Capoeira Brazilian Martial Arts Basics : How to Play Berimbau in Brazilian Capoeira Martial Arts

[shitbrains2]

I research capoeira for a term paper and found that part came form of angolian boxing. Slave owners allowed slave to keep their music and dance and the fighting was hidden into the dance and so evolved capoeira. . People adapted and all the different peoples and cultures of Brasil helped form the beauty and nature of Capoeira. Not to mention it helped people gain their freedom from being in bondage Que legal!!!

[Zangagross80]

I love the video, thanks

[MultiEverton1000]

O berimbau não é fácil de tocar, e também não é satânico. Satânico é o que os Gringos fazem, vir ao Brasil em busca de sexo e prostituição. Faça como o amigo do que postou o vídeo, conheçam a cultura do país. Axé!!

[ianrkav]

@Nanavillela23 How Nana, Como vai vocé? (I've forgotten how to put the '^' over the letter 'e' !)

Who are you responding to here? You're basically correct. Capoeira was a defence system developed in Brazil by African slaves. It later became a 'martial art' offensive system used by quilombos when they started fighting back and launched raids of their own:-)

The Berimbau is most definitely of African origin though. No other culture outside of Africa has used a bow as a musical instrument.

[SuperCleidsom]

gostei muito desse video

[DRAGONFORCERULZZ]

and u suck playing -.-''

and u use stone? ^^'' wtf, u gotta use metal in shape of big coin -.-'' tard

[EduardoBrasil10000]

I can't say much, but his english is very funny =D

[12345678948697]

tudo errado a capoeira foi criada no brasil nome capoeira era o nome de mato eles treinavam la na capoeira e capoeira não é arte marcial porra

[12345678948697]

tudo errado a capoeira foi criada no brasil nome capoeira era o nome de mato eles treinavam la na capoeira

[nfo944]

Nem sabia que nossa capoeira fazia tanto sucesso lá fora!

[robsonmakesomenoise]

é brasil sil sil sil...

[MrXxXmgXxX]

capoeira from brazil carai !

[anitabiba6]

I think its always nice to have foreigners interested in our culture, and he is also making divulgation of it, u guys should stop complaining and start apreciating, cause i`ve searched for videos about capoeira here and only found his, the rest was all crappy shit.

u guys better apreciate.

[luquinhasempe]

hey man, capoeira is not a martial art, study first! capoeira is like soccer, only brasilians have the feeling, can play berimbau or soccer with love! get out of here, go home!

[karlos7eberl]

capoeira has started and invented by angolans in angola!! :@

[dddiniz01]

É brasil MULEQUE RIO GRANDE DO SUL!!!!!!!!! capoeira e nois

[polyguay]

Legal

[denunciator]

gracias por la explicacion. saludosss

[Alejandroenfuego]

Capoeira is the only martial art indigenous to the American continent. It has no roots in Africa, though of course the musical instruments used to accompany it do. There is no exact instrument like the berimbau from other continents either, but the only bowed instruments there are either come from Africa, Europe or Asia. There are NO bowed instruments native to the American continent. So the berimbau as we know it, is native to Brasil and only Brasil.

[hugosilva69]

@Alejandroenfuego the berimbau is not a brazilian instrument, its just a name they gave to the african musical instrument called HUNGU

[RudaZinn]

COPOEIRA BRASIL!

[luvmonkey666]

OMG this dude has no musical training....hes effing stupid

[14Nilton]

Esse Cara parece o Mestre Barrão, !!kk

[snoopinhull]

Tititin don don ? caralho " cara de fuinha " para de inventar ... Eu treinando com cordel " verde-amarelo 2 eu te bagunço.

[jedispy]

That's actually pretty cool. While I know little about capoeira, I still find it fascinating

[expenguin67]

Thanks. Very helpful. (BTW, in English, the baqueta is called a... stick. LOL.)

[molejocn]

hahahah.... não adianta aqui no brasil que se ensina melhor, esses ai que querem ser iguais. mas ele eh bom sim!hahaha....

[pavilanis1]

hei "advogado" vai aprender a ensinar com o Jacaré do Lodo , esse sim sabe ensinar ,não que vc esteje errado e seja ruim mais ele é o cara do berimbau no Youtube ,pra quem quiser conferir é só procurar "aula de berimbau 1" valew !!! e muito axé !!!

[11kan11]

great! helped alot! i got my berimbau on saturday..learning to play the angola..but il learn this also...but i got a problem seting the berimbau up..its difficult for me to push the stick with my foot...get scared trying not to break it but after today i feel more confident...it will really help too if you put a short video on how to set the berimbau..my mestre tought me today..but there might be others who might not know.

[aleheadkick]

falta girar mais o pulso pra poder sair melhor o som. ta tocando muito rigido

[Barry3443]

Muito bom. Brigadao. Agora eh soh me arrumar um berimbau e ai eu vou!

[Jp31911]

NICE

[MrFannyfarts]

great for beginners, i tried in class and failed miserably, now after watching this video, i feel a little more confident to try again thanks

[Amrfaham]

Thank ytou very much man.. greetings from Syria

[renandinckson]

Muito Bom...

[Smertios]

It is also possible that capoeira came from a mix of african and native amerindian folk dances and fighting styles. Most notably the Potiguar war dance called Marana.

