Capoeira: the Black Diaspora hits Japan (again!)

[tiestoisu]

stop nigger-fying the world please. kkthx

[trudoll]

@tiestoisu

stop trying to squeeze intelligence out of your brain.. its like watching an amputee squeeze blood from a turnip. :-\

[ZukiZen]

most of the comments i've seen so far hav been accusing white people of racism and slavery. how can you speak of racism when you are judging all white people by slave owners? and if i remember correctly, there were huge protests against slavery which were held often held by whites.

[MultiSinoda]

im telling yall spirit and soul go together yall buddahful!!!

[FrenchKamit]

Almost everybody love black culture, but almost everybody hate black people...

[valericool]

@FrenchKamit cause these racist ppl are retards.

[kelren76]

ya know...everyone came from africa. so i cant complain. 

[fightjapanrc]

Black on Black crime, Black poverty, Black drug addiction, Black undereducation are all "Black problems" but Jazz, Capoiera, Soul, Rock and Roll, Black athletic achievement are not "Black culture" those are American culture or even World culture. A very strange double standard. I guess what matters is what makes it easiest for non-Blacks to take as much as possible while assuming as little moral responsibility as possibilty.l

[jovialduke]

@fightjapanrc Thank you for this comment my friend. You speak my words.

[Applebaum]

now many like our culture but still don't like black people or do not see us as their equals

[fightjapanrc]

@Applebaum That is true. We are race to be imitated but not to be liked. It seems everyone seems to feel superior to us although in those things we excel we seem largely without competitions.  People focus a lot on the negative acts of the Black underclass, but studiously ignore the achievements of super talented Blacks. They ignore this largely because they know they have no chance of competing.

[DeathsFavorite1]

@Applebaum

people want to be us without going through our struggle.

[fightjapanrc]

@DeathsFavorite1 Amen, everybody want to be Black until the police come or they need a job!

[Allahsarmy]

@fightjapanrc dont speak for me

[TheRoyaldiamond]

@fightjapanrc loooool omg that was funnny loool

[e22378]

@fightjapanrc ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ain't that the truth!!!

[shithappens1818]

@DeathsFavorite1 YOU ARE SO RIGHT BUT I BLAME US. WE DONT UNITE. I'M NOT SAYING UNITE TO ATTACK BUT TO PROTECT

[DeathsFavorite1]

@shithappens1818

Thats true. But we gotta start somewhere. Lets make ripples and eventually we will make waves.

[ayebatonyeseigha]

@DeathsFavorite1 u got that right

[buraburayoshi]

@DeathsFavorite1 yep

[MultiRedDragon10]

@buraburayoshi to you two dummies Muddy Waters and a few other blues musician like Chuck Berry created Rock and Roll and the Rolling stones from which they stoled from Muddy was from us. Yes honey the black people, so all that bullshit you listing to just remember who started that so called bull you call rock and roll and I'm from Mississippi so I should know !

[Yoostoobz]

Awesome! I loved the interviews! I think I'm going to start Capoeira soon!

[chakachocolate]

Capoera as well as Samba were illegal in brazil because they were African things .

[dimviesel]

capoeristas kicked the shit out of slave capturers and slave owners that tried to kidnap them. all to the funky rhythm of the birumbao. faisca =} i wonder if tekken 3's eddie gordo had anything to do with the sudden fascination with capo back in 97

[PeaceAndJustice357]

Ancient African Tradition that developed in Brazil, with the Africans brought to the Western Hemisphere, who met with the Indigenous People. Only development was the Regional style. In Angola, alot of PEOPLE don't know this IT WAS a way Men got there brides.

[rotena25]

Capoeira was only developed by black african slaves. It was not developed by indigenous people.

[DeathsFavorite1]

@rotena25

WRONG. It IS a frican art you fool.

Maybe you should learn some REAL history. I am tired of parasites everywhere i look

[ButterOyama]

Mestre Virgulino has talked about with our group, Cordao De Ouro Chicago, how Capoeira is and always has been an evolving organism - Whether or not it was formed in Africa, there is no doubt that it's roots are African. It is silly to fight over the art form's national identity, as in Mestre Virgulino's words, Capoeira does not only belong to Brazilians - it belongs to everybody.

[fightjapanrc]

That is fine when one group does not have a racist and parasitic relationship culturally on another. When the country apologises for the horrors and monstrosity of slavery that spawned Capoeira then I suppose we can all play nice.

