Is Capoeira an "art" opposed to a martial art? Who ever said it was only ritualized combat? Is kung-fu non-martial because it has forms? The forms do not stray from kung-fu but rather focuses on elements that are essential. Make no mistake, a well trained student of kung-fu will utilize movements from those forms to grant you a beat down. Apply the same analogy Capoeira.
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I haven't seen Mestre Barrao's son in years. Lets just say he has grown quite a bit since the last time I saw him which ironically was at Berkeley. The last time I saw him play, he was a fairly scrawny teenager and I saw him have the most off the hook game with Mestre Beicoila's son who was also a scrawny teenager at the time. I must be getting old.
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