RAS AND KUAJUAN: YES, YOU DO CARDIO CAPOEIRA NOT SELF DEFENSE. AND THAT'...
The fact remains. Beyond dispute. That all these other people teach cardio capoeira, or contact cardio capoeira. They don't do sport combat training [ which requires rounds of training specific skills, using specific equipment like mitts, air shields, heavy bags, etc. and requires sparring ]. They don't do "fight" training...which requires applying techniques against common street fighting scenarios, with escalating resistance applied by your training partner or partners. And none of them even know what self defense training is. In all the world. Only Head Coach Ras of THE ATACX GYM both was first to introduce all of these things, explain all of these things, and still does all of these things...with the proper Afrikan languages, history, and knowledge as to how our Afrikan spirituality and lessons shows how to learn acquire perpetuate and teach the technical skills and philosophy of our art, and how our spiritual lessons have the most direct impact upon the mass