[doctorsizzle]

@fightjapanrc wow. great points. it's amazing how some people always wants the group that is losing it's relevance to 'stop fighting' or 'play nice'.

...and they aren't bigots. they always want to tell other's how to feel about something that clearly doesn't relate to them. "oh, that wasn't racist"...dumb trick...how can you tell me?

yeah, but if i say, "all damn dogs are stupid" then people will be quite upset. WHY? because its an issue that affects them!

damn dummies.

[Eden2Gethsemane]

@fightjapanrc Damn...what a response! lol.

[DeathsFavorite1]

@fightjapanrc

speaking truth there.

[mooncooninc83]

@fightjapanrc Well put. Why is it that when Black ppl start to claim and take back OUR heritage and culture from those who have bastardized it, ppl from other races always try to put OUR heritage and culture within the framework of it "belonging" to humanity and thus, it is not OUR heritage but instead "belongs" to the world? Yet, no one ever dares to say the same thing to other groups of ppl claiming their own heritage and culture. Is because Black heritage and culture is the most desired?

[mikapromotesobesity]

@mooncooninc83 I don't think that black culture is most desired, it's just that not everyone else is a racist idiot like you.

[mooncooninc83]

@mikapromotesobesity You can disagree with my statement if you want. But exactly WHAT part of my statement was racist??? :o|

[tabithadee]

@mikapromotesobesity but is it

i'm unfortunley we are most envie and most hated

if we were so bad why do white peopple take everything we have

[doctorsizzle]

@ButterOyama see it's not about fighting. it's about giving damn credit where is due. too many groups have to feel bad about wanting to be recognized for historical relevance. people are walking around here thinking that Africa/African people didn't exist in certain historical or biblical context. why? because certain people's thirst for taking the 'origins' and rewriting current history to reflect their own accomplishments, findings, and historical participation.

[DeathsFavorite1]

@ButterOyama

when one says Brazil they pull it further away from africa.

It IS african and we will not let it be stolen like so many things from us have been

[Alessandrobrs]

Brazil is more than carnival, soccer, samba and Capoeira. It´s the 9th most powerful economy on earth.

[Kaosgg]

im a black brazilian and i dont think people way back in my faimly history were Israelites but i dont no lol

[MTOTOwaNYAYO]

Capoeria is ANGOLAN south west African, It came to brazil via slaves.

[Alessandrobrs]

Capoeira was developed by different African cultures in Brazil. If Capoeira was developed in Africa, what was it used for and why is it not being practiced there? You simply can't prove it was created in Africa, evidence points to Brazil being the nation as home of Capoeira.

[rotena25]

Well It was made by blacks. Whether in brazil or in africa. And whites had nothing to do with it, only their racism.

[Alessandrobrs]

The origin of the word "capoeira" is a word from Tupi language (native brazilian indians), which means vegetation that grows after putting a forest down.?

[rotena25]

Who told you capoeira is a tupi name.

[BLACKNINJA1]

It's roots are Congolese/Angolan from the leniage of the Palmares warriors in Angola they have Muti Machete sticks etc. it's also practiced in Haiti and other parts of South America.Ex old Grand colombia by the Bolivarian troops that were trained by Haitian marines.

[Alessandrobrs]

There is no register in history that capoeira was developed in the African continent before or even after.We have 2 styles, Capoeira Angola and Regional.Capoeira was not brought, it was born in Brazil.

The "Angola" Style is a cultural root tribute - not a proof that they played it.CAPOEIRA is from Brazil, created by african slaves.

[BlackMacguyver]

N'golo  look it up.

[rey9883]

also.. look up Ag'ya.. it is very similar to capoeira and it has been practiced in the caribbean for as long as capoeira has been in Brasil. this is evidence of the migration of Capoeira from Africa.

[Shiiniies]

Brazil ♥

[michinco]

very nice !

I'm interested in capoeira!!

[varkonyimihaly]

It wasn't illegal, becouse africans did it, it was illegal becouse it became the art of criminals.

[fightjapanrc]

Are you sure. A whole host of activities associated with Afro Brazilians were illegal including African derived religions. Generally speaking, any culture who kidnap people from Africa to use them as forced labor are racist. Not a huge conceptual leap necessary.

[varkonyimihaly]

I know they are racist, but after the Abolicao I'm sure that most Capoeiristas became criminals, becouse they couldn't get money from anywhere else, so they turned into assasins bodyguards, and underworld criminals.

