Training Capoeira to help BJJ training

[Bilial]

Last summer i took a trip back home to visit some friends of mine. They had told me about their capo training and asked if i was interested in trying it out. I trained with them for 2 1/2 weeks, with almost every day being a training day. We worked alot of stuff like flexibility balance and of course kicking techniques. When i returned home i was surprised to discover that i had lost around 6 lb's (which was partly due to the diet we were all on), and i was even more shocked when i went for BJJ practice. My hip movement was so much better than it was before. My escapes became alot easier and i was more flexible than i had ever been before. Infact I had improved so much that i was given another stripe on my white belt (I'm a blue belt now).

So i guess the main point of this thread is if any one has taken capo to help with their jiu-jitsu. I'm currently trying to find a capo school in my area and would really like to know if anyone else has had the same results as me, or if my improved game was just from the 2 weeks i took off.

Oh yeah I almost forgot these are the guys i trained with

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF9D2FfDhkM

This is a copy of a thread I posted on Subfighter.com. Has anyone, who studies grappling/BJJ, done capoeira and noticed a change in their overall game?

I practiced with these guys for a couple weeks and noticed some changes in my Jiu-jitsu game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF9D2FfDhkM

 

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It just seems like extra exercise that is bound to improve your fitness. It probably does improve your flexibility but yoga, muay thai, football incorporates stretching and intense cardio training. My point is I doubt it is any secret that really goes hand in hand with BJJ. It is just another exercise.

 

[Sinister]

Actually Capoeria training can be very very specific to improving grappling. For one there's a lot of emphasis on flexibilty. Second there's a difference in styles, Capoeira Angola focuses on slower, and lower movements with more dramatic elevation changes, and ability to hold in lower positions. That's more specific to being able to enhance grappling than stand-up.

 

[YeahBee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZljCjwBteM

MMA fighter who is listed as a BJJ'er and has some flashy capoeira-ish moves

 

[Magooglie]

I once rolled with a guy who had a lot of capoeira experience and then started BJJ. He was very explosive, but not in an aggressive way. Just quick and smooth.

 

[skilletlicker]

Fookin hippies.

 

[Jubacat]

You will become more flexible after studying Capoeria.

One way to look at it is sort of a combination of gymnastics/dancing and a martial art.

 

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You will become more flexible after studying Capoeria.

One way to look at it is sort of a combination of gymnastics/dancing and a martial art.

I suppose if you look at it like that balance and coordination would develop.

 

[blanko]

balance, cordination, explosiveness, core strength along with flexability will help your bjj game. Just as ruben charles who did capoeria before bjj.

 

[Jubacat]

I suppose if you look at it like that balance and coordination would develop.

Exactly.