In Africa, Capoeira was an Angolan ritual that had many religious connotations. On the Brazilian plantations, it became a cover so slaves, who were not allowed to own weapons or to exercise by ...

SANTA CRUZ — Two students kick and dance around each other while others drum and dance around them. Welcome to Alafia Capoeira, a new studio that teaches the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira ...

Capoeira is a marriage of African and Brazilian cultures. Enslaved Africans brought to Brazil continued the dance-fighting style they created, blending it with Brazilian music.

A SF-Bay Area capoeira student shares her love of the Afro-Brazilian art form. Chinwe Oniah was first drawn to capoeira for its martial arts and self-defense elements. But the Afro-Brazilian art ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira wraps together dancing, music, movement, and acrobatics into a single routine – and anyone in Fresno can learn how. A ...

It’s fighting, dancing, exercise. Learn about capoeira at this Tacoma studio Isha Trivedi Mon, April 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC 3 min read ...

When junior Kyle Deal kicked his girlfriend in the face, there were no hard feelings - it was just another Monday at the University's capoeira club, which practices Afro-Brazilian "dance fighting ...

The class was the second of five sessions that run each week, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., through August as part of Argyros Plaza’s Tuesday Night Dance series. Marytza Rubio, Segerstrom’s director ...

Part martial arts, part contemporary dance, Capoeira immediately caught the attention of Brazilian children, and Tiba remembers the acrobatic movements he first saw as a little boy. “It was all about ...

Capoeira began with African slaves who were brought to Brazil in the 17th century, Merrell says. In Africa, Capoeira was an Angolan ritual that had many religious connotations. On the Brazilian ...