CAPOEIRA THAT WORKS

  Titre : L'Héritage Résilient de Kipura : Échange Culturel et Maîtrise Martiale Nombre de Mots : 1650 Temps de Lecture Estimé : 10 minutes Les compétences d'esquive de Kipura ne sont pas seulement les exemples suprêmes d'évitement de filets, de lassos, de fouets et de tirs de mousquets, mais servent également de défense ultime contre la confinement et l'emprisonnement, présentés de manière spectaculaire depuis des siècles ; même lorsqu'ils font face aux scénarios physiques, mentaux, émotionnels et spirituels les plus atroces que les esclavagistes européens et arabes pouvaient concocter, les compétences de lutte des guerriers de Kipura les rendaient presque impossibles à étrangler, à étouffer ou à lyncher. Ils ont constamment échappé à ces tentatives létales, même lorsque les chances étaient fortement contre eux. Cette riche histoire de résilience et de maîtrise met en évidence comment les techniques de Kipura pouvaient autonomiser et protéger les individus face à l...

The new, relatively fad oriented, relatively uninformed MMA media sings the praises of movement training due largely to the phenom of Conor Mcgregor. The more informed MMA pundits sing the praises of the movements of T.J. Dillashaw, Cruz, Carlos Condit, and a few others. Due to the great benefits of the art of my family, NJIA UHURU [ "The Way of Freedom" ], I've known and practiced Weaponizing Human Movement for decades. What is Weaponizing Human Movement? Simply, we take every human movement we can, and use it for functional self defense; regardless of where and how I was introduced to it. So what if I see a movement from basketball, track and field, ballet, gymnastics, or some form of exercise. I take that movement and functionalize it for self defense. This is the process I innovated decades ago, and named Weaponizing Human Movement. I had to go and trademark this name and process under the Weaponizing Human Movement name, because too many people were biting  [ cop...

The purpose of this Angoleiro roda drill hosted by Mestre Themba and his students in Oakland California was to remove your partner from the circle/roda by using minimal striking, primarily posture, movement, and cutting off your opponent's ability to escape/evade/maneuver, then pushing/sweeping/takedowns/throws or striking. Using Udanganyifu [ miscalled by the Brazilian Portuguese term "malicia" ] is required. Both feet and all parts of the body had to remain in the circle...with emphasis being on the hands and feet. After dealing with the slick technical skills of my younger brother in the White hoodie, SENSEI THOMAS OF THE WAY OF SIMPLICITY [ which we both learned from our primary teacher and Senior Lead Instructor of the Family Arts, Uncle Bobby ], I managed to get him to step with one foot out of the circle. It was fun and the way Mestre Themba's Angoleiros practice this skill drill is unique amongst most who trace their lineage to ...

There is no separation between the Alkebulan/Afrikan art of Kipura miscalled "Capoeira" and the Afrikan spiritual beliefs underpinning the warrior art of my ancestors. That's why oftentimes in both Afrika and the Americas [ not just Brazil ] my warrior ancestors were also called "Oso", "Baba", "mandinguero", "houngan", which roughly means  "sorcerers" What is the difference between Kipura and Capoeira? We must pry open the hidden places of world history to honestly answer this question. Starting with the fact that Montu is the source of all fighting systems the world over.  But that story is so vast and multitiered that it deserves its own series of blogs. We cannot cover that story now. In order to further examine the true history of Kipura and "Capoeira", we truly must begin in the ancient whole human development and self defense systems which spring from the united Empire of Nwb...

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...

To my Kipura...miscalled "Capoeira"... brethen, and even my esteemed colleagues who disagree with some of my positions, like Winnipeg Capoeira Angola...please consider the following: In my gym, THE ATACX GYM STREET WARRIOR CAPOEIRA, we strike alot with our hands, elbows, knees, heads, shoulders, fists, and use animal hand techniques. We use a wide assortment of throws and grabs, locks, breaks, chokes and more. And we insist that all  of these techniques are in fact founded in authentic Kipura...miscalled "Capoeira"... itself. This insistence of ours is founded in incredibly rigorous, accurate, invincible scientific data, research and knowledge which directly contravenes and destroys the popular fictions that anyone referring to the Afrikan art of Kipura by the Portugues name of "CAPOEIRA" given to Kipura by its blood enemies is simply unaware of, because these well meaning but thoroughly manipulated and misled people credit the propaganda and lies of the...