#capoeira

Zuko in the boiling rock episode:

kicking off 2026 with naomi and L doing some capoeira

bonus:

@cyberskepticism hope u enjoy ^-^

I dont know how to make an introdution for this, I just love capoeira so so so much, bute here you go!)

ANALYSING L´S CAPOEIRA AND FIGURING OUT WHICH MOVES HE USED!

In the episode, the fight it self was really short, but L was able to give 2 kicks. And the secound one is a spin kick from a standing position.

The firts one

The first one he is in the ground at first, he kicks, then ends up standing before being pulled by the chain he was using.

At first I thought he used the chapa, this move is both a defensive and offensive move -- you kick your opponent and swing backwards to scape from another attacks in one go-- and because of the way he finished the kick, this initial guess.

Repost from @moyoafrika

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#repost• @whatsculture History Class: Tracing the roots of Capoeira. The Afro-Brazilian martial art form incorporates acrobatics, dance, folklore, and music. Two opponents play each other inside a circle (Roda) formed by the other players, who create rhythm for the game by clapping, singing, and playing traditional instruments. It’s the second most popular sport in Brazil and is practiced in different parts of the world today. To understand the significance, we look at how it is a phenomenon born out of migration.

“Capoeira was conceived in Africa and born in Brazil,’’ Mestre Jelon Vieira once said. As a colony of the Portuguese Crown, millions of Africans were shipped and sold in Brazil. There, enslaved Africans shared their cultural traditions, including dances, rituals, and fighting techniques, which eventually evolved into capoeira. Many elements and traditions that would inform capoeira are said to have originated in Angola. At that time, 80% of all enslaved Africans in Rio de Janeiro came from Central West Africa from countries that are now known as Gabon, Angola and both Congos.

People from Angola were prominent among the enslaved Africans who played the game on the streets and squares of Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and other Brazilian port cities at the beginning of the nineteenth century. With many enslaved Africans revolting against slavery, they would soon form communities in villages called quilombos in which they could sustain different expressions of African culture. They used capoeira to defend themselves and resist capture, disguising its martial intent with music, song, and dance.

Capoeira became illegal after the abolition of slavery in 1888. Practitioners were socially ostracised for more 40 years, until the legendary capoeira master, Mestre Bimba, opened the first capoeira school in Bahia in 1932. From there, the martial art would reach all parts of the world. At its core, capoeira is born out of a mix of African and Brazilian indigenous cultures and it represents resistance and resilience 🇧🇷🌍

This is a history lesson about how the enslaved people of Brazil disguised their fight for liberation as dance, disguised as a really good analysis of One Piece. Everyone should watch it I think.

There's so much joy and rage and power and sorrow and hope in it all. Lots of hope.