Editing Capoeira (section)

=== Capoeira Regional ===
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Capoeira Regional began to take form in the 1920s, when [[Mestre Bimba]] met his future student, José Cisnando Lima. Both believed that capoeira was losing its martial side and concluded there was a need to re-strengthen and structure it. Bimba created his ''sequências de ensino'' (teaching combinations) and created capoeira's first teaching method. Advised by Cisnando, Bimba decided to call his style ''Luta Regional Baiana'', as capoeira was still illegal at that time.{{sfn|Taylor|2007|pp=233–235}}<ref>Matthias Röhrig Assunção, ''Capoeira: A History of a Brazilian Martial Art'' (London: Psychology/Routledge, 2005), 133–35. {{ISBN|0714650315}}, 9780714650319; Aniefre Essien, ''Capoeira Beyond Brazil: From a Slave Tradition to an International Way of Life'' (Berkeley CA: Blue Snake Books, 2008), 6–8. {{ISBN|1583942556}}, 9781583942550</ref>

The base of capoeira regional is the original capoeira without many of the aspects that were impractical in a real fight, with less subterfuge and more objectivity. Training focuses mainly on attack, dodging and counter-attack, giving high importance to precision and discipline. Bimba also added a few moves from other arts, notably the ''batuque'', an old street fight game invented by his father.<ref>[http://capoeira-connection.com/capoeira/2012/01/i-challenged-all-the-tough-guys-mestre-bimba-1973/ "I challenged all the tough guys" – Mestre Bimba, 1973] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192413/http://capoeira-connection.com/capoeira/2012/01/i-challenged-all-the-tough-guys-mestre-bimba-1973/ |date=3 March 2016 }} ''capoeira-connection.com''</ref> Use of jumps or aerial acrobatics stay to a minimum, since one of its foundations is always keeping at least one hand or foot firmly attached to the ground.

''Capoeira Regional'' also introduced the first ranking method in capoeira. ''Regional'' had three levels: ''calouro'' (freshman), ''formado'' (graduated) and ''formado especializado'' (specialist). After 1964, when a student completed a course, a special celebration ceremony occurred, ending with the teacher tying a silk scarf around the capoeirista's neck.{{sfn|Taylor|2007|p=234}}

The traditions of ''roda'' and capoeira game were kept, being used to put into use what was learned during training. The disposition of musical instruments, however, was changed, being made by a single berimbau and two pandeiros.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

The ''Luta Regional Baiana'' soon became popular, finally changing capoeira's bad image. Mestre Bimba made many presentations of his new style, but the best known was the one made at 1953 to Brazilian president [[Getúlio Vargas]], where the president would say: "''A Capoeira é o único esporte verdadeiramente nacional''" (Capoeira is the only truly national sport).<ref>{{Citation |last=Campos |first=Hellio |chapter=Capoeira Regional |date=2009 |pages=62–69 |title=Capoeira Regional: A escola de Mestre Bimba |publisher=EDUFBA |isbn=9788523217273 |doi=10.7476/9788523217273.0007 |doi-access=free}}</ref>