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I smiled when Juan Pablo talked about feints and trickiness. That's something a lot of people don't know about when it comes to Capoeira. It's not just about flips or tricks. That's the artistic, expressive, showmanship aspect. The real Capoeira is the trickiness. It's kicks that come from different angles and in tight spaces. It's sweeps, trips, headbutts, and palm strikes. Edit: Thanks for the thumbs up folks. Just to add on, I've seen good capoeiristas use that trickiness. I've seen old capoeistras distract someone in the roda and then trip them because they weren't looking. Now, Capoeira has its flaws. Every martial art does. But to say it can't be used at all? That it doesn't work? I disagree with that.

"I don't have a cool nickname" bro, you're the Chubby Surprise

"Every language has poetry; not every speaker is a poet." Seeing Sensei Seth start to put the concepts together and express himself using the language of other arts is so awesome! Thank you so much for being open, willing, and truly connecting with the "art" of each martial art you try.

I don’t know can you

My hardest fight (sparring) EVER was against Capoeira dude. It was light sparring and gradually adding speed and power. The dude could "clip" me from any angle you can imagine. Not huge power but enough to stop your advance and cause pain and unbalance. In terms of "amount of strikes succeeded / amount of strikes attempted" against me, definitely hardest to defend. It does not blow your head off like a pro boxer, but man it eats up your stamina and then.. it starts to hurt, starts hitting you in places you do not think to defend

This and your attempts at adapting Capoeira into your style was exceptionally well done. The one flaw I noticed in your sparring attempts is that you have a tendency to stop right before you deliver a kick or punch. Capo is all about constant movement, and importantly, using the kinetic momentum from said movements to deliver attacks. Its likely due to your many years of studying karate, but its a habit you'll have to overcome. You will likely find greater success in the sparring sessions once you do.

I love how capoeira nowadays is usually viewed as just a harmless dance that used to be a martial art - because that's exactly what was always meant to happen. The disguise works to this day.

Capoeira builds cardio, coordination, flexibility, explosiveness, and the ability to read the partner's movements. I bet a good capoeirista can transition easily to any combat sport.

In Brasil, most people know how effective capoeira can be. And the few ones who doubt, it's just a matter of time before they cross paths with the wrong (or right?) capoeirista. Powerful kicks, a lot of variation, and superb fitness work. The guy will not stay dancing right in front of you. Before you realize, your ribs are history. As a Muay Thai practitioner, I just don't wanna mess with capoeiristas.

"Recapoeria" spoke to me a spiritual level

"Capoeira is treachery" - Mestre (Master) Bimba. I trained in Capoeira for just one year when I was much younger, and it still influences my karate today. The idea that you "play" with your opponent is a huge element of the art. Karate often has things like Gohan Kumite or drills where you are trying to match your opponent's timing in a safe and structured drill. Capoeira is almost always done with a partner, so it's all about timing - and working with someone else - so that you learn to react to their movements, and when you can interrupt them with your own. And while I won't pull out ginga or a cartwheel in a sparring session, Capoeira footwork gave me a fluidity and lightness of movement I continue to incorporate. Thanks Seth for going back to this and putting yourself out there! Capoeira cardio is no joke...

My first martial art was capoeira. I actually credit it for having good footwork and balance in my striking and a lot of confidence in my kicks. I also felt strong from angles that a lot of strikers weren't used to. The creative sparring in the roda also gave you a chance to heavily practice fakes, feints, and misdirection. I threw a lot of spinning attacks too because of my training. It can be very useful if you know what to extrapolate.

It always so captivating when you hear a Master of a specific martial art style give their philosophy, their mindset and advice on how to utilize it to your advantage! Great content Seth!

Capoeira kicks can blend very well into TKD and Karate. My personal favorite is that hand to the ground spin hook. The amount of power you can generate from these "dance moves" is insane.

