Rhythm and sound from Brazil woke up the Green midday Friday as people kicked and flipped at the intersection of Chapel and Church streets. It might have been easy to mistake the men and women in ...

Capoeira, for the uninitiated, is a unique Brazilian martial art. With acrobatics. And dance. And music. And quite a bit of fun. This reporter, Tad Mast, snuck into one of the classes for a day.

Farai Chideya continues her series on fitness by tackling the Brazilian martial art called capoeira. On the last fitness challenge, I tackled Tae Bo. Now it's time for another martial art form that's ...

Instructor: Mestre Lucas Corvo began practicing capoeira in his hometown of Eunapolis, Bahia, Brazil in 1983 when he was 5 years old. In 1994 Corvo began teaching the sport, and nine years later, in ...

AS SOON AS capoeira teacher Alan Letran asked me during warm-ups whether I was comfortable with handstands, I knew I had either: a) found my people, or b) gotten in way over my head. I prepped for my ...

No one is quick to call it fighting, when it comes with singingand hand-clapping; yet no one can really call it dancing, whenface-skimming cartwheel kicks are involved. But most people who are ...