Rhythm and sound from Brazil woke up the Green midday Friday as people kicked and flipped at the intersection of Chapel and Church streets. It might have been easy to mistake the men and women in ...

Farai Chideya continues her series on fitness by tackling the Brazilian martial art called capoeira. On the last fitness challenge, I tackled Tae Bo. Now it's time for another martial art form that's ...

Capoeira, for the uninitiated, is a unique Brazilian martial art. With acrobatics. And dance. And music. And quite a bit of fun. This reporter, Tad Mast, snuck into one of the classes for a day.

Instructor: Mestre Lucas Corvo began practicing capoeira in his hometown of Eunapolis, Bahia, Brazil in 1983 when he was 5 years old. In 1994 Corvo began teaching the sport, and nine years later, in ...

As the crowd sang “Happy Birthday” to James Muwonge, he was trying not to get kicked in the head. They sang in Portuguese, clapping in time: "Parabéns pra você . . ." Muwonge squatted to his right to ...

Classes are taught by Mestre Zumbi. We cover stretching, strength building, capoeira movements (kicks, defense, motion, acrobatics), capoeira instruments, songs, and maculele. Beginners are welcome.