Editing Capoeira (section)

==Weapons==
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Through most of its history in Brazil, capoeira commonly featured weapons and weapon training, given its [[street fighting]] nature. Capoeiristas usually carried knives and bladed weapons with them, and the [[berimbau]] could be used to conceal those inside, or even to turn itself into a weapon by attaching a blade to its tip.{{sfn|Taylor|2007|p={{page needed|date=September 2023}}}} The knife or razor was used in street ''rodas'' and/or against openly hostile opponents, and would be drawn quickly to stab or slash. Other hiding places for the weapons included hats and [[umbrella]]s.{{sfn|Taylor|2007|p={{page needed|date=September 2023}}}}

Mestre Bimba included in his teachings a ''curso de especialização'' or "specialization course", in which the pupils would be taught defenses against knives and guns, as well as the usage of knife, [[straight razor]], [[scythe]], [[Club (weapon)|club]], ''chanfolo'' (double-edged [[dagger]]), ''facão'' ([[facón]] or [[machete]]) and ''tira-teima'' ([[cane sword]]).<ref name=Roots/> Upon graduating, pupils were given a red scarf, which marked their specialty. This course was scarcely used, and ceased after some time. A more common custom practised by Bimba and his students, however, was to furtively hand a weapon to a player before a ''jogo'' for them to use it to attack their opponent on Bimba's sign, with the other player's duty being to disarm them.<ref name=Roots>{{cite book |first=Nestor |last=Capoeira |title=Capoeira: Roots of the Dance-Fight-Game |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBW0ywmtmpAC |date=2012 |publisher=North Atlantic Books |isbn=978-1-58394-637-4}}</ref>

This weapon training is almost completely absent in current capoeira teachings, but some groups still practice the use of razors for ceremonial usage in the ''rodas''.