A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Capoeira Brasil Tattoo

Joao sends in this Capoeira tattoo done by Anderson at Outlaws Tattoo in Petropolis-RJ, Brasil.

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56 responses to “Capoeira Brasil Tattoo”

  1. Isabel Avatar
    Isabel

    Berimbau, to be specific. 😛 Capoeira is the dance! Berimbau is an instrument played during the dance.

  2. Isabel Avatar
    Isabel

    Berimbau, to be specific. 😛 Capoeira is the dance! Berimbau is an instrument played during the dance.

  3. Isabel Avatar
    Isabel

    Berimbau, to be specific. 😛 Capoeira is the dance! Berimbau is an instrument played during the dance.

  4. Isabel Avatar
    Isabel

    Berimbau, to be specific. 😛 Capoeira is the dance! Berimbau is an instrument played during the dance.

  5. camila Avatar
    camila

    But this is still a capoeira-related tattoo, right? 😛

  6. camila Avatar
    camila

    But this is still a capoeira-related tattoo, right? 😛

  7. camila Avatar
    camila

    But this is still a capoeira-related tattoo, right? 😛

  8. camila Avatar
    camila

    But this is still a capoeira-related tattoo, right? 😛

  9. Isabel Avatar
    Isabel

    Yes. 😛 I’m just being picky.

  10. Isabel Avatar
    Isabel

    Yes. 😛 I’m just being picky.

  11. Isabel Avatar
    Isabel

    Yes. 😛 I’m just being picky.

  12. Isabel Avatar
    Isabel

    Yes. 😛 I’m just being picky.

  13. julien Avatar

    this is awesome. i’m so pleased.

  14. julien Avatar

    this is awesome. i’m so pleased.

  15. julien Avatar

    this is awesome. i’m so pleased.

  16. julien Avatar

    this is awesome. i’m so pleased.

  17. Povallsky Avatar

    That’s nice that.

    I’m thinking of having a capoeira tattoo done in the future, nice to see that I’m not alone (as I was starting to think I was given you NEVER see them on ANYONE EVER). Was thinking of having a silohuette of two players somewhere, maybe adding the text ‘capoeirista para vida’ to it as well.

    Oh and can I say it’s not a dance; it’s a game if you must catagorise it. Capoeira ‘play’ in the roda, and when you play it’s called ‘e jogo’ which literally means ‘the game’. It looks like a dance but some of the moves are designed to cause real damage; some can even kill (golpes mortais). I shan’t go into it as I’d end up with an essay but there’s really three levels of play to capoeira; the dance, the game and the fight. Dance because you play to music, you move to its rhythm, it dictates the tempo of the game. The game because you are playing with and off your opponent, you are watching for their trickery while trying to catch them out with yours, and you are having fun. And the fight because capoeira is a martial art, it is about suggesting to your opponent you could have headbutted them there, or kicked them here, or tripped them over etc. Get hold of The Little Capoeira Book by Nestor Capoeira for futher reading (can I plug that?).

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  18. Povallsky Avatar

    That’s nice that.

    I’m thinking of having a capoeira tattoo done in the future, nice to see that I’m not alone (as I was starting to think I was given you NEVER see them on ANYONE EVER). Was thinking of having a silohuette of two players somewhere, maybe adding the text ‘capoeirista para vida’ to it as well.

    Oh and can I say it’s not a dance; it’s a game if you must catagorise it. Capoeira ‘play’ in the roda, and when you play it’s called ‘e jogo’ which literally means ‘the game’. It looks like a dance but some of the moves are designed to cause real damage; some can even kill (golpes mortais). I shan’t go into it as I’d end up with an essay but there’s really three levels of play to capoeira; the dance, the game and the fight. Dance because you play to music, you move to its rhythm, it dictates the tempo of the game. The game because you are playing with and off your opponent, you are watching for their trickery while trying to catch them out with yours, and you are having fun. And the fight because capoeira is a martial art, it is about suggesting to your opponent you could have headbutted them there, or kicked them here, or tripped them over etc. Get hold of The Little Capoeira Book by Nestor Capoeira for futher reading (can I plug that?).

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  19. Povallsky Avatar

    That’s nice that.

    I’m thinking of having a capoeira tattoo done in the future, nice to see that I’m not alone (as I was starting to think I was given you NEVER see them on ANYONE EVER). Was thinking of having a silohuette of two players somewhere, maybe adding the text ‘capoeirista para vida’ to it as well.

    Oh and can I say it’s not a dance; it’s a game if you must catagorise it. Capoeira ‘play’ in the roda, and when you play it’s called ‘e jogo’ which literally means ‘the game’. It looks like a dance but some of the moves are designed to cause real damage; some can even kill (golpes mortais). I shan’t go into it as I’d end up with an essay but there’s really three levels of play to capoeira; the dance, the game and the fight. Dance because you play to music, you move to its rhythm, it dictates the tempo of the game. The game because you are playing with and off your opponent, you are watching for their trickery while trying to catch them out with yours, and you are having fun. And the fight because capoeira is a martial art, it is about suggesting to your opponent you could have headbutted them there, or kicked them here, or tripped them over etc. Get hold of The Little Capoeira Book by Nestor Capoeira for futher reading (can I plug that?).

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  20. Povallsky Avatar

    That’s nice that.

    I’m thinking of having a capoeira tattoo done in the future, nice to see that I’m not alone (as I was starting to think I was given you NEVER see them on ANYONE EVER). Was thinking of having a silohuette of two players somewhere, maybe adding the text ‘capoeirista para vida’ to it as well.

