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Capoeira de Angola (Angolan capoeira) or simply angola is the traditional style of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art. A newer style, based on the reform of capoeira Angola, is called regional. However, the term capoeira Angola is somewhat ambiguous and can mean two things: traditional capoeira Angola prior to its codification in 20th ...
Chapa de costas (back plate) is a back push kick in capoeira, and one of the few principal capoeira's kicks. [1] It is also basic kick in African martial art engolo, the forerunner of capoeira. [2] Chapa de costas is typical kick of capoeira Angola. [3] This "malicious" kick is similar to chapa de frente, applied from the back to the opponent. [4]
Vicente Ferreira Pastinha (April 5, 1889, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil – November 13, 1981), known as Mestre Pastinha, was a mestre of the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira and a codifier of the traditional capoeira Angola style.
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Mestre Canjiquinha played a pivotal role in shaping the style of mainstream capoeira that began to emerge in São Paulo during the 1960s. [3] This evolving style, which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s, drew from both Regional and Angola styles while maintaining its distinct characteristics. [3] He recorded a CD with old Mestre Waldemar in 1984. [4]
Daniel Coutinho, known as Mestre Noronha (1909–1977) was one of the old capoeira Angola mestres, from the time when capoeira was an illegal martial art. Mestre Noronha was one of the founders of the first Centre of Capoeira Angola in Liberdade neighbourhood of Salvador, Bahia in 1920s. He was often persecuted by the police as a capoeira ...
Mestre Braga (born Antonio Neves Braga; June 13, 1957; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Mestre (a master practitioner) of the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira Angola. He is the founder of the capoeira Angola group, Africa Bantu, and one of the founders of the Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho (GCAP).
stingray's tail) is a parent technique in capoeira for inverted kicks over the head, resembling the stingray's strike. This parent term includes following major techniques: Meia lua de compasso with its variations, the traditional rabo-de-arraia in capoeira Angola. [1] Scorpion kick with its variations, the traditional rabo-de-arraia in ...