Capoeira Girls

Two girls show off their Capoeira moves in Fitzgerald’s Park accompanied by music played on the berimbau and atabaque. The fighting is very exciting to watch as participants leap from the ground, and seem to defy gravity on occasion!

From the Wikipedia page on Capoeira:

Capoeira is a Brazilian fight-dance, game, and martial art created by enslaved Africans during the 19th Century Participants form a roda (circle) and take turns playing instruments, singing, and sparring in pairs in the centre of the circle.

10 comments on ' Capoeira Girls '

so thats how you spell Capoeira, Ive never known and often wondered. Good action in these photos!

Written by Flickr: Con Thom on July 10, 2007 at 6:11am
One of my previous girlfriends was into Capoeira and it really is amazing to watch. Everything is so fluid and perfectly timed.

I always wanted to take a proper set of lights to one of the lessons and capture some shots

Written by Andrew Ferguson on July 10, 2007 at 7:16pm
Candeias Dublin Capoeira - you’ll have to update the url of the image you blogged. I added my blog’s url to the image after you blogged it!

Written by Donncha O Caoimh on July 10, 2007 at 7:51pm
That’s Gringa (Emily) and Kasha (spelling?)

Written by Mel on July 11, 2007 at 4:49pm
You were close Mel. Meialua - Kasia.

Nice shots. Thanks Donncha. Any chance to get these photos?

Written by Capoeira Girl on July 12, 2007 at 9:29am
@Donncha

Thanks for the tip and the great photo, it is just a prototype site that I am putting together for my instructor in the Candeias Group, and your photo does such a good job of capturing the action of Capoeira that I had to use it.

Written by Shane Mitchell on July 12, 2007 at 9:31pm
I’m always intrigued by composite photos such as this (is that even the right term?), never quite sure how to pick the rights shots for it. But this is an excellent example of complementary photos. They really work together well.

Glad I found your photo site again, I must have lost the link in the great feed purge of ‘06!

Written by Thom on July 27, 2007 at 12:12pm
Great Shot Donn!

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Found in a search. (?)

Written by Flickr: Darkle on February 07, 2008 at 12:43pm