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  2. List of capoeira techniques - Wikipedia

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    Once the set-up is accomplished, the first leg is thrown straight up while having the head thrown back. This motion causes the practitioner's back to become parallel to the ground. The first leg travels around like a Double Leg and the second leg trails behind it. The first leg lands first on the ground and the second leg lags behind.

  3. Double Leg (trick) - Wikipedia

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    The landing and take off are the same as a standard double leg. Scissor Double Leg This is very similar to a Split Double Leg in that the legs split while in mid air. However, after the initial split the legs perform a switch which creates a scissor like effect. Misty Twisty This variant is a combination of a Double Leg and a Butterfly Twist ...

  4. Meia lua de compasso - Wikipedia

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    Meia-lua de compasso dupla (double compass crescent) is a version of the kick done without either leg in contact with the ground. It combines the motions of a diagonal front handspring and a meia-lua compasso using only the hand or hands to support the body during the kick and complete the spin.

  5. Capoeira - Wikipedia

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    The term jogo de capoeira (capoeira game) is used to describe the art in the performative context. [13] Although debated, the most widely accepted origin of the word capoeira comes from the Tupi words ka'a ("forest") paƩ ("round"), [15] referring to the areas of low vegetation in the Brazilian interior where fugitive slaves would hide.

  6. Pilates - Wikipedia

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    Both yoga and Pilates incorporate elements of stretching and breathing. [26] Both are low-impact, low-intensity exercises, but there are key differences. When practicing yoga, individuals hold certain poses for longer periods of time and flow into others; when practicing Pilates, individuals move their arms or legs while in certain positions ...

  7. Rasteira - Wikipedia

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    Crouching sweep, called rasteira (sweep) or rasteira do chão (ground sweep), is the default sweep in capoeira. [12] To prepare for sweep, the capoeirista suddenly drops to one leg, with their weight on the bent leg and their two arms on either side of the leg for balance. The capoeirista's trunk is bent almost touching the thigh.

  8. Ginga (capoeira) - Wikipedia

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    Capoeira, at its essence, is an expression of yourself, this no one can take away, the way in which you ginga. You can look into an academy and see that no one has the same ginga. The way one gingas is a label of where one learns, but later one loses all of this.

  9. Double Leg - Wikipedia

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    Double Leg (trick) – a Capoeira move also known as an armada dupla. Double leg takedown – a martial arts and combat sports technique for taking the opponent to the ground. Topics referred to by the same term