Insane Capoeira Knockout (mma match)

http://www.cagepotato.com/must-see-i...oeria-knockout

*shudder*

that...was...awesome!!

i can see Alves landing that on GSP

That actually was pretty funny. I don't think it has a huge future in MMA but it was cool to see that's for sure!

[rockdawg21]

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still see how a wrestler would have been able to take him down on several occassions. When he lands from those jumps, he's wide-open for an easy takedwon.

Still pretty awesome to watch!

[Psykojojo]

I've never seen capo actually work like that (outside of a Tony Jaa flick), we had a guy come into the gym who was supposedly an expert in this foolishness and he wanted my coach to let him teach, we tooled him for 2 hours and never saw him again. It's just.....crap

[Psykojojo]

didn't that hurt his damn foot?

[Llamafighter]

Originally Posted by Psykojojo

I've never seen capo actually work like that (outside of a Tony Jaa flick), we had a guy come into the gym who was supposedly an expert in this foolishness and he wanted my coach to let him teach, we tooled him for 2 hours and never saw him again. It's just.....crap

It's history is pretty interesting and i guess everyone in Brazil does it to some degree (I'm guess it's like the electric slide)
It's my understanding that slaves used to do it as a way of practicing fighting while making it look like they were dancing.

Originally Posted by Llamafighter

It's history is pretty interesting and i guess everyone in Brazil does it to some degree (I'm guess it's like the electric slide)
It's my understanding that slaves used to do it as a way of practicing fighting while making it look like they were dancing.

I love watching it. I think it's history is fascinating.

Didn't the U.S. slaves have something similar? Maybe not but I seem to remember reading something about that....

[Llamafighter]

Originally Posted by Chuck

I love watching it. I think it's history is fascinating.

Didn't the U.S. slaves have something similar? Maybe not but I seem to remember reading something about that....

They used song as a code for mapping escape routes to other slaves. Not sure about the dance but it wouldn't surprise me.