CAPOEIRA THAT WORKS

Many of us have not seen the massive documentary called THE UNWRAPPING OF KING TUT which resulted in American TV recording Egyptian scientists delving into Tut's tomb and genetically determining that Tut was essentially White...or anywhere between modern European [ most commonly concluded by the much ballyhoo'd results ] to  midway between European and modern Arabic in racial identity. These results have initiated a massive, massive backlash and uproar in various scholarly communities and of course every moon bat from the far Ridiculous Rightwingers to the Loopy Left have engaged in fiery debate, denunciation, and all around buffoonery because...let's face it...EVERYBODY has a deep racial link to that time and era. Especially with the centuries of Europeans and Arabs doing everything possible to deny any sort of Black African connection to any and every thing in Africa, and coopt all of the praise honor fame respect and pride for themselves. Let's pretend for the no...

https://sites.google.com/site/atacxgymcapoeira/home Before you read any further, let me tell you a few important things: First and foremost, Afrikans created the system Smai Tawi that later became known as Yoga...and Yoga is part of every African martial system, including Kipura/Capoeira. recognize that there is no Afrikan martial art that is not deeply wedded with spiritual and mental cultivation, as well as rigorous physical skill. This spiritual and mental cultivation is inseparable and totally essential not only the effective practical deadly use of Afrikan martial arts, but is also an essential inseparable part of spiritually embracing The Creator and all of the natural and universal forces, animals, energies etc of the universe that we inhabit. 1. This first blog entry will be lengthy, but all the rest of the blog entries in this series will be less than a third the size of this opening blog. 2. The reason that that this blog has to be comparatively long is because...

HOW TO DO REAL WORLD ACROBATIC ATACX GYM STREET WARRRIOR CAPOEIRA KICKS IN MMA AND THE STREETS This set up and execution is something that I use commonly in sparring, especially when I feint the double leg takedown or off of a high speed striking combination. The setup I show in this video is very effective, but I must caution you...Capoeira kicks are very powerful. Injury from a mishap is VERY EASY TO DO. So listen closely and please heed this advice:  DO NOT execute these kicks unless you are carefully supervised by one of the truly rare Street Warrior Capoeiristas like myself or the other truly rare Capoeira Mestres who can actually fight. The way you can tell if you're getting the real Capoeira or not is simple...your Capoeira teacher will spend most of the class teaching self defense, not useless movements and useless exercise. You will speedily discover that there are plenty of very challenging acrobatics to be had and you don't lose an ounce of culture, fun...