capoeira belts

The Capoeira belt system explained by a Capoeira teacher

Before the introduction of a belt system, Capoeira had only two ranks, student and mestre. Mestre Bimba was one of the first Capoeira teachers to use a graduation system in the 1930s. Mestre Bimba’s colored lenços(scarves) signify progress in the art of Capoeira. Future groups abandoned the scarves for chords, which are still used today …

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WHAT DO BELTS REPRESENT IN CAPOEIRA?

TRY, LEARN, REPEAT Why write about belts? or chords as we call them in Capoeira? Something started happening that I really dislike. Nowadays people make a lot of  “in between” chords. Why? To make you feel good! This isn’t something totally new, but the idea behind it is what bothers me. Consistently getting a new …

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