Defensive Techniques
Capoeira

Defensive Techniques

  • Cocorinha  Squatting with the balls of the feet on the ground and arms crossed in front and above the face
  • Esquiva  Dodge
  • Esquiva Baixa/Esquiva de Frente  Low dodge
  • Esquiva Lateral  Side dodge
  • Esquiva Diagonal  Diagonal dodge
  • Queda de Quatro  Fall backwards into a crab-walk position
  • Queda de Tres  Fall backwards into a crab-walk position with one leg