Developed in the 1800s by West African slaves in Brazil, the art of capoeira is a complex and powerful mix of martial arts fighting, dance, music and games. Carlton Jones took part in a New York ...

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that was invented by slaves to disguise fighting with dance. Today it’s seen as a beautiful and soulful form of art, and it has caught on all over the world. Dalen ...

Ren Powell, the director of Capoeira Males, will join members of his Washington, D.C., based studio at the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the city-wide D.C. Dance Festival this ...

Daniel Saunders as the enslaved African Benedito in Prism Movement Theater's production of Iv Amenti and Jonah Gutierrez's "Circe: The Song of Benedito." Jay Stork / JC Photography Africans enslaved ...

In a sunny, wood-floored studio space above the shops in Tacoma’s antique row lie the practitioners of a centuries-old cultural art form. At once a style of martial arts, a spiritual practice and a ...

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All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Martial Arts: Capoeira Sport and RPG elements have been combined with traditional fighting game mechanics for the first time, to offer unrivaled realism and ...