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Rabo de arraia (stingray tail) or meia-lua de compasso (compass crescent) is a distinct technique found in the martial arts of engolo and capoeira, that...

level of balance and strength. The meia-lua solta is executed in the opposite manner as the meia-lua de compasso dupla. Whereas in the dupla the arms...

term includes following major techniques: Meia lua de compasso with its variations, the traditional rabo-de-arraia in capoeira Angola. Scorpion kick with...

Many of the iconic capoeira techniques, such as meia lua de compasso, scorpion kick, chapa, chapa de costas, rasteira, L-kick, and others, were originally...

kicks, sweeps, handstands, cartwheels, evasions and even the iconic Meia lua de compasso, scorpion kick and L-kick. The street capoeira in 19th-century Rio...

technique is an hallmark of an exceptional capoeirista. Along with meia lua de compasso, rasteira is considered as a trademarks of capoeira. Like many other...

evasions and even the iconic Meia lua de compasso, scorpion kick and L-kick. More slaves were sent from Southern Angola to Rio de Janeiro than from any other...

generic capoeira term for inverted kicks over the head, including meia lua de compasso, with all its variations. Other names for this kick include pantana...

and made full circle kicks like our meia lua de compasso; they made full spin-kicks from behind like our armada de costa, and they had au, the cartwheel...

movement that can be used when escaping under armada, queixada, or meia-lua-de-compasso. To perform the double mule kick, the capoeirista should evade the...