7 Capoeira techniques for Mixed Martial Artists
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Capoeira for MMA fighting. Have you ever watched a capoeira demonstration and wondered how any of those fancy looking spinning moves could possibly be practical in a fight, let alone a cage fight? Here are seven capoeira techniques that MMA fighters can use with relatively little hip flexibility.
I imagine how dangerous it is to fight an opponent that goes low to lure you for a ground game only to land a surprise capoeira swing to your face.
That's gonna be 1 in 1000 since luring to ground is a dangerous idea
Yeah, I have a feeling these would be effective only in certain situations.
@@demonguy5082
Um.... tell that to all of the successful bjj based mma fighters...
@@shredgod6394 well not really on a street. On a street, sometime it can help you sometime it can kill you
Combining Capoeira with BJJ makes a surprising amount of sense.
fight like a true Brazilian and master both their arts lmao
Also the muay thai short low kicks to set up the capoeira high kicks..
So basically the capoeira moves are the follow up of the mid range kick and low kicks from other martial arts.. except karate (bcuz darn modern karate are a murder from the good one..
Atleast taekwondo is still not going there or hopefully won't go there)
Man, tell me about it... I just started bjj a month ago and many of the moves from the ground makes me believe back in a roda
holy shit yes.
I instantly think of Ryan Hall's style.
I wasn't expecting ramsey to make any capoeira related stuff. Well what a surprise
Man, eu fiquei felizão quando vi aqui! E ele até que joga direito HSUHSAHUSA
I mean he showed some Taichiquan if I'm even remembering the name correctly and talks about traditional martial arts as well, Ramsey seems to be pretty open minded and like any martial artist looks at what works, makes the trash talkers in the comments pages look really bad lol.
@@tassiomiranda2985 então o cara fez capoeira um tempo pelo visto. Acho que ele veio pro Brasil por causa de tradição mórmon.
@@lethn2929 ramsey sure can take capoeira and make it octagon worthy lol. We need more of traditional martial arts tested by ramsey-boy
@@lethn2929 Which video does he demonstrate Taichi techniques?
As a former capoeirista interested in MMA, I find this video very relevant to my interests.
Pretty close the same story here, bro. Just that I still practice Capoeira :)
Ngl if I got _cartwheel punched_ I'd just go home.
I have seen quite a few Capoeiristas literally cartwheel punch arrogant MMA guys who have never practiced Capoeira just to mess with them. The face people get when they are on the receiving end is priceless.
@@bigtimes1 lol anyone who only practices Capoeira and not other fighting styles will get destroyed by the average mma fighter
@@lucian5389 My personal experiences say otherwise. If you have never practiced it, you are speaking from ignorance.
If they are going in cold theres a good chance they might get clobbered by a skillful capo guy. The key is you have to be fast with cap because a lot of the powerful strikes and kicks are very telegraphed, someone who is very cautious and reticent about closing distance can stay out of range or be able to dodge and take advantage of the openings that they leave the cap guy with.
If someone knows what they are going up against, they are much better prepared to avoid some of those haymaker type kicks or interrupt them and take advantage of the back being left open and one leg being off the ground.
Its kinda an example that reiterates the problem that practitioners of straight tma's have when going against mma practitioners.
Tma training in my experience focuses on kata perfection starting with very basic isolated techniques and less focus on integration of those movements into actual fighting techniques and and because of the time it takes to get to more advanced and useful techniques, you have to train long and hard to master those techniques before you get good enough at them to make them viable in a real fight. You default to your lowest level of mastery in a stressful situation and if you actually attempt to use more recently learned and less perfected techniques, they will often fail.
That and lack of realistic free sparring and fighting leads to someone who is a high level practitioner of a given TMA feeling like they are well equipped in a fight, and they may be capable of great power and speed which may serve them well when going against an average person, but no so much when against a well trained mma guy.
@@bigtimes1 if you dont know fighting, a dance isnt going to help you. Even if you're amazing at taekwondo you still wont know how to fight because you have never fought someone, you just have kicking matches to the stomach. TKD has some of the greatest striking techniques and I practice it myself but I know if I didnt also practice mma I wouldnt know distance, I wouldnt know how to guard my head, wouldnt know how to grapple etc. I feel the same way with Capoara, unless you're actively trying to kick your partner in the head and wrestle him to the ground you're definitely not beating anyone who has even sparred a little in MMA.
