In part one, we looked at the early life and training of Mestre Bimba—Manuel dos Reis Machado—now we look at how he established Capoeira Regional as a legit style in 1936. PROVING REGIONAL IS THE GREATEST There are other native martial arts in Brazil: luta livre, Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Foreign martial arts have found a home in the […]

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