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34 Cards in this Set
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A cartwheel
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Au
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A crouching stance with one leg forward, one hand on the ground and the other protecting your head. It looks like a troca, only stationary.
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Negativa
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An inside circular kick.
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Meia Lua de Frente
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A spinning heel kick with one or both hands on the ground. Below shows one hand, and two hands. After you come up your arm should be guarding your face
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Meia Lua de Compasso
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A spinning outside crescent kick.
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Armada
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A stamp kick.
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Bencao
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An outside crescent kick, done after a dodge/escape (entrada)
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Queixada
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A high snap kick, aka roundhouse.
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Martelo
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A headbutt. Fun! Normally used to knock someone over from a meia lua or bananeira or can be used like vingativa.
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Cabecada
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A low forward sweep/takedown. Not like other sweeps when you just swing the leg. In rasteira you sweep to place your foot behind your opponent's and you pull it away
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Rasteira
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A position used to switch legs, in Negativa. Both knees are together, one leg out and you put your weight on one hand while switching legs
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Troca
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The standard movement from which all Capoeira moves are performed. The swinging back and forth rhythm that characterizes capoeira, giving the capoerista an ever changing base and elusive quality.
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Ginga
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Low crouching evasive move.
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Cocorinha
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Capoeira roll. Its a rolling move to get out of the way or set up an attack.
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Role
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Open handed slap usually to the ear.
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Galopante
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defensive move putting hands up to defend face. using hand in a sweeping motion towards kick
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leque
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step into, but away from the kick and crouching down
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defense 1
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squat type lunge while in front position, lunging away from kick
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esquiva (defense 2)
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when one of your legs is in the back position, squat down either putting hand down, or crouching to the side to avoid kick
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defense 3
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somebody who practices capoeira
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Capoeirista
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"game" in portuguese. the interaction between the two capoeiristas in a roda - a dialogue of attacks, dodges, steps, acrobatics, tricks, traps, and escapes
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Jogo
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"wheel" in portuguese. This is the circle in which capoeira takes place, formed by capoeiristas and bystanders standing or sitting in a circle, with the instruments grouped on one side
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Roda
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a kind of trickiness. Clever, street-wise, recognizing and understanding human emotions and traits. Faking an opponent into believing you will do one thing and then doing something completely different and unexpected.
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Malicia
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the bow-like percussion instrument that is the lead instrument of capoeira
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Berimbau
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a double bell instrument used in capoeira music
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Agogo
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a type of tambourine used in capoeira music
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Pandeiro
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the drum typically used in capoeira. is similar to a congo drum, which may be used instead
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Atabaque
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the annual ceremony/celebration where new capoeiristas are officially welcomed to capoeira and receive their first cordao (belt), more experienced students progress to the next level, and the capoeira community gets together
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Batizado
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"cord" - the belt used to signify a capoeiristas experience level, the first cordao is green, the cordao for somebody who has graduated is green-yellow-blue and the cordao of a mestre is white.
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Cordao
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a capoeira master. a title given by the teacher and capoeira community of the individual who holds it.
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mestre
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one of CM Galego's teachers, a student of mestre bimba, one of the first people to teach capoeira in the US, teaches in Berkeley, Ca
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Mestre Acordeon
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the other of CM Galego's teachers, a student of Mestre Suassuana, currently living and teaching in Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Mestre Ra
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Mestre Acordeon's teacher, creator of the Regional style of capoeira. Mestre Bimba, through his work and the work of his students, is credited in doing much to legitimize and build capoeira
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Mestre Bimba
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the name of our capoeira group here in sacramento, a branch of the United Capoeira Association. Means "water to drink"
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Agua De Beber
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