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[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-vz-jquery” bg_image_new=”id^428|url^https:\/\/capoeira-athens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/paral3.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^capoeira greece|description^null” bg_image_repeat=”no-repeat” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1678746624543{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”600px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1492527743961{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V21enxSEJ2I” css_animation=”fadeInRight”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ik83jlnV0nc” css_animation=”fadeInLeft”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1492527743961{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”Capoeira School of Athens” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

ATHENS<\/h4>\n

Welcome to the academy of\u00a0 Capoeira School of Athens<\/p>\n

Capoeira\u00a0is a unique artform combining elements of martial arts, dance, acrobatics and music.<\/p>\n

The Group is devoted to the growth of capoeira in Athens, preserving all the origins and traditions of this art form.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” parallax=”content-moving” parallax_image=”645″ type=”vc_default”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1719″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1682754901963{padding-top: 75px !important;padding-bottom: 75px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”52px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Capoeira in Athens, Greece” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The group 1 Movimento Nosso<\/strong><\/em> is devoted to the growth of capoeira in Athens – Greece, preserving all the origins and traditions of this art form.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”The history of Capoeira” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Capoeira was originated among the African slaves in Brazil in the sixteenth century, as a form of self-defence. Disguised as a dance to escape their masters prohibition, the Capoeira developed through centuries a complex art.<\/p>\n

To ensure their survival, the traditional forms were infused with a new musical accompaniment. Capoeira’s deadly potential was hidden from the slave-masters by its dance-like elegance, baffling acrobatics, and the engaging rhythms of its music. From its roots the art elaborates a game and fight technique completely original.<\/p>\n

For the African slaves, capoeira was a literal and symbolic means of survival. It became a tool of escape and defence, making freedom attainable and affirming strength, self-reliance and self esteem.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space height=”52px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” parallax=”content-moving” parallax_image=”553″ bg_type=”image” type=”vc_default”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”302px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content” bg_type=”image” type=”vc_default”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_custom_heading text=”The Game of Capoeira” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Capoeira is played in a circle, named roda . The struggles within the roda are a microcosm and symbolic of the struggle for freedom, dignity and peace that take place in the outer circle of life. The game is played by two players at a time who begin kneeling on the\u00a0ground in front of the berimbaus, which area is called p\u00e9 da cruz <\/i> or\u00a0p\u00e9 do berimbau <\/i> which means foot of the cross or foot of the berimbau.<\/p>\n

The first song is a ladainha <\/i> which means litany. After the ladainha\u00a0<\/i>a corrido <\/i>, type of song, begins and then the two players shake hands and with various movements enter the roda.<\/p>\n

A number of kicks, sweeps, and other attack and escape movements are then executed by the players who are as concerned about having a harmonious, beautiful exchange and communication as they are with kicking the other person or rendering them defenseless.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]”At a seminar with Mestre Jo\u00e3o Cascau of the Senzala Academy of Santos, it was pointed out that from its origins, capoeira was not a vehicle of violence amongst its practitioners.<\/p>\n

There would have been no benefit to slaves killing and injuring each other when they faced a violent and ruthless oppressor, the armed foremen and bush-captains who kept order for the plantation owners of Brazil. The kicks, foot sweeps and head butts of
\ncapoeira undoubtedly can and have been used in mortal combat, and surely were when the opponent was a potentially deadly enemy, but amongst the comrades, the “Jogo de Capoeira”, the game of capoeira, even though it may have been a tight game, a close game and a hard game, was a game to play and enjoy for its beauty, not for blood.<\/p>\n

“Today, we do not use the kicks, foot sweeps and head butts as acts of violence, but as parts of the game. We are a family, we are friends, we play capoeira, and we don’t fight it.<\/em>“[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” type=”vc_default” css=”.vc_custom_1492550204833{background-color: #e9e9e9 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Capoeira Shows – Performances – Workshops in Greece” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]The Capoeira School of Athens has performed shows and conducted seminars and series of workshops throughout Greece..[\/vc_column_text]