Capoeira's helped my life in so many ways, especially at work. I'm a plumber and spend most of my days crouched down or in confined spaces, and the movements I've learned in capoeira have helped me find better ways to move in those spaces. Obviously I'm not busting out big ass kicks while installing a water heater but if I'm in a crawlspace or working on drains or something I have much easier ways of maneuvering that don't put as much stress on my body

“recap…oeira” me quebrou muito KKKKKKKKKKKK tive que pausar o video pra rir love from brazil!💕🇧🇷

Seems to me like it's great for keeping you in shape. Juan Pablo looks stacked yet shredded.

Seth might not be a capoeira expert, but he did try, and was incorporating it. His application of some of the moves, started to become second nature, as he became more comfortable with them. Practice makes perfect for a reason, and albeit a bit out of his comfort zone, he still started to flow as time and practice progressed. Like Bruce Lee said "be like water", because it can shape and mold itself to be anything, and can be gentle or crash with enormous force. Shape the skills that you learn to work for you alone, and use those skills to either be gentle or forceful in their application for use. Be like water Seth, and keep the videos coming.

I really like how Juan described martial arts. It's an art form not fighting itself. It's like the difference between using a brush, which is a form of painting, and saying that it's superior to finger painting which is also a form of painting. Fighting is just attacking and defending. Martial Arts are just the tools we use to fight.

Love the theory Juan Pablo talks about. That in real situations, of course you're not going to do capoeira jinga and pretend you're dancing, of course you don't go lie on your back for a BJJ guard, you'll do what is needed to defend yourself. As a karate trained person, there are the forms we all know with that straight punch and that rear fist coming back by the side with the elbow coming backwards: the typical "karate punch." But that rear fist, elbow back thing only has a hint of use in theoretical situations, and is more of a form for practicing technique. Likely it's never a form you'd strictly do "to the T" in a fight, it would never help to do that. You'd want that hand up for guarding, proper defense that suits the situations etc. I love the breakdown Juan Pablo gives about it, that these martial arts forms are not rigid things to be adhered to and stiffly judged on "practicality" of the practice forms. It's great stuff.

As a MMA student with capoeira back ground the things that i found work is meia lua de compasso, Martelo tado, Tesaura de Costa, tesaura de frente, vingativa, and martelo from negativa

Capoeira is an interesting martial art and one that I really enjoy. It's got some cool kicks that you can surprise an opponent with, and from a conditioning standpoint it's great for cardio and flexibility.

As someone who trains capoeira every day for 2 hours a day, I can say this art can be used in combat if done correctly

Capoeira is a very hard art to learn, the fluidity that's necessary to do the movements instinctively takes a very long time, so capoeira practitioners are super patient, especially the teachers haha

My man, i love seeing your capoeira videos and comparing to my training here in Brazil, understanding how you and other martial artists see and understand capoeira trying to adapt it to your one styles

I did Capoeira for a few years, it’s definitely one of the best martial arts for cardio and I loved the acrobatic aspects of it too. The floor was always wet with sweat (I know, kind of gross..) after a training session…thanks for this one, Seth, it takes me back some years..

Another aspect of Capoeira's development I've heard, the slaves often had their hands in chains, so had to focus on using the legs. I've done Tai Chi push hands and Wing Chun Chi Sao, when I played with a good Capoeira Angola, it was like push body/sticky body, he read and matched my movements then would slip in with a kick, foot sweep, or take down. May not be the quickest path to practical self defense but don't sleep on what it has to offer (which includes the best looking women of any martial art I've practiced)

From a foundation of capoeira, someone can transition to kickboxing easily because it’s going from hard to easy. A capoeira maestro Edna Limas of NY is also an astounding shotokan karateka. Her kicks are unstoppable, not because of power alone, but because of timing and distance control.

Amazing video! Thanks for giving Capoeira a shot of understanding. I really liked how you realized the portion of any attack can come at any time while just moving and also realizing how tired you got. It's a completely different kind of fitness. I feel like a superhero. Games usually go on for 10 minutes at a time and sometimes on your birthday. An hour haha.

Marcus "lolo" aurelio is definitely the person I've seen actually most effectively work capoeira into a mma setting. A lot of guys may get one or two kicks they learn in occasionally but he still trained it as his main fighting style.

