Capoeira news

CITY OF NEWARK TO HOST FREE CAPOEIRA AND AFRO-BRAZILIAN DANCE PERFORMANCE
The Daily Newarker - Mar 19, 2010
Newark, NJ - March 18, 2010 – Mayor Cory A. Booker announced today that the City of Newark will host a Capoeira and Afro-Brazilian Dance Performance in the ... Amy Winehouse Takes Up Capoeira
AngryApe - Mar 18, 2010
Winehouse is still working on her next album (the follow-up to 2006's 'Back To Black') and finds Capoeira is helping her keep away from her old haunts in ... Fitness Face-off
CBC.ca - Mar 18, 2010
"It's called capoeira. Lots of kicking, and dodging and even some gymnastics. I think this will help me lose inches and pounds. ...

Capoeira books

Capoeira 100: An Illustrated Guide to the Essential Movements and Techniques

by: Gerard Taylor
This is a pretty good book if you are a beginner. I think anyone with an intermediate level wouldn't learn to much from it.

If you're getting started with capoeira, this is a great book that could help you develop your "jogo"

Although you have to remember that the true way to learn capoeira is practicing it.
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The Little Capoeira Book

by: Nestor Capoeira
I'll be perfectly honest. With my short attention span I have at times, I havn't done much in the way of practicing through the use of this book. But what I have practiced using it, I was able to figure out easily thanks to the diagrams and explanations in it. This book was also able to make me hold the interest I first had in Capoeria before finding it with the additional sections that talk about the styles history and the philosiphies behind the art.

If you want a book on Capoeria that will hold your attention for a good long time, than you'll deffiantley want this one! Just don't assume that you'll be able to catch on to the style immediatley though, this book also proves that Capoeria isn't something you can pick up right away.
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Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular Fitness Using Capoeira Movements

by: Gerard Taylor
If you are a fan of bodyweight training, you should check out this book. For those of you familiar with Combat Conditioning, you will find a lot of similarities. It's basically like Combat Conditioning with a very gymnastic twist to it, which makes it all that much more challenging and interesting. A lot of handstand type movements and supporting your bodyweight on your hands.
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Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game

by: Nestor Capoeira
A very in-depth look into the history of capoeira that you WILL NOT learn from most mestres, especially those who only teach technique. Nestor gives a historical look at slavery's influence on capoeira, takes a contemporary look at capoeira's development, and offers illustrated basic to intermediate techniques. The most interesting thing is the examination of capoeira at a physical and metaphysical level, and how it affects the individual player as s/he progresses. A game, a fight, a dance, a way of life.
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