For a pre-Olympic workout, we decided to visit Grupo Axé Capoeira Arizona at 1650 North Scottsdale Road in Tempe. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art with strong roots in Africa. As the only martial ...

All new capoeira students start in basics classes, which focus on technique and building and refining basic skills. Advanced students often continue to take basic classes to work on the foundation of ...

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.

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that was invented by slaves to disguise fighting with dance. Today it’s seen as a beautiful and soulful form of art, and it has caught on all over the world. Dalen ...

Kids’ capoeira classes are taught by Instrutor Corrente, and cover basic capoeira techniques and music, including traditional instruments and songs in Portuguese. We use games and exercises that work ...

In a sunny, wood-floored studio space above the shops in Tacoma’s antique row lie the practitioners of a centuries-old cultural art form. At once a style of martial arts, a spiritual practice and a ...

WALNUT CREEK — On a warm Monday evening, students sweat it out indoors, swaying from side to side as they alternately step back with the left and right foot. To the sound of upbeat music, students ...