Brazil’s capoeira (ka-poo-ei-ruh) has been growing in popularity since the early 1950s. Fans of the sport are drawn to its acrobatic dancing, powerful attacks, and pulsing rhythms – it’s the ...

For Bengalureans who are on the lookout to learn something new – a new artform, a new sport, a new fitness routine, a new ...

Capoeira is considered to be one of the symbols of Brazilian culture. With millions of followers worldwide, capoeira is a blend of martial arts, acrobatics and dance choreography. The cultures of ...

We got one of the best martial arts and one of the best bases for MMA and I just wanted to prove that since I was a kid." What better and bigger stage for da Silva to show the world what capoeira ...

Capoeira is a dance-like martial art with its roots in 16th-century Brazil. Devised in secret by African slaves as a fighting technique but disguised as a performing art, capoeira came to ...

Capoeira practitioner Amen Santo rates nine capoeira scenes in movies and TV shows for realism. Santo breaks down common capoeira strikes, kicks, and defense tactics in "Black Panther" (2018 ...

Through learning Capoeira, a type of Afro-Brazilian martial arts, 'Project Bantu' seeks to change the lives of vulnerable youth such as refugees in Australia and street children in the Philippines.

If you're skilled at a physical activity like ballet, the part of your brain that controls movement activates differently than the same part in the brain of someone who's not skilled in that activity.

Capoeira, a sport that mixes martial art and dance, is one of Brazil's biggest cultural exports to the world. Its practice is steeped in traditions from Angola - and now a new generation of ...