And even if you did kickboxing or something as well youd still be at a massive disadvantage since you've never grappled before
Note: "Armada without spin" would be actually a "Queixada". Armada="spinning inside to outside crescentkick", Queixada = "inside to outside crescentkick".
But its really fun and good practice to try this kicks, which are common in Taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, Kickboxing and some Karate- and "Kung Fu"-Styles, in the special Capoeira "Ginga-Framework".
Yeah i practice karate and i was surprised about how similar the techniques are. Hey that back kick resembles the ushiro geri from my school more than the ushiro geri of any karate style i've seen
queixada involves footwork that rotates the hip from bladed to square to generate power, since that is not in the kick coach showed, I think the way he calls it is way clearer. Dont correct coach man
@@pablob.m.7746, thanks for your comment, but you do not really have a valid point.
If you really think a Queixada is only a Queixada when you throw it from the basic "by the book-footwork pattern" , you do not have any clue about the need of improvisation in Capoeira games.
And I am really not interested in stupid opinions like "don't correct coach man".
@@FredKuneDo Yourself seem to not understand, you can call kicks whatever you like, I point to the fact that calling it that way avoids certain confusion since its easier to explain "armada without spin" than "quiexada without cross foot that not always crosses" but anyway you seem full enough of your own opinion so good day.
@@pablob.m.7746, sorry, but an "Armada" without spin, would still be a "Queixada" in Capoeira. No matter if it is not thrown from the "proper footwork" you are thinking of.
And when an idiot comes around with stupid attitude telling me "don't correct coach man", I will not be nice.
I like many stuff that Ramsey Dewey shows, but he is not "my coach", Pablo. Your coach is actually a person that is really coaching you in REAL LIFE, not someone who can only give you a few short clips and is babbling random wisdom on RUclips. In the 32 years of practicing martial arts and combat sports, I had other coaches and instructors.
Like Ramsey says "Go out there and train!", I tell you: "Go out there and find yourself a real coach."
No offense to Ramsey Dewey, but some of you RUclips kiddies are really losing the grip on reality.
0:10 Meia lua de Compasso
3:08 Armada/Queixada
4:39 Aú/cartwheel
8:21 Martelo no chão
12:02 Chapa de Costas
14:39 Negativa/sit-out
17:12 Martelo com uma mão no chão
As a 5'4 dude, it's amazing how effective the sit-out is when wrestling. Never thought about it as a capoeira move though, I generally thought of capoeira as working for tall lanky people. The more you know!
Most capoeira practitioners are actually short. Since it requires a lot of balance, it is pretty hard for tall people to do some techniques.
@@joatanpereira4272 ye
@@jestfullgremblim8002 I just noticed I forgot to write "hard", thanks for the reply
The more tools you have in your toolbox, the more options you have.
you got to take into account what Bruce lee says in this quote though. "I fear not the man who practised 10,000 techniques, but the one who practised 1 technique 10,000 times". There are only so many techniques that you can perfect in order to use them in competition.
@@makavelithelegend5738 Good point, but you still don't want to be a one-trick pony, so I guess a better way to look at it is to have the right tool for the job.
@@stephenridolfi6464 practice how to use all your weapons its like getting used to a firearm's recoil than you can start blastin with more control xD
@@makavelithelegend5738 Not in mma
@@compass3309 elaborate?
As a capoeirista, I seriously appreciate your inspiring video. Along with good base we have a little bit of striking, a little bit of grappling, a little bit of takedowns. Most people think its just kicks, I'm definitely branching out to bjj and boxing after this quarantine to hone those skills.
1. Thank you for posting this. Since I was a teenager I pointed these things out left and right. No one believed me. I was mocked constantly.
2. I got into a lot of fights in highschool because of bullies who would not leave me alone, and pick fights with me. I always used Capoeira as my main form of self-defense. It never let me down.
3. I am 30 years, when I started Capoeira at the age of 13, I also joined the wrestling team. My first day wrestling, I was looking at the basic wrestling stance, and I thought to myself "Oh shiz. This is near identical to stationary ginga. I wonder what happens if I mix both together...." One day in roda, one of the guys took the jogo to the ground. He was/is a more experienced capoeirista than I, and as such learned the groundwork that is part of Capoeira's curriculum (yes Capoeira has groundwork, and grappling for those reading this. It's very similar to Japanese Jiu-Jitsu groundwork mixed with judo, and aikido.) along with BJJ. I told myself "Lior, this is the perfect time to see if wrestling mixes well with Capoeira." After that not one single member that also studied BJJ, or some other form of grappling tried to grapple with me during roda.
