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Capoeira is a martial art that combines elements of fight, acrobatics, drumming, singing, dance, and rituals. It involves a variety of techniques that make use of the hands, feet, legs, arms, and head. Although Capoeira appears dancelike, many of its basic techniques are similar to those in other martial arts.Capoeira 是一種結合戰鬥、雜技、擊鼓、唱歌、舞蹈、儀式元素的武術。它包含各式各樣運用手、腳、腿、手臂、頭的技巧。雖然 Capoeira 看起來像是舞蹈,但是它的基礎技巧還是如同其他武術的。Capoeira was created nearly 500 years ago in Brazil by African slaves. It is believed that the martial art was co...
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Capoeira is a martial art that combines elements of fight, acrobatics, drumming, singing, dance, and rituals. It involves a variety of techniques that make use of the hands, feet, legs, arms, and head. Although Capoeira appears dancelike, many of its basic techniques are similar to those in other martial arts.Capoeira 是一種結合戰鬥、雜技、擊鼓、唱歌、舞蹈、儀式元素的武術。它包含各式各樣運用手、腳、腿、手臂、頭的技巧。雖然 Capoeira 看起來像是舞蹈,但是它的基礎技巧還是如同其他武術的。Capoeira was created nearly 500 years ago in Brazil by African slaves. It is believed that the martial art was connected with tribal fighting in Africa, in which people fought body to body, without weapons, in order to acquire a bride or desired woman. In the sixteenth century, when the Africans were taken from their homes to Brazil against their will and kept in slavery, Capoeira began to take form among the community of slaves for self-defense. But it soon became a strong weapon in the life-or-death struggle against their oppressors. When the slave owners realized the power of Capoeira, they began to punish those who practiced it. Capoeiristas learned to camouflage the forbidden fights with singing, clapping, and dancing as though it were simply entertainment. Capoeira 約五百年前在巴西被非洲奴隸創造。一般相信這種武術與非洲的部落衝突有關,人們為了贏得新娘或想得到的女人,他們不使用武器而是進行肉搏戰。十六世紀時,當非洲人被強迫變為奴隸,被帶往巴西,Capoeira 漸漸在奴隸的群體中,為了自我防衛開始成形。但它很快的變成了生死抗爭中,對抗壓迫者的武力。當蓄奴者瞭解到 Capoeira 的力量後,他們開始懲罰練習 Capoeira 的人。這個武術的使用者,學到了利用唱歌、拍手、跳舞去偽裝這個被禁止的武術,彷彿是單純的娛樂。At first, Capoeira was considered illegal in Brazil. However, a man.....觀看完整全文，請先登入