    Oh and can I say it’s not a dance; it’s a game if you must catagorise it. Capoeira ‘play’ in the roda, and when you play it’s called ‘e jogo’ which literally means ‘the game’. It looks like a dance but some of the moves are designed to cause real damage; some can even kill (golpes mortais). I shan’t go into it as I’d end up with an essay but there’s really three levels of play to capoeira; the dance, the game and the fight. Dance because you play to music, you move to its rhythm, it dictates the tempo of the game. The game because you are playing with and off your opponent, you are watching for their trickery while trying to catch them out with yours, and you are having fun. And the fight because capoeira is a martial art, it is about suggesting to your opponent you could have headbutted them there, or kicked them here, or tripped them over etc. Get hold of The Little Capoeira Book by Nestor Capoeira for futher reading (can I plug that?).

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  21. veronica Avatar

    i like how the modblog logo is in a font that’s imitating hindi script 🙂

  22. veronica Avatar

    i like how the modblog logo is in a font that’s imitating hindi script 🙂

  23. veronica Avatar

    i like how the modblog logo is in a font that’s imitating hindi script 🙂

  24. veronica Avatar

    i like how the modblog logo is in a font that’s imitating hindi script 🙂

  25. Jay.O Avatar
    Jay.O

    I love the font you used to tag this picture! how’s it called?

  26. Jay.O Avatar
    Jay.O

    I love the font you used to tag this picture! how’s it called?

  27. Jay.O Avatar
    Jay.O

    I love the font you used to tag this picture! how’s it called?

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    Jay.O

    I love the font you used to tag this picture! how’s it called?

  29. gillian gamine Avatar
    gillian gamine

    i dunno, one of my pet peeves is when tattoos have black or dark shading around the main attraction. sometimes it works, but a lot of the time i just prefer the straight design without shading.

  30. gillian gamine Avatar
    gillian gamine

    i dunno, one of my pet peeves is when tattoos have black or dark shading around the main attraction. sometimes it works, but a lot of the time i just prefer the straight design without shading.

  31. gillian gamine Avatar
    gillian gamine

    i dunno, one of my pet peeves is when tattoos have black or dark shading around the main attraction. sometimes it works, but a lot of the time i just prefer the straight design without shading.

  32. gillian gamine Avatar
    gillian gamine

    i dunno, one of my pet peeves is when tattoos have black or dark shading around the main attraction. sometimes it works, but a lot of the time i just prefer the straight design without shading.

  33. SEB Avatar
    SEB

    Nice! When I saw the picture, I squee’d, because as Povallsky said, you don’t see Capoeira-related tattoos a whole lot. When I’m at home in Chicago I play, but here at school there’s not a whole lot going on Capoeira-wise.

  34. SEB Avatar
    SEB

    Nice! When I saw the picture, I squee’d, because as Povallsky said, you don’t see Capoeira-related tattoos a whole lot. When I’m at home in Chicago I play, but here at school there’s not a whole lot going on Capoeira-wise.

  35. SEB Avatar
    SEB

    Nice! When I saw the picture, I squee’d, because as Povallsky said, you don’t see Capoeira-related tattoos a whole lot. When I’m at home in Chicago I play, but here at school there’s not a whole lot going on Capoeira-wise.

  36. SEB Avatar
    SEB

    Nice! When I saw the picture, I squee’d, because as Povallsky said, you don’t see Capoeira-related tattoos a whole lot. When I’m at home in Chicago I play, but here at school there’s not a whole lot going on Capoeira-wise.

  37. echohtp Avatar

    as a capoeiraista i love this, and cant wait till i get my graudado cord so that i can feel worth a capoeira tattoo. 🙂

    MUTIO AXE’

    -fradinho

  38. echohtp Avatar

    as a capoeiraista i love this, and cant wait till i get my graudado cord so that i can feel worth a capoeira tattoo. 🙂

    MUTIO AXE’

    -fradinho

  39. echohtp Avatar

    as a capoeiraista i love this, and cant wait till i get my graudado cord so that i can feel worth a capoeira tattoo. 🙂

    MUTIO AXE’

    -fradinho

  40. echohtp Avatar

    as a capoeiraista i love this, and cant wait till i get my graudado cord so that i can feel worth a capoeira tattoo. 🙂

    MUTIO AXE’

    -fradinho

  41. nameless Avatar
    nameless

    Those of you who haven’t seen many capoeira-related tattoos should seek out Mestre Rã. He has a lot of capoeira tattoos.

  42. nameless Avatar
    nameless

    Those of you who haven’t seen many capoeira-related tattoos should seek out Mestre Rã. He has a lot of capoeira tattoos.

  43. nameless Avatar
    nameless

    Those of you who haven’t seen many capoeira-related tattoos should seek out Mestre Rã. He has a lot of capoeira tattoos.

  44. nameless Avatar
    nameless

    Those of you who haven’t seen many capoeira-related tattoos should seek out Mestre Rã. He has a lot of capoeira tattoos.

  45. no apelido Avatar
    no apelido

    I know a guy has a tattoo of a berimbau on his right shoulder blade. It looks sooooooooo cool! His name is Dois Vinte.

  46. no apelido Avatar
    no apelido

    I know a guy has a tattoo of a berimbau on his right shoulder blade. It looks sooooooooo cool! His name is Dois Vinte.

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