Years later when I joined an MMA gym, I went a few times to free sparring night, the first night I used Vovinam for my striking base. The other nights I used Capoeira. Those in the peanut gallery laughed and jeered at me until they realized how my opponent had a very hard time getting a hold of me. After I ended up with a line of students wanting to soar against me aka "the new guy that uses Capoeira for striking with wrestling mixes." I royally angered a lot of people with how they had a hard time taking me out.
That taught me that people really have no idea how useful Capoeira is until they practice it, or go against an individual who has been properly taught the style.
Capoeira get's overlooked alot and underrated in MMA, great video showing its techniques Ramsey
Capoeira, wrestling, and BJJ. A beneficial style combo for MMA.
This man is a genius.
It pays to cross train!
Legit I that is the exact mix I used in high school when I spared against friends who did MMA when they would say Capoeira is a useless striking art. They never saw half of the kicks coming from so low to the ground.
He mentioned how it works in Africa, not so much as a dance, but just staying tight, low, and constantly moving. They are fighters and warriors in their own right.
@@dantewhite9117 ...Capoeira is not actually African, or from Africa. One of the arts that influenced Capoeira is from Africa. The name of the art is Ngolo. And it looks nothing like Capoeira. In fact, it is very high in jumping kicks, and resembles how a zebra and other animals attack.
@@dantewhite9117 Also Angola (which is a name of the slowly more low style of Capoeira) is still very dance like. I have practiced Angola, Regional, Senzala, Benguela, and Contemporia. They all look somewhat like a dance to outsiders.
The last kick is called “martelo com uma mão no são” in my school of capoeira. (Hammer with a hand on the ground). I’m glad you showed ground movements, it’s an overlooked aspect of capoeira that is very interesting. My teacher use to say that a capoeirista doesn’t fear the ground but use it to it’s advantage.
Chão* ;)
I love this style. I play “Tekken Tag Tournament 2,” almost everyday with Tiger Jackson. 🤜🏼 Wooo!!
As a kicking nerd myself. Its nice to see how much control you got in both legs.
So many fighter have much more control in their fav leg
Guilty, i can do all kinds of kicks with my right leg, but i'm not even confident about my left body kick..
@@wobbe6624 this is normal for most people. But if you think about it, it make zero sense.. we use one hand write, open doors, ect.
But we use both feet 50/50
@@FrodeFalch yeah, well in kicking I don't ..oh..and when my hands are full and i need to open/close a door, or turn on a light, i'll always use my right leg ;p
i would like to become good at kicking in general. could you suggest some good sources of information pls?
@@hater3669 get out there and train. As a good coach said
I remember you mentioning that you've trained Capoeira. Great stuff incorporating it into MMA. Michel Pereira and Zabit Magomedsharipov are competent Capoeira adapters in the UFC. Can't wait to see more come through.
Johnny Walker, Marcus Aurelio, Cesar Mutante some lesser names too(Anderson Silva?)
@@dlouis1830 junior dos santos grew up doing it at least.
This video deepens my appreciation for Turkish get-up as a fundamental weight training for combat sports.
This was not only enjoyable to watch, it’s also encouraged me to continue my strength training while socially isolating.
Nice video! But I have to mention that you forget one killer capoeira kick: Ponteira. Its like a front kick but with much more penatration on the body. Its also used in Karate, but the entry with capoeira is more putting your whole body after the kick. Keep up the good videos. Stay safe and healthy everyone....
En tesouras natuurlijk
Reminded of the Capoeira Bob's Burgers episode now lol
Cool. I did capoeira for years, but for strength and conditioning. Interesting to see a fighters interpretation of the familiar movements.
I've been waiting to see how you personally incorporate capoeira into your mma. And the moves you showed and their application, I agree with. As an mma and lower level capoeira practitioner.
The sitout you mentioned is called "negativa(nega-chi-va)." The round kick from the ground is called "martello de chao(martello-doo-cha-u)."
You should look at capoeira takedowns and sweeps. I've been learning a few the last yr and a half.
