Meia Lua De Frente
''Meia lua'' (crescent) or ''Meia lua de frente'' (front crescent) is one of the few principal kicks in capoeira. The kicking leg moves in the form of an arc before returning to its original position. ''Meia lua'' is considered one of the first capoeira kicks to learn. It is the foundation for others crescent kicks in capoeira, such as ''armada'' or ''meia-lua de costas'' (back crescent) or ''queixada'', which is like the inverse of a ''meia lua de frente''. Front crescent (or outside crescent) kick is seen in various martial arts. ''Meia lua'' is widely used in African martial art engolo, the forerunner of capoeira. Name The ''meia lua'' (crescent) gets its name from the semicircle motion the leg performs when the player executes it. Origin Front crescent kick (''okupayeka'') is one of the basic kicks in engolo, an Angolan martial art considered the ancestor of capoeira. There are numerous variations of the crescent kick in engolo: * front crescent kick (''meia lua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kick
A kick is a physical strike using the leg, in unison usually with an area of the knee or lower using the foot, heel, tibia (shin), ball of the foot, blade of the foot, toes or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike). This type of attack is used frequently by hooved animals as well as humans in the context of stand-up fighting. Kicks play a significant role in many forms of martial arts, such as capoeira, kalaripayattu, karate, kickboxing, kung fu, wing chun, MMA, Muay Thai, pankration, pradal serey, savate, sikaran, silat, taekwondo, vovinam, and Yaw-Yan. Kicks are a universal act of aggression among humans. Kicking is also prominent from its use in many sports, especially those called football. The best known of these sports is association football, also known as soccer. History The English verb to kick appears in the late 14th century, meaning "to strike out with the foot", possibly as a loan from the Old Norse "kikna", meaning "bend backwards, sink ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Golpe De Engolo E Defesa Alta .
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Golpe has multiple meanings, as described below: * In music, golpe can mean **golpe (guitar technique) is a Flamenco guitar technique where one uses the fingers to tap on the soundboard of the guitar, from the Spanish ''golpe'', meaning to strike; **golpe (cuatro pattern), the percussive strummed patterns of the cuatro. * In politics, golpe can mean a coup d'état, from the Spanish term ''golpe de estado''. * In heraldry, golpe is a purple (purpure) roundel A roundel is a circular disc used as a symbol. The term is used in heraldry, but also commonly used to refer to a type of national insignia used on military aircraft, generally circular in shape and usually comprising concentric rings of differ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Capoeira
Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, capoeira music, music, and spirituality. It likely originated from enslaved Mbundu people, of the Kingdom of Ndongo, in present-day Angola. The Mbundu of Ndongo had a formal military in which soldiers were professionally trained for combat. When Mbundu people were captured and sold into the Atlantic Slave Trade, they would have brought these fighting abilities with them to Brazil, where it developed into Capoeira. It is known for its acrobatic and complex manoeuvres, often involving hands on the ground and inverted kicks. It emphasizes flowing movements rather than fixed stances; the ''List of capoeira techniques#Ginga, ginga'', a rocking step, is usually the focal point of the technique. Though often said to be a martial art disguised as a dance, capoeira served not only as a form of self defense, but also as a way to maintain spirituality and culture. Capoeira has been practic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chapa De Costas
''Chapa de costas'' (back plate) is a back push kick in capoeira, and one of the few principal capoeira's kicks. It is also basic kick in African martial art engolo, the forerunner of capoeira. ''Chapa de costas'' is typical kick of capoeira Angola. This " malicious" kick is similar to '' chapa de frente'', applied from the back to the opponent. Origin Various back push kicks are common in engolo, an Angolan martial art considered the ancestor of capoeira. Engolo players often do a rotation with a back push kick, with or without jumping. Another variation is a hooking kick executed from behind, resembling the capoeira kick ''gancho de costas''. This particular kick is employed when the adversary's upper torso is in close proximity to one's own body. Ngolo mimics the animal behavior, and the base techniques of engolo seems to be derived from the specific way of zebra fighting. A defining feature of engolo is the "zebra kick", back kick executed with the palms touching the gro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cartwheel (capoeira)
Cartwheel or Cartwheels may refer to: Transport * The wheel of a cart Gymnastics *Cartwheel (gymnastics), an acrobatic maneuver *Aerial cartwheel, an acrobatic move in which a cartwheel is executed without touching hands to the floor Business * Cartwheel Books, an imprint of Scholastic Corporation * Cartwheel Records, a former record label based in Nashville, Tennessee *Target Cartwheel, a savings app from Target Corporation Currency *Cartwheel, nickname for some Hanoverian-era British coins *Cartwheel, slang term for a silver dollar coin (United States) Music * ''Cartwheel'' (album), a 2023 album by Hotline TNT * ''Cartwheels'', a 1995 album by Anthony Thistlethwaite * ''Cartwheels'', a 2014 EP by Frenchy and the Punk * ''Cartwheels'', a 2016 album by Ward Thomas Other uses * Cartwheel cell, a type of neuron * Cartwheel Galaxy * Cartwheel hat, worn by women *Operation Cartwheel Operation Cartwheel (1943 – 1944) was a major military operation undertaken by th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Traditional African Masks
Traditional African masks are worn in ceremonies and rituals across West, Central, and Southern Africa. They are used in events such as harvest celebrations, funerals, rites of passage, weddings and coronations. Some societies also use masks to resolve disputes and conflicts. For example, members of the masquerade cult and Uma-Ada fraternity facilitate social justice and reconciliation processes among Igbo communities in Eastern Nigeria through masquerade performances. Mende and Vai women of the Sande society in Sierra Leone don the Sowei mask during rites of passage, specifically initiation ceremonies for young girls. The Plank Mask (Nwantantay) among the Bobo, Bwa, and Mossi people of Burkina Faso makes an appearance during public events such as funerals and agricultural festivals. Origins Masks are a prominent feature of African cultural heritage. The history, use, and symbolism of masks vary across national, ethnic, and cultural identities. In West Africa, masking t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nganga
