Capoeira is the first martial art developed in Brazil almost 400 years ago by enslaved Africans who were forced to work in sugar plantations and mines against their will.

They had to hide the martial art “capoeira” (or kapuera) from the eyes of their Portuguese overseers in the form of a dance as its practice was forbidden, but capoeira is not a dance…. It’s the only fight style from South America and the most popular sport in Brazil after football!