# Capoeira videos **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 20, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598 "2009-07-20T06:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/1 "2009-07-20T06:25:14Z")
Here is a great MMA Capoeira knockout. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l6oiADjOdFg/hqdefault.jpg "The Original Crazy 20 second Capoeira MMA Knockout!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6oiADjOdFg) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/s3HJoT9j7wo/hqdefault.jpg "Professor Barraozinho KO's fighter with meia lua in 20 seconds.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3HJoT9j7wo) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e0KfQE2-ZqA/hqdefault.jpg "Official Crazy 20 second Capoeira MMA Knock Out in HD Best Quality") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0KfQE2-ZqA) from three different angles. Capoeira is an underrated martial art but it’s a very beautiful one to watch. What’s very interesting about Capoeira style is that the basic moves are so easy to do. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/2 "2009-07-20T06:32:22Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Capoeira is an underrated martial art but it’s a very beautiful one to watch. What’s very interesting about Capoeira style is that the basic moves are so easy to do. Yeah, all you have to do is mash the buttons. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/3 "2009-07-20T06:37:42Z")
> [@thirdname](#): > > Yeah, all you have to do is mash the buttons. Everything flows from the basic Jinga. What’s really neat about Capoeira is that the movements are all about flowing so being off balance to a certain degree is ok more than it is in other martial arts. I remember drilling in Tae Kwan Do to master being able to kick without falling off balance, in Capoeira that’s just not as important because you follow through with the kick and if you are off balance there are some basic movements that allow you to recover from it and keep moving. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/4 "2009-07-20T07:24:01Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Capoeira is an underrated martial art It’s rated right about where it should be. It’s like the “drunken Kung Fu” of old - it basically “works” by being unpredictable, but it’s not been proven as a legitimate, consistently effective martial art. Every once in awhile you will see something crazy like in your link because that’s just the nature of the sport-- like how beginner’s luck is a very real phenomenon in combat sports because beginners are by their very nature unpredictable. I wouldn’t be shocked if some guy came out of nowhere and was able to compete at a high level with a capoeira base, like Lyoto Machida has done with karate, but he would have to incorporate a lot of other styles into it, and even then he would be an anomaly. Ninety-nine out of 100 capoeira fighters will always get destroyed by legitimate boxers, Thai-boxers, wrestlers, jiu jitsu players, judoka, and mixed martial artists. It’s just too showy. [A good example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciQImf04n8c). It’s is nice to look at though. But fuck Eddy Gordo. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/5 "2009-07-20T07:40:49Z")
Why the Gordo hate? I _loved_ playing against Eddy because the first thing he/they’d do is that hand stand kick and almost all the top tier character can reverse that stupid shit. Catch his foot and break it into a million pieces. And what do they do as soon as they get up? They either do it again or they go low. So with some good reflexes, you reverse it again or parry their low move or do some sort of jumping move and smash his head. I love playing against Eddy Gordo. His animations took long to where you could easily see his moves coming and get your counter hit in. Eddy Gordo = A bye. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/6 "2009-07-20T15:29:49Z")
I think this will do better in The Game Room, so I’ve moved it there. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/7 "2009-07-20T16:00:01Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think this will do better in The Game Room, so I’ve moved it there. I don’t see why? I guess the thread is pointless now as people are going to start talking about video games, which isn’t what the thread is about. It’s about Capoeira. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/8 "2009-07-20T16:01:13Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > It’s rated right about where it should be. It’s like the “drunken Kung Fu” of old - it basically “works” by being unpredictable, but it’s not been proven as a legitimate, consistently effective martial art. Every once in awhile you will see something crazy like in your link because that’s just the nature of the sport-- like how beginner’s luck is a very real phenomenon in combat sports because beginners are by their very nature unpredictable. > > I wouldn’t be shocked if some guy came out of nowhere and was able to compete at a high level with a capoeira base, like Lyoto Machida has done with karate, but he would have to incorporate a lot of other styles into it, and even then he would be an anomaly. Ninety-nine out of 100 capoeira fighters will always get destroyed by legitimate boxers, Thai-boxers, wrestlers, jiu jitsu players, judoka, and mixed martial artists. It’s just too showy. > > [A good example](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciQImf04n8c). > > It’s is nice to look at though. > > But fuck Eddy Gordo. What a terrible example of anything. One dude gets a solid one punch knockout before the fight even begins and that tells us what about Capoeira exactly? