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Capoeira - Afro-Brazilian Martial Art
Capoeira is a martial art that is disguised as a dance form. Many of the combat movements used are kicks, practiced by students in Professora Amazonas’ academy during classes and training sessions.
Capoeira Training - Sequencing
Students in Professora Amazonas’ adult’s class learn and practice sequences of movements that will be used when playing capoeira.
Capoeira Training
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practice sequences of movements learned during class.
Kicks
Students in Professora Amazonas’ academy practice pair work of attack and defense during class.
Training with Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas working one-on-one with members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, on an entrance to a takedown..
Time on Task
A recurring theme during the classes documented by the Raíces Digital Archive was spending time on task to practice and apply takedowns.
Training Capoeira with Professora Amazonas
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira train with Professora Amazonas.
Training
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira practice specific sequences of movements in one-on-one training
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira Adult Class - Training Capoeira
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira working on the manipulation of space.
Training with Professora Amazonas
Cavalo, member of Grupo Capoeira de Liberdade training with Professora Amazonas
Playing Capoeira
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira play capoeira one-on-one to train and practice specific sequences of movements of the class.
Capoeira Movement
Practicing capoeira movements in lines before one-on-one training and playing in the adult Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira class taught by Professora Amazonas
Capoeira Class
Adults class led by Professora Amazonas of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira explains how negativa saved her life.
Training Capoeira
Professora Amazonas leads students in her class in a series of movements that they will use and practice in their training.
Capoeira Movement Instruction
Professora Amazonas instructing students in her adult class on the form of a sequence of capoeira movements.
Capoeira Sequence
Professora Amazonas demonstrates a sequence of movements for the students in her adult class.
Handstand
Professora Amazonas assisting her student João Pequeno, in executing a specific form when practicing handstands.
Dromedario
Dromedario, a member of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira, warming up in preparation to train capoeira.
Ginga
Professora Amazonas and her student Dromedario warming up with the ginga.
Handstands
Professora Amazonas leading class in warm ups and acrobatic exercises before training capoeira.
Training Capoeira - Warming Up
Professora Amazonas leads her class in warm ups before training and playing capoeira.
Warming Up - Ginga
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira warming up with the ginga movement. Ginga, which means to rock back and forth or to swing, is footwork that forms the foundation of movement in capoeira.
Capoeira Class - Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas giving instruction to the students in her adult capoeira class.
Professora Amazonas
Professora Amazonas instructing the students in her adult class about the music, songs and rhythms of capoeira.
Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira Music Class
Members of Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira learning and studying the songs, rhythms, and music that are played in the batería in the capoeira roda.