After three years of practice, the twins earned their red-tip chords at the Capoeira Brasil New England batizado this weekend. A Brazilian martial art, capoeira continues to play an integral role in their lives. The following post is reprinted from…
Capoeira Brasil
Somerville, Mass – Last summer, the twins sampled a few classes of capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art. I told them it was “half gymnastics, half karate”. The twins were excited indeed. “So, like, you do a cartwheel and then kick…