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DEAR DIARY: With a Batizado going on, a street roda last night, and a open Roda this Sunday, and another one next Sunday My mind has been on Capoeira all week long!!!





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Anyway, I was on my friend, Head coach Ras of ATACXGYM CAPOEIRA's Google+ page, and I found 2 excellent videos that I wanted to post here. Well, not the videos exactly, but what was said in response to these videos.

The 1st video is a really nice video, a demonstration of techniques, along with a bit of philosophy.



And here's Coach Ras's comment: This video is nice; I am glad that you made it. But what you're showing is CARDIO CAPOEIRA, not real Afrikan Kipura. Cardio Capoeiristas can't fight, can't use their acrobatics in a fight, and--due to racism--does not learn what Afrikan warriors and slaves knew: the real fight of Kipura of Afrika, the real culture of Kipura of Afrika, made by the people of Afrika. Even Mestre Bimba and Mestre Pastinha learned Capoeira from African masters. Real Kipura has gun disarms:



real Kipura has techniques to throw, to chokes, tecniques to break arms, acrobatic tecniques to fight:



real Kipura has self defense techniques and sparring training:



real Kipura is used in street fights:



Real Kipura has a history of gun disarms from Afrika, later the history of Brasil, and not one Capoeira legend has EVER done Cardio Capoeira. Real warriors of Kipura/"Capoeira" ALL practice to fight. Authentic Kipura was created in Afrika, and my Black ancestors used this fight everywhere, not only in Brazil. As scientific history proves when we disarmed guns from racist police and beat them up: http://books.google.com/books?id=T0mRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA118&lpg=PA118&dq=brazil+capoeira+1917+curva+grande&source=bl&ots=yCce0GUx6g&sig=zGSXwQPPOWjHKWqDs2_FxGYYBuY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VOLZU9XJBoGmigLSz4GwBw#v=onepage&q=brazil%20capoeira%201917%20curva%20grande&f=false

And again in Afrika during Angola's War of Independence against Portugal, in the 1970's, when Kipura warriors rebirthed in the land of Afrika, where they were first created.

Real Afrikan Kipura uses a much better fighting stance, and focuses on self defense and fighting skills first, merged with spiritual practices and more. There is no spirituality in this technique. No expression to Orunmila, Anansi, Osun, Yemoya, Ogun, Xango...nothing. 

Now the 2nd video is a tiny snippet from one of Coach Ras's instructionals, which you can buy HERE.



And this is the small, but excellent conversation which followed:

Adilson Alves da Silva Jul 7, 2014+2
Congratulations! I like it. I begun practicing capoeira in a wild environment. I mean: in the new-born capital of my country, Brazil. Wild, because it was the beginning of a City where came people from all over Brazil and abroad. Everybody wanted to show his best and get the best place to live. I heard about capoeira through books,friends and videotapes from Rio carnival. But the very reason for my choice was the way capoeira was presented to me. I mean: - a kind of fight, different from the other ones. I begun practising Judo as part of the school curriculum. But I felt unsatisfied. So many rules for an unpredictable result. I had to keep in good shape, always, and I thought it could act as I were using a badge, or it was written in my forehead as I was a bully or something like that..

I learned a few movements and tried to unite them in a bewildering sequence. My aim was self-defense. The " Jogo" for me, was a not so short way to finish or to put a final dot in a sentence. Then, we fought. But for living in a social way, we had again(history) to hide it during the RODAS. I always taught my friends, capoeira is dangerous as a kind of fighting, but we need to remember it is weak if we keep in mind the way we behave during rodas. We need to practice the two ways, otherwise we might be catch in a mousetrap. My respects!!!

 ATACX GYM CAPOEIRA LONG BEACH CA Jul 7, 2014
+Adilson Alves da Silva I have repeatedly told many of my friends the same thing: Kipura is a martial art first to fight injustice. To play the roda is important, but the only reason the roda play is able to exist is because of the self defense practice and training of good quality. We must not forget the lessons of my African ancestors who taught to us the warrior art that in Brazil is called "Capoeira". We must train our minds to remember Candomble, Umbanda, Santeria, etc. We must never forget the magic of Capoeira is in our souls, and our souls minds and bodies must have the self defense practice and the spiritual practice and the social play of the rodas. Too many people want to practice in the games...the jogos. Not enough people know to practice the art of self defense of Kipura. Too many people want to forget the orixas, the Africans, the history. Without the Africans [ my family is African, and we practice Kipura many years before Kipura came to Brazil, and we practice in every country and island in the Western Hemisphere ], without the spiritual practice and knowledge and healing, without the magic of Capoeira, without the history, without the philosophy, without the joy and understanding and philosophy of the fight, the roda, the jogo, without the practice of self defense techniques of good quality Kipura...we are nothing. We are not Capoeira. Too many people want to play the jogos. Too many people think Capoeira is to dance for the roda. No. Capoeira is a powerful fight, and without practicing the self defense of good quality as our most important priority, combined with our spiritual, academic, social, healing, emotional and mental development, we are not Capoeira. Ever since Dictator Vargas attacked Capoeira, and especially since Mestres Bimba and Pastinha went to the ancestors, too many people want to play the roda without knowing the fight. No. Learn to fight and to play...but learn to fight first. As children, we know how to play. We must learn to practice our spiritual techniques, and remember the orixas...whatever religion we choose to practice, we ought to remember the orixas as the orixas are very important to the history and to the magic and to the spirit of Kipura [ Brazilians call Kipura "Capoeira" ]. I learned to fight with Kipura as a child, and I used Kipura in the dangerous streets of America many times. Many people wanted to batter people of my race because they do not want to respect Africans. Before and during the riots, there were many problems. But Kipura helped me to defeat attackers with my excellent technique speed skill power...and still to keep a smile on my face and a laugh in my heart without hate. Thank you, mano, for your kind words and your important wisdom and quality experience. I hope to talk with you often.

Anyway, I thought I'd like to share this with you.


Oh, and also, here's Head Coach Ras's latest video, showing a the connection between Parkour and Capoeira:



Published on Nov 10, 2014
I am the only legit teacher that can and will teach you how to use your Parkour and Capoeira in real fights. Come to my website: https://sites.google.com/site/atacxgy... I do not own much of this footage.

The songs are: WARRIOR aka GUERREIRO aka "THA CAPOEIRA RAP SONG" by Niamson

and

THE STRONG CONTINUE by Damian Marley and Nas

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Howto & Style
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