Click on one of the links below to watch a short .wmv file of some basic capoeira movements. Brazilian Capoeira students focus on these movements during their first months of training.

esquiva lateral
esquiva frontal
au
rolé
passa pé
meia lua de compasso
queixada
armada
benção
ponta pé cruzado
macaco

The following beginner balanço sequences are part of our curriculum here at the studio. They are trained every class to help develop volume in the ginga, and loosen up the movement.