Generally, how effective is Capoeira?

Question

Please, don't be so harsh, its my culture now. I was thinking of doing escrima/kali/arnis and spoken to some masters about capoeira. They say its fairly effective, but i dont see how. I mean, jumping around randomly is bound to get killed; i don't see how the strikes can be effective, and revealing pressure points isn't so helpful. Anyone think contrare?

I've also read that Capoeira has a weapon component. Is this true? How detailed is it?

Answer 1

Capoeira is great for many reasons. As far as fitness goes there is probably no other art out there that by itself can transform your physical body so drastically as well as your mind. It's strikes are very powerful, however if I ran into somebody trying that on me I would try to tackle them to the ground and go for a ground and pound or joint lock. It is a risky art. One mistake and you could be out of your element before you could blink.

Answer 2

Its is fairly effective, but its not really the art that matters, its the artist.You might say that Kung Fu is way more effective than Capoeira, but an expert at Capoeira can beat a rookie at kung fu, so you cant really compare them.Even if two experts fought, there is no way of measuring the effectiveness of the arts, because they were created in different cultures and for different reasons.

Answer 3

The positive aspects of Capoeira, is that the strikes are very powerful, due the amount of momentum behind them. And also it is very difficult for an opponent to read your strikes due to the extreme range of movement in Capoeira's basic stance. If I was going to learn one form of fighting, I wouldn't go with it, but used properly, it could hold it's own with any form of unarmed combat.

Answer 4

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For hundreds of years, visitors to Brazil have witnessed the graceful and violent beauty of capoeira. Now the 500-year-old dance-infused fighting style from Bahia--Brazil's Afrocentric heartland--has become a red-hot fitness trend around the world.

Originally developed by slaves, capoeira has a unique fluidity that makes it seem more like dance. That is intentional: Knowing their masters would never tolerate self-defense, the slaves camouflaged their movements as innocuous horseplay.

"Capoeira is beautiful and deadly," says Brian Donnelly, editor of Planet Capoeira magazine. "It's effective self-protection because you learn to read others, as well as develop killer ways to kick them." Like jazz, this martial art thrives on improvisation.

Capoeira is performed in a roda, a circle formed by fellow capoeiristas, one of whom plays an instrument called the berimbau, which dictates the tempo. When he plays slowly, capoeira resembles tai chi. When he sets a quick pace, movements explode in spectacular flying and upside-down kicks, handstands, cartwheels, rolls, and ankle sweeps that would leave Steven Seagal crying for his mommy.

Answer 5

capoeira is one good style if you know the tenjho tenge anime this is what bob and souichirous style when they not yet Maya's student and i see that is it great. actually it is OK to use it this is not dying for its use to protect your self.

Answer 6

There is no better martial arts, it depends solely on the user. even if you don't know any martial arts, you could beat a person.
And to my knowledge they use to put knives on their feet.