Why Practice Capoeira?
Capoeira is both dance and martial art. Historically, it was created by African-born slaves exported by the Portuguese to Brazil. Its original purpose was twofold. The first was to provide an escaped, unarmed slave with a means to survive and defend himself from persecution. And as it developed and grew, it also [...]
Bully-proof training with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for kids
Everyday, children have to deal with bullying from other children in school or after school programs. This bullying can be in the form physical or verbal harrassement. A child may not be able to confront their bully because of they fear for their safety. The child lacks [...]
5 benefits of Regular Salsa Dance classes
For many years, the people of South America have enjoyed the benefits of salsa with or without their knowledge. In fact, researchers attribute the agility and soccer skills both Armando Maradona and Pele to learning salsa moves from an early age. Thank goodness this dance can be learnt [...]
Continue Reading →Learning Portuguese is not only fun, but it also allows you to communicate with millions of people. You see, in 2010, there were about a quota a million people using it. Most of these people are in Brazil. However, the number above does not include those who speak the language in the Diaspora who are [...]
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The gladitorial combat sport known as mixed martial arts (MMA) is growing popular day by day. Whereas once kids used to collect baseball cards they are now surfing Sherdog.com to find out who the greatest pound for pound fighter in the world is. A fast growing sport, appealing to the aggressive nature of most [...]
Continue Reading →Cardio Kick Boxing and Weight Loss
Physical fitness is very important for everyone and is related to two objectives, general fitness and specific fitness. People often go to gym and do lots of different exercises including stepper, treadmill, aerobics and many more. While these exercises help keeping the body generally in shape and assist in [...]
Continue Reading →Muay Thai – Mixed Martial art and Self Defense
Mixed martial arts or MMA in short is a contact sport that permits the use of both striking and grappling on both on the ground and standing position. This includes boxing, wrestling, BJJ or Brazilian jiu jitsu, kickboxing, karate, taekwondo and judo. One of the [...]
Learn Samba and have fun losing weight
The most popular Brazilian cultural exports to the world are soccer and samba dance. Unknown to many people, the two are intimately connected in that the dance moves are literally exhibited on the pitch. In fact Brazilians consider soccer as dancing samba with a ball. After learning these [...]
Continue Reading →Capoeira- An Acrobatic Martial Art ( Kids Love it )
Nowadays people love and encourage martial art- a form of fighting. There are lots of martial art form and millions of people are eager to learn them.One among them is Capoeira, growing with a rising popularity. The Brazilian acrobatic martial art form, Capoeira is a [...]
Continue Reading →Yoga In a Nutshell
Yoga is meditation. It is an ancient Indian practice that aims for physical, spiritual and mental discipline. The main goal is the attainment of perfect tranquility. To that end, it would appear that the practice of Yoga hasn’t completely changed.
Today, especially in the West, Yoga is considered more as exercise, [...]
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