Juan Goncalves-Borrega, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Two young men dressed in white kneel on the ground, ready to begin their duel. Eyes lock onto those of his opponent.

Lisa Willoughby knows plenty of people haven’t heard of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art form she grew up seeing in Brazil. But, she’s trying to change that through ABADÁ-Capoeira Marin, the ...

Adriano Moraes is without a doubt one of the best flyweight mixed martial artists in the world. On August 26, ‘Mikinho’ will have the opportunity to cement his legacy when he meets flyweight superstar ...

You might think that capoeira is a form of martial arts, or perhaps a dance, but really it's a practice that's a form of expression all of its own. The history of capoeira dates back more than 500 ...

Not long after learning that Capoeira is a strange hybrid of martial arts and breakdancing, I became video witness to a prime example of how not to practice Capoeira. As far as video punchlines go, ...

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo – When Rukundu was not yet born his Hutu parents fled the genocide in Rwanda to safety in the Democratic Republic of Congo where he was born. His father was a Hutu ...

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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 ...

Through an account of capoeira, the Brazilian dance-fight-game, we uncover two simultaneous stories of security: first, the gradual monopolisation of violence by the state; second, a somatic, lyrical ...