Capoeira: the Black Diaspora hits Japan (again!)

A Black Brazilian martial arts makes its way to the shore of Japan. Learn about the history of this amazing martial art and its close cultural connection to Breakdancing. Check out a cool club in Japan

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Martial
• arts
• Brazil
• African-Brazilian
• Capoeira
• Afro-Brazilian
• Dance

[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

[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!

[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.

[rotena25]

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

[trudoll]

@tiestoisu

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

[tiestoisu]

stop nigger-fying the world please. kkthx

[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!!!

[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.

[jovialduke]

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

[valericool]

@FrenchKamit cause these racist ppl are retards.

[FrenchKamit]

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

[kelren76]

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

[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