[WFROSE]

When King Jao IV came to Brazil, all African culture was outlawed to the slaves, not just Capoeira. Shortly after the Golden Law was passed Capoeira was largely illegal in Brazil except for Bahia because of the Capoeira gangs that erupted from the poverty of jobless former slaves. Much of the Rio De Janeiro capoeira styles had become extinct because of the ruthlessness of its persecution.

[fightjapanrc]

Thanks for your contribution. That really helps. Were condomble, macumba, and other African retentions illegal as well?

[orateurpneumatikos]

Not only Capoeira was illegal, ALL public assemblies of blacks was illegal visa vi Capoeira was illegal

[varkonyimihaly]

I know, but the truth is blacks have used Capoeira for getting money. And I don't mean shows.

[thecuriousproject]

lETS SEE NEXT YOU WILL HEAR THAT IT CAME FROM WHITES IN EUROPE...STEAL EVERYTHING DONT THEY...

[BaiLong45]

Holy crap, I remember that episode of Sesame Street! Probably the first time I saw Capoeira myself.

[Luciox]

é de manhã Idalina tá me chamando, Idalina meu amor Idalina...

Canarinho da Alemanha quem matô meu curió eh...

Oh ligero oh ligero paraná eu também sô ligero paraná...

[cavaloamazonas]

Axe & paz, camarada... keep up with the good work :)

[darthisaiah]

This fucking sucks, im black and cant even learn capoeira and white people teach it to asians.

[sublimityeternal]

yeah, WTF????

It's cool they can learn, but what about Black people outside of Brazil?? I gotta find a teacher here.

[kiwistylngainjnmnztr]

Look harder. Capoeira is spreading, its a success. If a whie dude is teaching it, its because he worked hard to be at that level. If you are jealous, work harder, want it more, and dont give up. Its your own responsibility to earn your dreams. Peace

[toyatoy1986]

jealous!

[darthisaiah]

Damn right!

[kewlzman69]

4** my bad

[kewlzman69]

i loved da last 40 minutes!!, nothing but blackness haha, great vid!

[breadbassed]

"Its not how good you are, it's what you get out of it" - That guy knows what hes talking about, thats a very true statement. Love Capoeira :D

[Biastrua]

Axe Capoeira has boys who compete in MMA and actually do good.

[quaibranly]

african diaspora energy spread onto the world.

I added this vidéo to the Diaspora exhibition play list.

[kermitdfrogz]

do not be deceived by appearances, my friend; the African community does indeed pratice Capoeira. And there's a Jamaican counterpart as well. There is a whole list of African martial styles that I may have to list here or somewhere soon.

[kuonankrma]

Ka-Ra-Te ... Khm-tian and now called originated in Asia (which country I donnot recollect... Japan?)

[kiwistylngainjnmnztr]

karate originated in Okinawa mate. Many martial arts have similarities because what works will make sense no matter where you are. I prefer to see it all as HUMAN culture, instead of this elitism and separatist ideas. I know not everyone can agree with it, but I want to see us all as one people. Thats one of the powers of capoeira, that it can bring us together.

[ronin752]

I agree with you about the human culture, and bringing people together. However, people of African decent have often had their culture absorbed without given proper credit. Jazz, rock, rock and roll are all forms of culture that blacks are often not given credit for.

[HimeBerrii]

EXACTLY! however I think you missed some musical styles lol

[blacklight324337]

@ronin752 Finaly, someone understands!!!

[mikapromotesobesity]

@ronin752 You are ignorant, black people did not create rock music or rock and roll. A white man created the guiter.

[ronin752]

@mikapromotesobesity

I am ignorant? How so?

There is a complete difference between creating an instrument and creating a musical genre. No accomplished musician tries to deny that people of African descent created jazz, rock and roll, or blues music. Nor would anyone attempt to claim that classical music is anything other than European.

You call me ignorant, but honestly, your usage of the word ignorant is actually ignorant. Talk about irony.

[mikapromotesobesity]

@ronin752 People of African descent did not create rock and roll. The other white man that created the electric guitar, created rock and roll, later that is what it came to be called.

[jovialduke]

@mikapromotesobesity Les Paul designed the earliest electric guitar, but he did not create rock n roll. The roots of rock and roll are firmly in the jump blues, and the original rock artists such as Ike Turner, Little Richard, Bo Diddley and so on.

[mikapromotesobesity]

@ronin752 Blues music and jazz started off in america, by black people.