The translation for those words (which I presume Rafael Roquemore just didn't think was relevant) is:
Negativa = Negative (as in Negative/Mirror image) or possibly Denial
Martelo do chão = Hammer (starting) from the ground
As for the other techniques Ramsey named:
Meia-lua de compasso = Half-moon "on the step" (not a straight translation but loyal to the meaning I believe)
Armada = Armed (or Chambered) (kick)
AÚ = (it's not a Portuguese word, it's just, I think, a visual representation of your legs: A = both legs on ground, U = both legs up).
And Angola is the name of the country (former Portuguese colony) from where several of the slaves were taken to Brazil in the 1500's.
@@jeanackle some of the translations I tend to forget. I dont recall ever knowing the translation for negativa. I dont remember being told martello means hammer. Its probably come up, but I dont remember.
I did remember the meialua de compasso.
The translations are less relevant for me, and it wasnt necessary for my cord. Just knowing the words themselves and which move they were.
Yeah this was a great video I love capoeira. He really should do takedowns, sweeps, and throws next. Also the Bimba sequence. A nice video of practicing capoeira with a more fight mind set is this one of Lateef Crowder: ruclips.net/video/xOH8B9BFBvg/видео.html
Rafael Roquemore Martelo has only one l
caralho olha os BR vendo os vídeos do ramsey , que dahora !!
How to use Capoeira in MMA: Just keep mashing random buttons.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
@oliver closehoff But i bet you did get that reference. :D
@oliver closehoff Then i guess you're a gamer nerd too. :D
oliver closehoff lol don’t be calling people nerds if you’re also a nerd, nothin wrong with being a nerd nerd
oliver closehoff shows how much you know about the fgc when you act like low tier god has any sort of respect to his name lmao
When you get up from the floor, it’s a jiu Jitsu movement, that is actually a capoeira movement “ negativa invertida” ( capoeira) “levantada técnica “ (BJJ) it originated in capoeira
Capoeira it’s a wonderful martial art, most people wrongly assume it’s a dance or just not effective, and that’s what capoeira wants you to believe! Capoeira was invented by the slaves, by mimicking the animals movements, they didn’t won’t there masters to know thy wore learning how to fight so they make it look like a dance, the masters believe they were just doing some African dance , and they learned how to fight and they escape, just using capoeira! I just love capoeira history ! I tried capoeira I do jiu Jitsu, but I don’t like jiu Jitsu history, as a Brazilian, jiu Jitsu has a terrible reputation . I usually lie and say I do judo . Hahaha
This is really interesting. Essentially to revive/recontextualise a lot of TMA or forgotten arts requires the introduction/reintroduction of grappling. For example, in HEMA there is a lot of standing grappling and take downs in order to them stab the person with a knife, its not just hitting each other with a sword (especially if opponent is armoured).
There are unarmed martial arts in HEMA. Glima for example.
@@mrmoth26 or ringen
@@mrmoth26 or of course the most ancient of them all, boxing
@@obi501 Greek wrestling (Pale) is as ancient as boxing too, but I've never seen it practiced anywhere.
I respect that he is giving credit to capoeira and not trying hide it like he has come up with something new!! So you have to respect him for that!!!
I do Muay Thai and Brazilian jiu jitzu but I love learning capoeira kicks and in general it’s made a very fast evasive fighter making me hit my opponent when they don’t expect it
I absolutely love the respect you give to your buddy here. That's how you build somebody up
Brazilians are proud people. Whenever we see our stuff being portrayed in such an accurate and honorable way, it fills us with joy. I think I speak for most of my people when I say this. Specially being a practitioner of not only MMA, but also capoeira and Luta Livre Esportiva (Brazilian Catch Wrestling, but I’m sure you know of it, being a catch aficionado). We are so often portrayed as the country of soccer, butts and samba, but we have so much more. I’m glad to see you passing your knowledge of our history along. Iê, viva meu mestre Ramsey, Camará! Iê, quem me ensinou, Camará! Axé 💪🏽
Also, I’d love to hear more about your experience with capoeira, how you learned it and what you learned *from* it!
Thank you for recognizing and displaying Capoeira like that. It's great to see that people take this great art seriously and not smile at the "fightingdance".
Damn those legs are huge....dont realize until you're doing cart wheels
@The SN lmfao 😅
Ya I legit thought ramsey was a 170lber but hes actually pretty big man
Lookin thick, solid, tight.
@@jackfin212 tall thick and handsome
Alexxx Ender he was like 175 a while ago I think.
