In a hot, dusty courtyard in Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 50 teenage boys begin their daily practice of capoeira, a dance-like martial art. As they wave their arms and ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira wraps together dancing, music, movement, and acrobatics into a single routine – and anyone in Fresno can learn how. A group of ...

Juan Goncalves-Borrega, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Two young men dressed in white kneel on the ground, ready to begin their duel. Eyes lock onto those of his opponent.

The martial art of Capoeira is not as widely known as Taekwondo or Karate outside of Brazil. But the graceful dance-like fighting style changed the life of a 13-year-old street kid from Salvador in ...

The What’s Your Fitness Age series was a gym-centric approach to health and fitness. But fitness looks different around the world. The Culture of Fitness is a four-part series that will explore ...

Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a decade ago, says she used to fall over all the time. That changed after she ...

In a hot, dusty courtyard in Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 50 teenage boys begin their daily practice of capoeira, a dance-like martial art. As they wave their arms and ...