The coolest martial art

To me this has to be capoeira.


These guys seem to defy gravity! Though I dunno about the arts combat effectiveness.

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“	this has to be capoeira.	”

I'd agree

“	I dunno about the arts combat effectiveness.	”

Like everything else - depends how you train it. Some of them do quite well in open competition and we all know about the reputation of some of the clubs in Brazil...

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h@p : "Though I dunno about the arts combat effectiveness."

some disscussion about that very thing here Capoeira

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I can't see vids as I'm at work, but do a search for Kung Fu knockouts. There's a great video of an underground fight club and a (maybe boxer) is fighting a very skilled Capoeira. Guys does backflips, swing kicks, one handed handstand, then goes into a foward flip attack... I leave the rest for you all to enjoy if you find it. It's an awesome 3 minute or so video.

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That vid is posted somewhere - it comes from a movie and was totally staged for it.
Ah- here it is:
The "Underground" street fight

The finished movie:


Definitely the same.
I prefer the capoeira scene from The Protector

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Might go and see this... Aida Edemariam reports on the Arcola theatre's capoeira production of Euripides's The Bacchae | Stage | guardian.co.uk

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