History of Capoeira

Where does Capoeira come from?

• Brasil

• Egypt

• Argentina

• South Africa

What is Capoeira?

• A dance

• A martial art with elements of dance

• A party

• A fight

Who created capoeira?

• Lords of lands, trying to train their slaves

• A group of dancers who wanted to practice a martial art

• Slaves in Brasil, trying to rebel from the their lords

• A group of fighters, trying to train

Why did the slaves decided to pretend they were dancing?

• They did not know how to train properly

• Because it was normal to dance at that time

• because they liked it

• To avoid the landlords to find out they were trining a martial art

How do we call this movement in Capoeira?

• Hammer kick

• Ginga

• Hammer

• Monkey