That cartwheel pass gives me strong Kazushi Sakuraba vibes. Good video and keep up the good work
Man, I'm brazilian and capoeira practioner, and I loved this video. Really nice ideas and inspiration. You seem to know a lot about the subject, even without remembering all the names and this, in addition to being useful for those who watch and learn, is respectful to the sport.The executions are so fluid. by the way the armada without the spinning is called "queixada", pronunces "kayshada". I usually train a combination very similar to the one you demonstrated (queixada e martelo), but I usually train kicking martelo just with the same leg which I used for queixada.
Thank you!
thanks, you put many things into correct perspective! i think you've said something like "many things work, you just need to find the way to make them work" in the past, and that's how you do it.
the back kick is called chapa (pronounced SHAH-pah), and you can also go for it using both legs, depending on height and distance.
i remember an MMA fight where both guys were sitting on the floor one meter apart for a split second and one of them could have finished the fight if he had this technique.
apparently he'd never done any capoeira and no other style teaches you how to put your hands on the ground to push your body and deliver a kick, so he had to go more traditionally about it.
for all these movements you need good handstand balance though, because you expose yourself to being swept.
Yea very much in the style, in capoeira we practice throwing eachother in the air and try to fall on our feet like a cat, also the fact that feet or hands can touch the ground (any other part of the body except the head usually means you lost the "game") really sets it apart from other styles. When in the roda, putting one hand on the ground feels kinda like a VG powerup since it obviously increases your balanace but also the power for kicks and abilities like head kicking from the ground and others coach Ramsey explained.
20:25 Ramsey sneakily promotes washing your hands.
Beautiful moves by a RUclips legend. I was thinking capoeira was a groundwork style, now I'm truly inspired.
YES finally someone sees the value in dance fighting 😂😂
After the floor martelo (Martelo do chao), that back kick is called Chapa de-costas. Fun fact, the regular Chapa kick is the exact side kick you likened it to.
A lot of people that don't understand the art just makes fun of Capoeira. I I respect you for showing and understanding the moves in Capoeira and its application.
As a capoerista I absolutely love using Capoeira techniques in mma. I noticed from your dancing videos that you have Capoeira moves and techniques so I will be anxiously waiting for more capoeira moves. Axê 🙏
As another former capoeirista here myself, I’ve never had any doubts It was effective as another style blended in; I suspended It though in favour of boxing and wrestling. I think good capoeristas who learned how to use their hands, curb in their inner temperament and inefficient moves a little bit and also add some grappling skills to the table could be really in the group of the most dangerous and surprising fighters there. Distance feel, explosiveness, flexibility, strength in weird body positions and readiness to attack from there immediately ... It has It all to prepare You to serious work.
Thank You Ramsey for inspiring again. I wondered many times how to incorporate It more in MMA and I’m glad You revealed such interesting solutions.
BTW. the Portuguese name for the move, sitting down with one leg straight is Negativa, I believe.
Sending good vibes and wishes to You my friend, my Coach!
When you said you had a dance background, I knew I'd find a Ramsey Capoeira content. Nicely explained!
Martelo do chao... Totally gonna practice this one! For the most part, recovery from the floor involves the typical oblique-kick-and-stand routine for me. I love the capability of this kick! Borrowing that pad drill, too :) Thanks!
Gotta learn these moves. Once training starts again, My sparring partners wont believe it when I cartwheel them into oblivon with my 100kg! :D
No views, 2 likes. Makes sense
This was amazing. You personally pieced together my years of experience in Capoeira/BJJ/MMA styles.
one the best application of real(old,street-wise)capoeira!You are an honorary Mestre!!
Thank you!
Awesome... Just awesome... Ramsay you are the best teacher of REAL / PRACTICAL martial arts i have ever seen... OSS...
Hi,I from Salvador Bahia,and a had always underestmated the capoeira as a fight style.
you changedy my mind that's why I still subscribed on your channel.
Thank you so much for an amazing video, as a portuguese I see a lot of capoeira from my brasilian brothers, its cool to see it being studied for effective combat
Capoeirista here. Very awesome to see this! 😊
I will start training with this style thanks for this video brother
You are like a best buddy to me
Glad to see an opened minded MMA fighter , traditional arts work, and look cool to...very similar to ground work from Silat, like to see u do an s debrado
Olá Ramsey.
Thank you for making this video.
