Portuguese Man of War

Capoeira is a Brasilian dance, game or ritualistic fight that African slaves invented to protect themselves against oppressors. They disguised practicing the movements by incorporating music to give the impression that it was a dance.

We had a professional capoeira group come do a demonstration on the beach for us yesterday during which I was selected from the crowd to fight. Here are instructional pictures of how to do capoeira:

CAPOEIRA in 3 EASY STEPS

STEP 1: Begin in traditional starting position called ginga.

STEP 2: Don´t get kicked in the head.

STEP 3: Make nice. Shake hands. No hard feelings.