The science of the art of capoeira

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ATACX GYM CAPOEIRA

Hello everyone! We're relatively new and our approach is somewhat different than alot of schools. We fight. ..A LOT...with our capoeira,lol. We compete in different tournaments too but our primary interest is self-defense capoeira style when it's time to show our combat skill. We of course participate in noncombative capoeira rodas, sing etc etc but we think it's vital that the actual functional freedom fighting power as represented by such legends as Zumbi dos Palmares and Beouro and street fighting malicia of capoeira that predated such luminaries as the Maltas of Brazil and communicated to us by such warriors as Mestres Pastinha and Bimba and incarnated in the brave mestres who participated in THE WORLD FIGHT is every bit as vital as the song dance fun music energy spirit and culture shown in the less combative rodas. It is our opinion that without the warriors? Capoeira isn't fully capoeira and would have looong perished prior to our generation being blessed with the beauty and spirit that is capoeira. We think that the FIGHT of capoeira needs to be preserved every bit as much as its other facets,and that the warriors of capoeira--while still extant in our time--are dwindling in number to such an extent that we're in danger of losing them to extinction altogether. The warriors that previously swelled capoeira's ranks are being siphoned off by other martial arts due to the common misconception that capoeira is not and has never been a place for warriors. Warriors who...as my Mestre told me his Mestre told him...will can and must simultaneously sing the Song of Life and groove with the Dance of Death. Our youtube videos and blogs will go more into depth about this.

Thank you for having us.

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