[ronin752]

Given that, the anger and skepticism is more than understandable. The video itself demonstrates how as long as capoeira was considered African, it was negative. Once it was accepted, the attempt was made to remove its African identity. It is all unfortunate.

[kiwistylngainjnmnztr]

Good comments man.other posters have it right when they point out that it is ones own responsibility to reclaim your culture.Unfortunately in this world nothing happens unless you make it happen,especially the good stuff.The way to move forward is not in laying blame or holding on to grievances, but in creating positive future posibilities.

[kiwistylngainjnmnztr]

Anger/skepticism is indeed understandable, but we all need to evolve our thinking as a single-human-race to let go of such things when they holds us back. and to eventually run with anything that can lift us up, like capoeira can.

[oluwalogbon58]

@ronin752 anything that is of africa is considered in a negative light and is fed to the descendants of africans in the diaspora to make them weak and susceptable to brainwashing ..they have been whitewashed by centuries of intimidation and autosuggestion now they are their own worse enemies;...

[ronin752]

@kuonankrma

I love black culture, but karate is Okinawan. Its origins, are Chinese. Ideologically, the Chinese way of thinking is unique, and not African. And yes, I am well aware that the oldest recorded fighting techniques were found in Egypt, or Kemet. But fighting techniques do not consititute a style any more than saying MMA is karate, or judo.

[KentG101]

Hmmmmn. Too blackish and too African. That's the perception of others towards the African blacks.

Imagine what the blacks have gone through in the hands of the Americans, Australians, Europeans ,the Americas etc.

And then imagine if the Africans were never stolen out of Africa to develop others lands. Africa would have been the PARADISE on earth.

But the LORD remains in the valley of decision. HE is the MASTERPLANNER.

[fightjapanrc]

This is the position of the larger Brazilian society towards Capoeira. That was not my position. That is why the seeming absence of Black Capoeiristas is a bit surprising. Capoeira went from underground African activity to mainstream White Brazilian activity

[geneofisis]

But that was the whole aim-to take it away from the originators and take it to other countries to make money.

[kuonankrma]

Yes he is! That is an undisputable fact!

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

wtf dumb comment

[kuonankrma]

I think WE so-called "blacks" need to reclaim all of our culture. Capoeira's origins will be obliterated, just like the salsa, samba, merengue, bachanka etc. now are claimed as latin? These are parts of our culture, now claimed to have originated in EUROPE!

[EddesHere1]

I like it cuz the movements are so unpredictable, and its powered by music, the souls food!! yeah

[fightjapanrc]

Do you have such footage? Please contact me. It would be interesting to see this footage. It would be interesting to see more "street" capoeira.

[justonemore8805]

this is great- I have a video of some black-brazilian children doing that

[HolyBarnacles]

It takes much time to learn how to use it correctly for a street situation. Some people can use the techniques to the teeth, but most would:

A) Not do the ginga, but do the movements in a basic fighting stance.

B) Limit the acrobatics.

C) Modify the basic movements so they are more street friendly. Example

Meia Lua De Frente- inside crescent kick

Some people can do it the capoeira way, and whip their opponent, but the average might want to simply do it in a regular manner. It's subjective.

[orateurpneumatikos]

Capoeira is a hihgly effective martial art. It depends on the reason you practice it. I guarantee you put a master in their, or even a student that has been practicing for fights and you will get knocked out in less than 20 seconds.

[fightjapanrc]

It has some martial arts applications. The conditioning and timing would help but mainly it is not for fighting anymore.

[paulinasuazo]

i want to say that break dancing copy from capoeira and other martial art,not the opposit,as every thing in states is a mix of alien cultures (if they hate aliens ,they hate themself)

[fightjapanrc]

My show suggests neither copied the other and that both come originally from Angolan ritual dances. Professor Robert Farris Thompson at Yale University suggested this about 10 years or more ago. Dances that are similar to Capoeira and Breakdancing appear in Haiti, Cuba, and othe places with high numbers of people of Angolan origin.

[kuonankrma]

Sorry! but you way off trying to claim that one. Breakdancing was introduced by "black" Americans, as that Capoeira is an AFRICAN i.e. BLACK tradition. The right thing to say is.... these two groups share a similarity. It is NOT steeling if it is inherent to your culture!!

[TruthFan]

LOL, well well well you sure get around Kuo. I'm glad to see you in all the important sites. Ciao

[kuonankrma]

LOL yep, need to have my nose in all business concerning my people. Ciao

[blackjin21]

sick