Considering the native tupi name for capoeira (kaa'puera), I believe this is the most probable assumption, thus making Capoeira (in all its forms) a legitimate brazilian martial art and folk damce.

[nandoelpais]

thank you for the lesson!!!

just a small but significant correction to your post...capoeira is from ANGOLA ,not BRASIL !!!

THANK YOU AGAIN!!!

[Smertios]

capoeira is not angolan :P

the name is actually a reference to the brazilian language called old tupi kaa'puera meaning an area that used to be forested but is no longer, which was where capoeira used to be played.

A brazilian history magazine (known as Revista de Historia da Biblioteca Nacional) published a few years ago an article proving that there has never been any kinds of dances or fighting styles similar to capoeira in africa, meaning it was invented in brazil by slaves.

research...

[blackmadisonHHH18]

capoeira is brazilian, but the traditions that would later be combined to form capoeira were angolan. or atleast that's what i was told by my cousin.

[Smertios]

I suppose that's one possibility that is considered by historians. But I have to say that it is not the most accepted one. That is mainly because there is no evidence of anything similar to capoeira in africa. The only possibility was a dance called N'golo, from Angola, but that very same article from the History Magazine of Brazil provided enough material to prove that the N'golo dance didnt exist before the 20th century.

[nandoelpais]

A BRAZILIAN HISTORY MAGAZINE!!!my son,i think we all know the name is not important,as it can be changed...like samba and...semba!!!rings the bell???

[Smertios]

Yes, now fine me any references proving that there was anything like Capoeira in Africa in the 16th century. The Revista de História da Biblioteca Nacional is the most well known and respected history publication in Brazil. there is also an old magazine called "Capoeira" that provided the same references. Once school is back I can find the editions for you. And semba is what we know in Brazil as "batuque", it's kind of different from samba, though it reminds us of it a little...

[zhenio]

@Smertios numb nuts, it doesn't take a genius to figure this out. there's no evidence of "capoeira" in the region in which the africans were abducted because it was some how destroyed during the process of the atlantic slave trade. i mean how many africans do you think that knew the style of fighting called capoeria were left behind to practice it, and pass it down to the childeren? slave trading went on for centuries. the traders didn't leave the villages in africa the way they found em.

[SupremeTrue]

@zhenio if you are talking about the dance, it was born in Angola. but capoeira as a martial art was born in brazil as a resistance against slavery.

[brasilsronaldo]

@SupremeTrue ur 100% correct

[CrazyShakaZulu]

@Smertios LIES

[pro1rider]

100% wrong, the name capoeira angola is just a reference for the black people from angola that started it here, but it's totally brazilian, it could be a mix of dances like Smertios said, but the final product is here

[DeeCoore]

so... birimbao c.

[AchtungBabypt]

Is it me, or do you "eat" one of the "tch's"?

It seems like you actually do like "tch ... tim tom tom" and let the caixixi do the second tch instead of hitting the string...

[jimitobad]

buenos pues x lo menos dedicate a enseñar tocar berimbao, sabes lo que es verdad? lo que tienes en la mano pues imbesil

[betinopan]

POBRE, MUY POBRE!!!

[temoniprince]

what is the differnce in cabasas, the gourd, i have a villiol i think its small, but i want a huge one.

[1pk1]

the sound, of course

[TheSummerful]

violas will fit you most, if you practice regional capoeira. In Capoeira Angola they play exactly those huge ones. But they are not that good for fast melodies. I suppose, it's more like a tradition, as well as cutting the tip of beriba straight in Angola and sharpening in regional

[walkman619]

is he Mestre Barrao??

[milasr9]

Noooooooooo waayyy... he isn't!!

Axee

[D3vilsMinion]

hehehehehehehehehe he's far from mestre

[9994773]

Hi there, I like the explanation but playing it well is a different story! How long have u been playing? check out my vid berimbau solo! marcus de mello berimbau solo! Pretty good playing!

[athaocity]

dayum thats bad as hell already to me.

[fox007dc]

legal tá de parabéns

Não preciso nem falar ingles pra entender

o que vc quis dizer.

até mais!

[rojopercussion]

ugh expert village pieces of shit ..

i shoulda known ...

[EduardoMaia]

Brasil!!!!! I love it!

[CHANDSOME]

Thanks for the demo...But you didn't explain how far to hold the berimbau from your body as you strike the wire...

[drum6669]

that depends on how fat you are hahaha

[michielgrillet]

Doesn't matter... just away from your body when you play the open tones, and seal the gourd with your body when you're playing the buzz.

[xxxgwiZZyxxx]

real sick instrument man

[luisinhoOxD]

capoera and brazi . !!!!

fuuk capoera in estados unidos

[motherofbuck]

what are you talking about?!

[vazqjose]

ignorant, brazilian maestres brought capoeira to the states

[kilitos]

off

[jus199]

whats the fourth tone?

1. buzz

2. open

3. closed

4. ???

[Bobstew68]

Yes, I wonder too. kilitos answered "off", but that's what I think you mean by "open". I can only see three tones in the vid: buzz, on, off.

[andy9595]

Congrats... makes me better

[TLeschar]

Thanks for posting this. I learned in my group, but I don't have a tutor at home, so this was very helpful. Obrigado

[gallmart]

are there any more lessons? this is sooo sick.