For a pre-Olympic workout, we decided to visit Grupo Axé Capoeira Arizona at 1650 North Scottsdale Road in Tempe. Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art with strong roots in Africa. As the only martial ...

All new capoeira students start in basics classes, which focus on technique and building and refining basic skills. Advanced students often continue to take basic classes to work on the foundation of ...

Capoeira (pronounced 'Ka-poo-ee-ra') isn't what you'd usually expect from a martial art. Not quite fighting and not quite dancing, it's a rhythmic kind of play fighting where opponents try to dominate ...

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that was invented by slaves to disguise fighting with dance. Today it’s seen as a beautiful and soulful form of art, and it has caught on all over the world. Dalen ...