For 2 capoeira classes you were doing damn good, you didn't get kicked in the head like you were worried about

I truly 100% agree with the statement at the end. Every martial art has a different answer. The student who trained well at a good school is going to have that answer.

Getting into your opponents head is a massive part of capoeira to me. The scissor takedown, and banda's are so important against mixed martial artists.

The way you explore these different arts is a huge inspiration. Big respect to capoeira, one of the sets I’ve wanted to try but no local instruction is available. This reminds me that it’s worth it to travel to experience it.

Loved watching this video. The way you connected the key concepts of capoeira with what was lacking in your sparring felt like a short movie. As a Brazilian that did capoeira for about 4 years and now is training boxing the whole sliding footwork is something i try to adapt everyday into my boxing, i think it is like a constant shuffle paired with dodging punches... although its not easy i feel like im faster on my feet than most of my peers with a similar boxing experience.

It’s always important to know the history of martial arts, especially traditional ones like capoeira in order to see how it has developed in modern age. One can definitely use capoeira principles in spar or real life scenarios, if taught properly. *Chubby surprised* (I can say that because I’m also Seth size)

This was fun to watch. You did pretty good 👍. Thank you for sharing ☺️.

Anderson Silva and Marcus Aurelio uses Capoeira in MMA. The latter using it as his main style, and it deff works🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

There are many reasons why I still appreciate and love Capoeira for its rich history, martial art, music, and playfulness. Seth, you gotta work on your flexibility and Capoeira will definitely give you that and fluidity. You can definitely apply that to Karate and any other types of Martial Arts you do. Capoeira embraces a lot of fluid movements, but with power once you understand how to shift your weight on the ground or in the air. Continue to practice it! Peace!

React to Marcus Aurelio "Barraozinho". He is one of the few that can make capoeira work in MMA

Salute Sensei Seth for exploring Capoeira in this aspect. As a capoeirista I think that it is important for us to have these kinds of discussions and exploration. if I am ever in your neck of the woods I would really like to work on some things with you.

you improved a lot between your videos! great jobs! I'd love to see more of your growth in capoeira! :D

i never understood how music was truly incorporated into this system until this video and your sparring session. Rhythm truly is the foundation of the techniques in Capoeira. Without rhythm the fighter will have no control over the fight and advances in offense are read easily like a book. the level of calculation, mastery of technique, and precision in order to pull off Capoeira techniques seems insane to me. i enjoyed this video and loved a few of the concepts you thought about during sparring. Thank you and please do a part 2 if you can!

I used to assume that since Capoeira was created with the huge constraint of having to not look like fighting, that it wouldn't be able to compete with other, more straight-forward martial arts. Then a military buddy told me about the time he sparred with a Capoeirista, and how difficult it was. He said that every time he threw a punch, the other guy simultaneously dodged it and threw a kick from some weird, unexpected angle. There may have been a mismatch in years of training, but the Capoeirista mopped the floor with my friend, and my threat level assessment of Capoeira instantly went up quite a few notches.

I think it could blend well with the karate you do. I could see it for its evasion and lower attack aspects. Watching you spar I saw a few combo possibilities that would have flowed in from the combos I remember back when I took karate.

This is a great intro video dude, love seeing you learn this stuff.

Love your videos man keep it going

That 2nd-ish sparring clip where you did a low spin out with a low kick, looked beautiful. It's hard to see the range, but looked cool.

I like to use a darting jab + back step in sparring. One day I realized that this boxing footwork looks exactly like a ginga from capoeira. So now I like to use the darting jab + back step to set up the spinning heel kick. It works great no one ever sees it coming, granted I'm in sparring doing this so I purposely try not to land a rough kick like that and try not to throw it with any real intention.

Sooo many great messages, ty Sensai Seth, oh and the thumbnail is fantastic!!

dude your killing it when you get there ! this is lit work and the result is beautiful, the flow is tremendous.

Great video and good job using the techniques live! Love the gloves, I'm in need of some new ones! Gonna use your link!