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/9 "2009-07-20T16:16:08Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > What a terrible example of anything. One dude gets a solid one punch knockout before the fight even begins and that tells us what about Capoeira exactly? It’s also a scene from a movie called “Never Back Down,” not a real fight. I’m not a fighter, but my gut feeling is that capoeria doesn’t look like a particularly efficient or effective fighting style. Beautiful martial art, though. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/10 "2009-07-20T16:28:04Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I don’t see why? MMA’s a sport, and sports threads go here. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/11 "2009-07-20T16:39:27Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > It’s also a scene from a movie called “Never Back Down,” not a real fight. Even better, as I’ve seen that video used as a way to debunk Capoeira before. > [@](#): > > I’m not a fighter, but my gut feeling is that capoeria doesn’t look like a particularly efficient or effective fighting style. Beautiful martial art, though. I don’t see why you’d believe that. Every movement has natural follow-up movements. **Marley23** I’ll remember that if I ever start a thread about MMA. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/12 "2009-07-20T16:58:00Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > **Marley23** I’ll remember that if I ever start a thread about MMA. > [@](#): > > Here is a great MMA Capoeira knockout. Ok. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/13 "2009-07-20T17:06:21Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Ok. The thread is about Capoeira but whatever. Anyone else have some capoeira videos without references to video games or video clips from martial arts flicks where the Capoeirista plays the Jobber? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/14 "2009-07-20T17:10:29Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > I don’t see why you’d believe that. Every movement has natural follow-up movements. Well, the bits and pieces I’ve seen seem to all concentrate on acrobatics, leaps, and having adequate distance-to-target. Looks more like a cross between dancing, gymnastics, and fighting. It doesn’t look like the type of fighting style that would be useful in close quarters, bars, etc. It also appears to be a lot of wasted energy to me. Or is this just the flashy element of capoeira I see, and there’s a lot of more practical, close-quarters fighting techniques it teaches you? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/15 "2009-07-20T17:12:40Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > The thread is about Capoeira but whatever. As you say in the OP, capoeira is a _martial art_, which is a _sport_, which belongs in The Game Room. This is the forum for sports as well as video games and other things. I don’t want to extend this hijack any further. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/16 "2009-07-20T17:22:01Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > As you say in the OP, capoeira is a _martial art_, which is a _sport_, which belongs in The Game Room. This is the forum for sports as well as video games and other things. > > I don’t want to extend this hijack any further. Fine I’m over it, moving on. I’d love to be able to do this move. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6UYEy5xsqhY/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/6UYEy5xsqhY?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque Ever since I was a little kid I’ve had a fear of moving over my center of gravity. Ironically I am bigger and more likely to hurt myself now that I am the least afraid of it. I could’ve done much better in gymnastics when I was a kid without this fear. I can do a cartwheel pretty easily though. Here’s some little kids doing Capoeira [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/We9NR-CaIgM/hqdefault.jpg "Capoeira Mar de Itapuã 4") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We9NR-CaIgM) ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/17 "2009-07-20T17:40:29Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Even better, as I’ve seen that video used as a way to debunk Capoeira before. For those who are curious [this is the scene as it appeared in the movie.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bs9bVjMaC8) It’s obviously the same “fight.” I’ve seen the original video before and it looks like it was just some extra in the crowd with a cell phone camera or something. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/18 "2009-07-20T17:46:13Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > For those who are curious [this is the scene as it appeared in the movie.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bs9bVjMaC8) It’s obviously the same “fight.” I’ve seen the original video before and it looks like it was just some extra in the crowd with a cell phone camera or something. Yes, now that I know what that’s from it’s pretty comical that people use it to show what they think of how good Capoeira is. Martial artists can be such elitists. I’ve found that quite often though it is those who have not achieved any mastery in any art that talk the most shit. That’s in my limited experience though. The amount of shit talking about other arts is inversely proportional to one’s proximity to a black belt. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/19 "2009-07-21T05:11:16Z")
I haven’t seen any champion MMA fighter use that style. Has anyone ever actually been consistently successful with it? ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2009, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598/20 "2009-07-21T05:38:02Z")
Huh. Here I was thinking Capoeira was a _dance_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capoeira-videos/503598.md?page=2)