomka · 5 pointsr/gifs

I don't think you understand much about Capoeira. Try giving this a read.