Great video Seth! Seeing how other people complain about you pulling punches and kicks while sparring (I mean .. that's how sparring works..) I remembered your red turtle armor. If you still have it, you could find a volunteer (I suggest Icy Mike, he likes pain) and practice / test Capoeira at full power without the risk of injuries.

This is great, it really shows the unity between the three disciplines of music, dance and martial arts. They are all one discipline, if you choose to apply them as such.

Seth this video is so cool. You're a freak athlete and so good at communicating across martial arts so that all of us, from any martial arts background, can understand why each art developed how it did and how their foundations can be practical.

It works as a complimentary art to BJJ or Luta livre, one of the scariest guys at the Gracie barra I train at is the local Capoeira Mestre, he's strong as hell and really flexible- he's a brown belt in BJJ. Some of the sweeps work for grappling. You see him doing Capoeira warm ups at BJJ tournaments.

You should really check Barraozinho, he is a really good capoerista and mma fighter. He really puts capoeira into irl fighting and works really well !!

Ayee, always love seeing more Capoeira

I absolutely loved that last speech from Juan Pablo. It’s something I absolutely agree with. There’s a difference between in training to fight with the martial art, the martial aspect, and just training in the art itself. It’s rarely ever as simple as “The art is bad” it’s usually more so “The artist is bad”.

You did way better then you think. It looks like if you keep practicing you can male a lot of that stuff work. And you kinda already did in this video. One recommendation when you get smothered go for clinching and throw techniques they are hidden within the forms

I have to commend you Seth. I turn 40 in a couple of months and I've spent 25 of those years studying martial arts. About 13 of those in capoeira specifically, where I've traveled, met incredibly skilled people, taught... and you are doing very well. It's a style that can take time to embody and apply, even in the roda with other capoeiristas, let alone against other styles. It's a testament to your open mind and passion for martial arts! I hope you continue this series and learn about the hand techniques and (my favorites) -- the takedowns and sweeps.

The dude who is a capoeira expert got some real wise words it got some touching in the heart bro

props for digging deep and trying this out I have always been a fan of Capoeira but have never had anything like this around me to where I could learn it. Luckily I had wrestling and kickboxing around.

I feel as though this kind of technique has the same issue got a lot of people first learning it as bagua does. They both rely on being very mobile and it helps a LOT to think of the movements as more of a sweep rather than a strike. Both gain their power from rotational energy so having the mindset that you have to arc into those strikes might help you set the motion right as you're practicing.

Train Meia Lua de Compasso, work on your flexibility and go for head kicks with it and use it as an evasion attack. That kick can be very tricky and fast. Close-up Capoeira isn't great, you can go for headbutts, slaps or throws.

The movement patterns it added into your stuff was great, tbh.

Great video! You can think of the music like the element that establishes the "ruleset" of the game. If you are interested in making capoeira more useful, Ramsey Dewey has some nice videos. In regards to the range issue at around 5:20, capoeira also emphasizes moving incredibly close to opponents to sweep or takedown the opponent. Also there are elbows, knees, punches, slaps, etc. On another note, since adding bjj to my repertoire, I feel openings to use capoeira far more often/realistically because of the emphasis on being low to the ground. Not that this extra idea makes capoeira better, but guile is almost as mandatory for anyone practicing capoeira as rhythm is.

I find that to truly understand Capoeira you need to spend a lot of time upside down. That's right, take everything you know about martial arts and turn it on its head. For most MAs, the apex of usefulness is proven in a symmetrical power situation. Same weight, same fight experience, get in the ring and show who can dominate. For Capoeira, it's asymmetrical. The origin story assumes a fighting environment in which your opponent has more power, more wealth, more recognition under the law, more weapons. You only win in this scenario by evading and sneaking away, turning your back to entice your opponent to get off his high horse and chase you through the dark alley so that he drops his guard and you can give him a heel to the temple. Capoeira will never be as good as other martial arts at domination because that is not its focus. It's focus is liberation. First in liberation of the body and movement, and in liberation of the soul by giving you a different point of view as well as the physical tools to walk a non-linear path. For you, Seth, I hope Capoeira helps you find new choices in sparring (and other places), so that the narrative you are creating stays enjoyable, well-grounded, and uniquely you.

