Get to know Capoeira better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Capoeira in a sentence
Capoeira meaning
- A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.
- A practitioner of this martial art.
Using Capoeira
- The main meaning on this page is: A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements. | A practitioner of this martial art.
- In the example corpus, capoeira often appears in combinations such as: capoeira is, in capoeira, of capoeira.
Context around Capoeira
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Capoeira
- In this selection, "capoeira" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first, development, regional, regional, school and following stand out and add context to how "capoeira" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a capoeira movement aú and abuzz with capoeira and samba. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "capoeira" sits close to words such as abducting, accentuate and accomplishes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with capoeira
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A capoeira movement (Aú Fechado) (click for animation). (8 words)
Capoeira focuses on kicks, acrobatics, counter-attacks and takedowns. (9 words)
Capoeira Regional also introduced the first ranking method in capoeira. (10 words)
Capoeira and Sports Development Capoeira is currently being used as a tool in sports development (the use of sport to create positive social change) to promote psychosocial wellbeing in various youth projects around the world. (35 words)
Nowadays the label Contemporânea applies to any capoeira group who don't follow Regional or Angola styles, even the ones who mix capoeira with other martial arts. (27 words)
Styles Determining styles in capoeira is difficult, since there was never a unity in the original capoeira, or a teaching method before the decade of 1920. (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Bimba began developing the first systematic training method for capoeira, and in 1932 founded the first capoeira school.
Capoeira and Sports Development Capoeira is currently being used as a tool in sports development (the use of sport to create positive social change) to promote psychosocial wellbeing in various youth projects around the world.
Capoeira Regional also introduced the first ranking method in capoeira.
Capoeira Regional Capoeira Regional began to take form in the 1920 decade, when Mestre Bimba met his future student, José Cisnando Lima.
Even the Confederação Brasileira de Capoeira is not widely accepted as the capoeira's main representative.
In Mestre Bimba's Capoeira Regional, batizado was the first time a new student would play capoeira following the sound of the berimbau.
In some groups, a capoeira is simply as it, capoeira, and therefore there is no need of cordas as "belts does not play".
MMA and Capoeira A lot of Brazilian fighters have a capoeira background, either training often or having tried it before.
Notably more acrobatic, this sub-style is seen by some as the natural evolution of capoeira, by others as adulteration or even misinterpretation of capoeira.
Nowadays the label Contemporânea applies to any capoeira group who don't follow Regional or Angola styles, even the ones who mix capoeira with other martial arts.
Styles Determining styles in capoeira is difficult, since there was never a unity in the original capoeira, or a teaching method before the decade of 1920.
The ideal of Capoeira Angola is to maintain capoeira as close to its roots as possible.
Capoeira is a collaborative way where you learn to move with power and grace, while having a lot of fun.
He says the acrobatic and dance-like nature of capoeira allowed the African slaves to disguise it from their masters.
Before the pandemic, the Brazilian cultural center on the corner of San Pablo and Hearst was abuzz with capoeira and samba dance classes.
A notable component in this is a demonstration of Brazilian martial arts, Malandro Mandingo: The Body Magic of Capoeira.
Radley Da Silva, capoeira fighter, is pictured at the martial arts school Checkmat Vancouver in Richmond on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
Capoeira focuses on kicks, acrobatics, counter-attacks and takedowns.
A capoeira movement (Aú Fechado) (click for animation).
Advised by Cisnando, Bimba decided to call his style Luta Regional Baiana, as capoeira was still illegal at that time.
Common combinations with capoeira
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- capoeira is 9×
- in capoeira 8×
- of capoeira 7×
- capoeira and 4×
- capoeira regional 4×
- de capoeira 3×
- capoeira angola 3×
- capoeira was 3×
- the capoeira 3×
- and capoeira 2×