A lot of people don't know about these movements and many others that real Capoeira involves. It became watered down in the years that it was outlawed in Brazil.
It is believed that Capoeira, the original African version of the slaves had grappling, hand strikes, takedowns, joint locks and more.
'People went what, you can do that?!' Practitioners said 'Yeah, you can do that'. Yes, you can do that, it's just bloody difficult, and you usually only get the one try. I like this video. I used to watch my buddies learning to breakdance, and always wanted to do it too. I'll try Capoeira instead, now that i'm 40.
Much respect to this guy. He is show the ultimate respect to capoeira I love it. The guy show love to his capoeira training background and what it did for him.
I spelled your surname as "duey" in the search bar and I have to live with that now.
As a capoeira practitioner, this video just slapped🧡
The movement taught at 12min is called Pisão de Chão. The names can vary according to each group. It's a kick that intends to put the opponent away or attack the stomach. It can be a KO kick if it targets the head, the diaphragm or the ribs.
Opened up a new world of angles, some of those.
boxing, capoeira and karate are what i mainly do, capoeira is heavily underestimated
Thanks for the support Ramsey, a huge hug from Rio 🇧🇷❤️
Damn I will add these to my mma arsenal and definitely the round kick from gaurd that is beautifully effective and I can see you've mastered it well
I think this was good material honestly. I think capoeira will develop tons very soon
This is great. As a longtime practitioner of both capoeira and BJJ, it's nice to see capoeira getting some respect. The Brazilians I trained with were scary dudes, who definitely knew when it was time to fight rather than dance. And I love the fake to the single leg!
The amazing thing about this style is you learn incredible balance so if you think taking one of these guys down is the key you'd be wrong. Love seeing an art that is usually questioned be shown in a practical manner. Awesome video!
Nice video showing that capoeira can be adapted for combat sports
I've cross trained some Capeira and coming from a Taekwondo background the idea of dropping to the ground and not preparing to wrestle was a difficult adjustment. I want to work with the black cord j was blessed to train with again. The rhythm of the dance actually made the transition from kicking with the stronger leg to the weaker leg easier
In addition to everything in this video, some capoeira schools also teach takedowns. Two of them, called „vingativa“ and „tesoura de frente“, were actually tested by me against non-compliant opponents, although I never used them against trained fighters. There are tutorials for them on youtube, maybe you can look them up and do a follow-up on how practical you find them to be.
I've been learning those myself. The second one is a little trickier for me, but I'm getting the hang of it. I'm getting better at rasteras as well.
They also use head, elbows, hands and knees. I'm not sure if many of the schools are still teaching this though. You see it more in Capoeira Angola from my experience.
kamenwaticlients yeah, capoeira is taught REALLY differently depending on where you learn it. My teacher was from Abada-Capoeira, one of the larger groups, but there are a ton of groups out there, each with its own style.
Idk who had more joy in there face dad or daughter at the end there! Hahaha I kinda think it was dad! Awesome 👌 👏 👍
Ramsey can do some capoeira too. Wow. Never expected that!
Aww yeah. Loving seeing capoeira covered here. I believe it has lots of potential and physics trickery to deliver momentum
In Brazil, we do use targets pads everyday. I trained in Muzenza Group for 6 years and won one world tournament placed in Fortaleza. Every single day hitting over one thousand kicks in heavy bags, pads and all types of targets. Thx for the video and sorry for my bad english.
Its really pretty good. At least as good as the average american based on what you typed.
Cool stuff. Thanks for sharing it. I was playing around with it and noticed that first technique also sets up an Imanari roll in addition to the single leg.
Also surprised by the power in the head kick from the floor.
I never even thought about an Iminari roll from a meia lua... interesting. I’m going to be trying that out
The advantage of these are surprise attacks. Maybe not for first attacks, but to catch them off guard.
That sound you make for cartwheel sounds like it would just be the sound a crowd of people watching a fight would make when someone landed one.
What people fail to understand what Capoeira is like many African diasporic martial arts and African martial arts in general
is they are all based off of grappling and traditional wrestling . That’s why so many people who are watching this video are surprised how well Capoeira works with grappling. Ekoce the martial art of the Nupe tribe have a similar kick to the armada called estunce. Despite it a primarily a striking art. It’s stances are based off of wrestling. I’m part of a group called Mukhanda International. We primarily research, practice and study African martial arts.