It started to look pretty usefull at the end there. Good job Seth!

You were really getting the hang of it by the end. Way to go!

7:16 love a good montage! Liked that slipping lower inside leg kick @10:58 Always a style I recommend to people when they say; " I love the fluid movement of martial arts, but the aggression is too much for me". I suggest Capoeira because, with the festive environment its a wonderful way to be introduced to a group who wants the same things out of the art that they do

I have been training capoeira for the past year and a half and coming from a karate 'background' (was my 1st martial art) it has been interesting and quite fun. Your ability to quickly adapt to a different style and apply techniques in an actual sparing is amazing! (The things below are just a thought dump): I haven't spared against a non-capoeira practitioner using capo techniques (in their modern form) but the "bunkai" I would say would look a bit like taido/drunken fist with legs 🤣 "drunken leg" lol. I would exchange the circular paths of kicks for more direct ones, or do them with a snapping motion, like a question mark kick. I would use punch to kick faints, for example fake a hook to a scorpion kick or a one leg scissors takedown. I would try to capitalize on dodges to turn them to a dodge kick and would aim at the body because it has a higher chance of connecting and the kicks are powerful so it would be still felt through a hand or at the knees/tights. If my leg gets caught I would maybe use a cartwheel or one handed L kick as a threat hoping for them to let go. If I get taken down to the ground with a sweep I would use an escape/kick like the kick you learned that makes my legs flail and results in me standing up in order to gain distance or prevent them from rushing in. I would use kicks with alternating directions because they are a bit tricky to deal with and would try to exploit angles that are provided by the unorthodox kicks to try and catch my opponent off guard. One thing i think I saw in Jessie's video about Taido, connecting strikes one after another and using them as a constant flowing setup is the way to go. By that I mean a kick, which flows to another kick, which flows to a punch, to a faint, to a kick and so on in order to overwhelm the opponent with kicks from all sides. Which makes little threats look big, because they are unknown. By all means things you applied in this video.

good insight on capoeira. i've never done it personally, but i didn't know it was a lot more effective than i thought.

Shout out to whoever chose breaking footage of bboy neguin who is a former red bell Bc one champion and all time bboy great, while also keeping his Brazilian roots.

Even if people don’t think it’s a super effective martial art, I think Capoeira is really cool to watch.

In terms of integrating new techniques, you should try to find positions in the middle or at the end of those techniques already proficient to you. Then with much repetition you can smooth out the transition and integrate any style.

Amazing ep. having done a lil of capoeira and a lil kickboxing it is interesting to see them try to mix them together.

Learning some take downs and responses in close spaces which Capoeira has might have helped your confidence. great vid. Thanks,

Edit*** Just looked at this again and I somehow missed the last part of your conversation. I think you hit the nail on the head there, capoeira isn't really about fighting its about dealing with life. Nice one mate I always like a Capoeira video. I myself got into Capoeira after ten years of karate. Ironically it was joining a Capoeira club that led me to try my hand at Combatives and the more 'realistic' stuff. I used to jump in the car once a month and do a days training at my mates gym in Loughborough, then spend the rest of the month doing Capoeira 4 times a week. It was a very grounded style of Capoeira, not for fighting but while it was aesthetically impressive there were no flamboyant moves. I would note that a lot of the Brazillians I've trained with cross trained in BJJ and a few liked to box also. They used to do (and still do most likely) the emboscada tests for teaching grades. I was always a bit sore I never got to do one. If you wanted to see what a lot of hands in capoeira is like you could do worse than look at some Muzenza competitions. All in all though I've not met that many people who were good fighters through doing capoeira. I know a couple of good fighters who came and did capoeira. I sort of blame the whole cosmopolitan thing. In the UK at least. It started out a lot of karate lads liked to try capoeira for a bit, but it appealed more to people who liked dance and culture. The fighting side got eeked out if it was ever really introduced in the UK. That's my theory at any rate I was about ten years to late to that party. These days the vast majorty of people in capoeira (in my experience at least) can't fight and don't want to know how to. For myself I've always casually cross trained in kickboxing so I can normally sort of keep up appearances if I go to a not capoeira lesson. None of it is capoeira though its got to be said. It is interesting when you get people coming from kickboxing and other styles and basically just doing that in a capoeira roda. I got sent flying by a big lad once who didn't realize I was marking moves in rather than blasting out take downs. And there was some kid once who came in a Tae Kown Doed on of the monitors to bits before leaving never to be seen again. I think the one big gap in capoeira, or the corner of capoeira I've seen at least, is that it doesn't teach anyone how to use or deal with aggression. Again this is from my limited area of training, its very possible the scene is different outside of the UK. I was interested to hear your mate there (sorry I'm terrible with names) cite the old 'disguised as a dance' theory for Capoeira. I've spoken to a couple of historians who aren't keen on that theory.

