Scott Swan of NBC’s WTHR 13 in Indianapolis wrote a great piece giving an overview of capoeira and the city often touted as the mecca for the art, Salvador, Bahia.
Instructor Malandro of Capoeira Terreiro da Lua featured in The Red Hook Star-Revue
In a recent article, international magazine OkayAfrica.com points out the heavy European tilt of official Olympic sports and proposes seven African sports to consider for the worldwide competitive stage—chief among them, capoeira.
While capoeira’s identity has always had strong roots, it finds its public face constantly changing as the art form adapts to a fast-evolving modern world. Technology, media, and an ever-expanding profile present challenges to the traditions within capoeira and its conservatives, as phenomenons such as the UFC drive more interest to all martial arts—especially ones as visually-pleasing as capoeira.
Quality footage of capoeira pre-YouTube can be hard to come by. Here’s a German clip that just popped up on the aforementioned site that shows Mestre João Grande, Mestre Pequeno, and Mestre Boneco in Salvador in 1989. If you do not speak German (like me), take advantage of YouTube’s subtitle auto-translation for a little more insight!
