ben capoeira
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Benjamin got his belt on Friday at a Capoiera festival that involved a three hour roda (the musical circle in which capoiera-ists spar, two at a time). The auditorium was too dark to get a good picture of him on the stage - besides, his five-minute sparring session with a senior teacher involved the teacher doing back flips and handstands around him while Benjamin ducked and wove like a boxer. But I did get some pictures in the hallway afterwards. Some people say capoeira was a stealth martial art practiced by African slaves in Brazil who were forbidden to learn to fight - there are even people who believe it was used to fend off slavers.
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