I'm watching without sound this first time, and I like how you interpreted the first kick as a quick level change with an integrated kick.
The second one i wasn't sure about. The kick is so circular there is no way you could land that......then I remembered George Foreman.
I would love to see someone use the cartwheel on a grounded opponent like that in the ring. It would make the highlight reels for sure.
Getting up is a vulnerable moment, and its always good to have a tool to make your opponent defend himself (especially keeping his distance) while you're doing so.
I watched again with sound. Worth it for the commentary and extra tips.
@@Mishkola I don´t understand. Why George Foreman?
@@andresouza6346 George wasn't the most blisteringly fast dude, but he landed shots with the right tactics. I was just saying that the kick could land with correct usage, in spite of how it first seemed to me.
I'm impressed by your vast martial art exploration
I love this video. Amazing content as always.
I'd love to see one similar but more focused on the grappling aspect. As mma isn't a focus of mine.
This is my art! I've been doing capoeira since I was 11! I was my instructors top student! I love seeing capoeira done by people outside of capoeira.
My instructor always held pads up for me, and also had a standing bag to practice on. This video is bringing me back.
Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷 !
How the time just gone by. I didn’t feel least boredom.
I thought the title was gonna be clickbait or the video would be some kind of joke (you have made some funny ones about bad self defense, after all) but daaaaamn you did the thing!
Yo Ramsey pretty legit with the capoeira and he's right we don't work on padwork enough
This was is going in my top ten list of your videos. And anyone who wants to argue if boxing is not an art should watch you work a speed bag.
Ramsey Dewey, thank you for this excellent breakdown of Capoeira kicks, and for acknowledging the origin in (western) Africa. This is not normally admitted by westerners although it was hinted in the opening scene of the movie "Roots" when Lamore Burton (as Kunta Kente) was using some evasive African moves just before his capture.
Great video, Ramsey!
Capoeira was the fighting style used by the slaves in Colonial Brazil.
Fighting "forms" in the form of dance.
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Nice man! You should take a look at the SICK takedowns capoeira have
I practice Capoeira myself so yeah, I can testify the meia lua de compasso is a monster of a kick: extremely powerful.
This is an underrated video. Very informative and interesting
The wrestling comparison was the best part for me.
I did capoeira for 12 years and know you can adapt it to work to more real world applications. Is it the best martial art of you want to learn how to fight. Hell no.
Does it teach you useful things like distancing, movement and a different way of approaching a problem. Yes!
Being perfectly able to throw any kick with both legs from any stance is one of the main advantages imo.
And dont worry to much about the names. They can be different depending on style and group.
I've always wondered how come there are so many different variants of a move's name in different groups... I guess that shows a bit of the capoeira spirit, which is jolly and less bounded by rules and a straightened environment and more by feeling and the ability to express yourself.
Loved the beach montage btw!
Finally!!! Thank you very much for that!!
I have been training Capoeira for the past 20 years and I always wanted to see you input/opinion about it!
OMG I bboy so recently I wanted to learn capoeira so I can both use it for breaking and martial arts! This video came at the perfect time! Haha, thank you Ramsey!
Love the live demonstration, love the original music!
this fighter Husan Koushu landed a Martelo no chao in a mma fight for a knockout win, whether it was intentionall capoeira or not, it def had the same mechanics/technique. So def capoeira being under utilized rn
Silly Dewey. Your Capoeira fans are happy enough to see you use the lethal kicks. We don't expect to correctly pronounce "Au de negativa"
Also, Capoeira gets much more interesting if you put into perspective that you're a slave who needs to kick your Slaveowner as hard as you can *Once* when he is not expecting, grab his gun and run to the closest "Quilombo".
That's why kicks are super lethal but super telegraphed. It was a hit and run art.
Professor Mhurilo you’re right, thanks for letting us know bout that
@@Mhurilo10 yeah. My instructor said that those capoeiraistas kept blades on their feet so that the meialua de compasso would cut and slice the throat.
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 Oof haha. That sounds flashy but who knows. It may be true. There's the concept of "Malandragem" which is basically trickery or just being a prick haha. In some (if not all) Capoeira 'Rodas', you are encouraged to pretend you're going to do something friendly to fool your partner like fake handshakes into scissor takedowns. Pretty cool to watch too.
I can see it being useful in day to day slavery days
@@Mhurilo10 depends on the groups, rodas, and the person's level.