Capoeria in the south 52 blocks in the North

Awesome gloves and I did see how it can be used practically in a fight!

Great video, i love seeing real martial artist explore Capoeira. I feel like there is still this stigma that its “not a martial art”, yet any respectable martial artist would never dismiss ant technique until they at least attempt it. As others have mentioned in the comments, there are so many important aspects that take years to even begin to comprehend (the malice, the trickery, the fact that you can ONLY REALLY practice the art in the game of capoeira). Combine that with many schools having an intense focus on music, your brain begins to work overtime with concepts of rhythm, timing, harmony and breath with out a “ki-yah”. I hope other folks and martial artist give it a try, its one of the few martial arts I know that can be trained and played by people of all ages in equal application of importance (from movement, to music…to axe in the roda). Loved the video 🎉

Loved the video and thought you did a great job! It not an easy thing to change up your game and to integrate techniques that feel like you're breaking a lifetime of training instincts.

It’s a martial art hidden in dance. I’m a practitioner and what I did was remove ginga for Muhammad Ali floating steps or Thai March and it became usable

so happy to hear someone speak about capoeira (kipura) and recognize its african roots.

His words very very wise. I love his take on different martial arts

If you like Capoeira, you should check out "Michel Pereira". He's currently a UFC Middleweight and got there by mainly using Capoeira and he's INSANELY skilled. Really entertaining fighting style (Using backflips, climb up the cage wall and dropkick opponent etc.) and he has a Capoeira background So yeah, he definetely made it work

Obrigado, sensei Seth! ;)

Should make a video on Capoeira Leg sweeps, takedowns and punches! 🙌🏼

One of the few things I learned during my one lesson in capoiera(probably butchering that spelling) was that Jenga/jinga(probably butchering that to) was freedom of expression, not necessarily a set stance but building blocks to lead into your own movement, your own Jenga/jinga, from what I was told everyone has their own unique Jenga based off of what works for them and their Jenga is how they express it

I have loved this martial art ever since I saw the movie Only the Strong, starring Mark dacascos, way back in '94! It would be awesome if Seth reacted to that movie on his other channel!

Learned capoiera for about a year and after each class, we have a roda session and it's amazing just how close combat we can be in. Learn how to move fast for evading and mock attacking ( There almost never a contact except for the seniors vs instructor)

Bro this is awesome more of this storyline plz

Looking nimble man, well done!

Two questions: 1. Do you feel like you are a better martial artist for having tried such a variety of arts while practicing muay thai and BJJ, or would you have been a better martial arts if you had only concentrated on muay thai and BJJ? 2. Have you considered doing Shodokan aikido (the competitive version)? I realize there may not be any nearby, as it's a fairly rare style, but just some food for thought.

I think Capoeira is incredibly practical and absolutely works *if* you're naturally athletic and fast. Being able to kick someone in the head that fast is underrated

This stuff is more complicated then I thought, but is can be effective when used right! I like those kicks!

Nice video, thanks a lot seth! I didn‘t know anything about capoeira bevore..