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• Ginga
• Passagem lateral
• Passagem de frente
• Role from Ginga
• Balanca (feint to deceive)
• Queda de Rins (arm/head balance with legs up. Bananeira with head to the side and not centered)
• Bananeira (headstand = head + both hands. Both legs up, scissored, etc)

• Macaco from floor and from Ginga. Means “monkey”

• Cocorinha
• Esquiva (escapes)
  • Esquiva lateral (side lean in horse)
  • Esquiva agachada or Esquiva de costa
  • Esquiva baixa aka Equiva de frente (back or standing lunge with rear leg going back)
  • Esquiva diagonal (front lunge)
• Negativa
  • Negativa (forward negativa. step forward, sink on back leg)
  • Negativa de frente (back negativa. step back, sink on back leg)
  • Negativa lateral (side negativa)
  • Negativa angola (extreme side, head to floor)
• Au
  • Au (cartwheel) (first leg back or second leg back)
  • Au Role
• Queda de Quatro - fall back into a crab-walk position.

Crescent kicks

• meia-lua de frente (forward, outside to inside)
• Queixada (esquiva alta, step forward, then kick inside to outside)
• Armada - spin kick

Spinning heel kicks

• meia-lua de compasso - spin heel kick (both hands down or one hand down)
• Meia-lau de chao (ground) - (negativa followed by spinning heel kick)
• Rabo de Arraia - spinning heel kick with no hands on the floor
• Chibata
• Meia lua solta

Front/straight kicks

• Bencao - push/stomp kick
• Ponteira - snap kick

Round kick, martello

• martello - round kick
• Martelo de Negativa - spinning round kick from the ground with hand pivot
• Chapeu de Couro also here
• Advanced martello progression

Side kick

• pisao - side kick (also called chapa)
• Gancho - hook kick
• Chapa de costas
• Chapa de au fechado
• Other advanced chapas

Handstand

• L-kick (au batido) also here
• Au cortada
• Handstand front kick - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhkqHmELjcc

• Vingativa (step in and push with shoulder to unbalance)
• Rasteira (leg sweeps)
  • RASTEIRA DE FRENTE

• 10 patterns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk8-9T6uMI8
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhSmNw5zTBg

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zMk8wBwNaY

Every group has their ranking or even emphasis on ranking. Most fall roughly into the four following bins (some with finer delineation).

1. Aluno - Student
2. Aluno Graduado - Advanced student - Help teach the less advanced students.
3. Instructor or Assistant instructor - Helps run classes but does not lead a group.
4. Professor - Runs their own group.
5. Mestre - Master.

• https://thecapoeirablog.wordpress.com/capoeira-terms/

• https://www.akban.org/wiki/Portal:Capoeira#Capoeira_techniques