Capoeira
Capoeira is a Martial Science that was developed in Brasil by African Slaves over 500yrs ago to fight oppression. It is believed that the Slaves desguised this art as a dance to prevent the Slave-masters from discovering that the slaves could in fact physically defend themselves.
Capoeira was so well desguised with the instruments and music, the dance element and other assets that to this day it is still arguable whether Capoeira is a martial Art. The funny thing is the confusion is not only between non-Capoeira practitioners but Capoeristas(Capoeira practitioners)as well.
HISTORY
Portugal shipped slaves into south America from Western Africa. Brazil was
the largest contributor to slave migration ith at least 42% of all
QUILOMBO
With the discovery of gold in the state of Minas Gerais in 1763,
the colonial capital of Brazil was transferred from Bahia to Rio de
Janeiro
TIMELINE
In 1500 Pedro Alves Cabral, a Portuguese explorer, claims the land that
became Brasil for the Portuguese crown. The Portuguese rapidly