Watching instructor Brian Ashbrook spin on his shoulders, jump and kick his way through several routines at the Aikibudokan Academy in Danbury, it is easy to feel mesmerized by the martial art that ...

In small, steamy gyms across the Valley, groups of dedicated dancer-fighters called capoeiristas practice their own form of conversation. Their language is capoeira [kah-po-EH-rah], an acrobatic style ...

DECATUR, Ga. - Does your New Year's resolution involve improving your physical fitness? Expanding your musical tastes? Learning how to dance? Well, we have some good news: there’s a place in Decatur ...

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.

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 ...

In the Humboldt Park studio of Gingarte Capoeira, instructor Marisa Cordeiro, five foot six and 133 pounds, squares off against a muscular male student who must outweigh her by 60 pounds. As the two ...