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by **julien** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 2:19 am

Wow, what a great topic, and what a great website!

I've been doing capoeira for about three years and have been vegan (badly) for about one year. I'm really looking forward to sharing information with you guys - if you have any questions about capoeira (either regional or angola), I'd love to talk with someone who is vegan and doing capoeira; it would be the first time.

by **veganmonk** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:56 am

hey julien!

where are you from and where are you taking capoeira?

by **julien** » Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:19 pm

hey veganmonk - i'm from montreal, canada, so we're technically from the same place. :wink:

i should add that to my profile...

by **veganmonk** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:15 pm

nice

My co-worker was just in Montreal and says the vegan food is amazing.

by **jonwade** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 9:24 pm

I have seen capoeira in Brazil, but never had a go. I cannot even do a hand stand at the moment, so probably not something I am suited to. But it is great fun to watch. I have always been curious though, how is it as a martial art? In Brazil, on the streets at least, it always seems to be more of a traditional, spiritual, martial arts dance. Do you actually learn to fight, or just the spinning and leaping?

by **Vareta** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:55 am

My girlfriend says capoeira takes up too much of my time. I say Bah! She's probably right, so I try to convinve her to join me, but it never works. Anyways, I just got back from training an hour or two ago and stumbled upon this post. Good to see other capoeiristas out there!

jonwade, capoeira can most definately be applied in a real life situation. However, different groups practice and focus on different aspects of the game. Some groups focus on the flashy acrobatics while other groups work heavily with takedowns and contact. The effectivness of capoeira in a streetfight is debatable, but I've alwys thought a fight is about the martial artist and not the martial art.

Anyways, I'll be around here and I could literally talk nonstop about capoeira for hours, so feel free to entice me.

by **Felina** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:09 pm

Im glad to see some other vegan capoeiristas! Have any of you traveled to brazil with your groups, and suffered finding food. Many vegetarians I know who try to travel with capoeiristas end up eating meat! I know I cant go back. Any vegan advice for traveling in rio and salvador?

by **V VII Hero** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:43 pm

eat raw/fruitarian.

just eat raw fruits and nuts and youre set. you dont have to worry about the ingredients, and you dont have to worry about eating meat.

by **V VII Hero** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:44 pm

id like to go train in brazil at some point in my life.

im moving to Philadelphia, PA and I am gonna take capoeira classes a couple times a week.

I'd like to just have fun with it, be disciplined, and perhaps one day teach too.

by **JonQ** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 2:57 pm

Vareta, that's what my capoeira teacher's called as well (one of them, I mean)

Been practicing on and off for a few years, most of the time too little so haven't learnt as much as I'd like. But I really really enjoy it, for the fun as much as for the exercise. Can't think of many better ways. Have no background in gymnastics or anything of the sort, and am sort of... well, clumsy. So capoeira is definitely the right thing for me, exercising precisely those things x].

by **XNobleX** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:33 pm

I play Capoeira Angola here in Austin, Texas.

by **V VII Hero** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:54 am

awesome.

I practice with an Angola group here in Denver (Colorado) now. pretty awesome stuff when I can actually make it to class. it's hard but so much fun!

by **V VII Hero** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:56 am

jonwade wrote:I have seen capoeira in Brazil, but never had a go. I cannot even do a hand stand at the moment, so probably not something I am suited to. But it is great fun to watch. I have always been curious though, how is it as a martial art? In Brazil, on the streets at least, it always seems to be more of a traditional, spiritual, martial arts dance. Do you actually learn to fight, or just the spinning and leaping?

The group I practice, we actually learn how to apply it in real life, everything from kicks to take downs to sneaky behavior and philosophy.

Capoeira was disguised as a dance, and it was actually used to fight back, in fact it was so lethal, it was outlawed in Brasil, and anyone caught practicing it would have their Achille's tendons cut. you can read a little bit about Capoeira at the link I have below, a short history of it as a martial art.

"Capoeira is a style of martial arts created on the sugar cane plantations of Brazil by African slaves. Its origins date back to the 1500s and is still practised today."
Read more: http://martialarts.suite101.com/article ... z0PotrccSM

http://martialarts.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_origins_of_capoeira

by **XNobleX** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:55 am

V VII Hero wrote:id like to go train in brazil at some point in my life.

im moving to Philadelphia, PA and I am gonna take capoeira classes a couple times a week.

I'd like to just have fun with it, be disciplined, and perhaps one day teach too.

The date on this post seems pretty old, but if you are still going to train in Philadelphia you should look up Erik "Chicago" Murray. He has his own school, and he is also a student of Mestre Joao Grande.

He's the guy in the colorful shirt in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlDtuDsA ... &index=106

by **KaliBaby** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:26 pm

had my first Capoeira session today, I'm hooked!

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