A ''nganga'' (pl. banganga or kimbanda) is a spiritual healer, diviner, and ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries where Kongo and Mbundu people were transported during the Atlantic slave trade, such as Brazil, the southern United States, Haiti and Cuba. Etymology ''Nganga'' means "expert" in the Kikongo language. The Portuguese corruption of the meaning was "fetisher." It could also be derived from ''-ganga'', which means "medicine" in Proto-Bantu. As this term is a multiple reflex of a Proto-Bantu root, there are slight variations on the term throughout the entire Bantu-speaking world. Central Africa In the Kingdom of Kongo and the Kingdom of Ndongo, expert healers, known as ''banganga'', underwent extensive training to commune with the ancestors in the spiritual realms and seek guidance from them. They possessed the skill to communicate with the ancestors in the spiritual realm, or ''Ku Mpémba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pende People
The Pende people (singular: Mupende; plural: Bapende, Bapindi) also known as the Phende people, are an ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Pende are divided into two cultural groups: the Eastern Pende and the Western Pende who are distinct but consider themselves part of the same ethnic group. The number of people who consider themselves to be ethnically Pende is estimated at over 250,000. The Pende speak their own language ( Kipende, kipindi) and are particularly known for their artistic works. They are considered to be culturally similar to the Yaka and Suku peoples who live in neighboring areas. History The Pende are divided into two distinct cultural groups: the Western Pende and the Eastern Pende. However, both groups see themselves as part of the same ethnic group. There is no centralised political authority and Pende society is organised around extended family groups rather than through a King or chiefly authority. Much like the Yaka and Suku ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nganga
A ''nganga'' (pl. banganga or kimbanda) is a spiritual healer, diviner, and ritual specialist in traditional Kongo religion. These experts also exist across the African diaspora in countries where Kongo and Mbundu people were transported during the Atlantic slave trade, such as Brazil, the southern United States, Haiti and Cuba. Etymology ''Nganga'' means "expert" in the Kikongo language. The Portuguese corruption of the meaning was "fetisher." It could also be derived from ''-ganga'', which means "medicine" in Proto-Bantu. As this term is a multiple reflex of a Proto-Bantu root, there are slight variations on the term throughout the entire Bantu-speaking world. Central Africa In the Kingdom of Kongo and the Kingdom of Ndongo, expert healers, known as ''banganga'', underwent extensive training to commune with the ancestors in the spiritual realms and seek guidance from them. They possessed the skill to communicate with the ancestors in the spiritual realm, or ''Ku Mpémba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bantu Peoples
The Bantu peoples are an Indigenous peoples of Africa, indigenous ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native Demographics of Africa, African List of ethnic groups of Africa, ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over a vast area from West Africa, to Central Africa, Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa. Bantu people also inhabit southern areas of Northeast African states. There are several hundred Bantu languages. Depending on the definition of Dialect#Dialect or language, "language" or "dialect", it is estimated that there are between 440 and 680 distinct languages. The total number of speakers is in the hundreds of millions, ranging at roughly 350 million in the mid-2010s (roughly 30% of the demographics of Africa, population of Africa, or roughly 5% of world population, the total world population). About 90 million speakers (2015), divided into some 400 ethnic or tribal groups, are found in the Democratic Re ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Crescent
A crescent shape (, ) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase (as it appears in the northern hemisphere) in the first quarter (the "sickle moon"), or by extension a symbol representing the Moon itself. In Hindu iconography, Hindu Iconography, Shiva is often shown wearing a crescent moon on his head, symbolising his control over time, as well as his attributes of both creation and destruction. It is used as the astrological symbol for Moon (astrology), the Moon, and hence as the alchemical symbol for silver. It was also the emblem of Diana (mythology), Diana/Artemis, and hence represented virginity. In veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church, it is associated with Mary, mother of Jesus. From its use as roof finial in Ottoman architecture, Ottoman mosques, it has also become associated with Islam, and the crescent was introduced as Religious symbolism in the United States military#Muslim, chaplain badge for Muslim United States military chaplains in 1993.On Dece ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Capoeira Angola
Capoeira de Angola (Angolan capoeira) or simply ''angola'' is the traditional style of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art. A newer style, based on the reform of capoeira Angola, is called ''capoeira regional, regional''. However, the term capoeira Angola is somewhat ambiguous and can mean two things: * traditional capoeira Angola prior to its codification in 20th century. * contemporary capoeira Angola codified by Mestre Pastinha, based on an older one. Although mestre Pastinha strove to preserve the original art, he nevertheless introduced significant changes to capoeira practice. He forbid weapon and lethal moves, prescribed uniforms, moved training away from the street into the ''academia'', and started to teach women. But for mestre Pastinha, Capoeira Angola was, "''above all, fighting and violent fighting''". The practice of capoeira Angola is to cultivate chants, music and culture in addition to the martial art, and to keep capoeira as close to its African roots as ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |