LITTLE HAITI (CBSMiami) – Capoeira is described as a story of celebration and the ability to express oneself. It involves music, fighting, dancing, intuition, rich history and breaking a sweat.

Before you can learn capoeira in Fabio “Fua” Nascimento’s class, you have to learn a little Portuguese. At the beginning of each session, he passes out instruments — a drum, a cowbell, a tambourine — ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University Spanish professor says the best way to understand the African-Brazilian influenced Capoeira is by comparing its deceptive elements to what it is not – dance, ...

In a one-room studio on Springfield Avenue in Champaign at the Cordao de Ouro Capoeira Academy, a small group of students – most of them graduate students – assembles nightly to practice the martial ...

Classes are taught by Mestre Zumbi. We cover stretching, strength building, capoeira movements (kicks, defense, motion, acrobatics), capoeira instruments, songs, and maculele. Beginners are welcome.

Capoeira Brasil Pune offers participants an ancient Afro-Brazilian art form combining music, dance and acrobatics. For those not in the know, capoeira is an ancient mixed martial arts form that ...

As far as martial arts go, you do not get more "art" than capoeira. For one, it's certainly not as ubiquitous as boxing or muay thai, at least not in this country, and its relative distance from the ...