How to Do the Meia-lua de Frente | Capoeira

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In Capoeira we have a few different kicks like straight kicks. We have round kicks. We have a kick which is the Meia-lua de Frente which is a setup kick. Usually it's a kick that travels across in a certain position so you can apply a different kick or a take down. And what I'm going to do now is I'm going to demonstrate how to do a Meia-lua de Frente.

As I said earlier, you always start with a ginga. Pretty much every kick starts from a ginga and goes back to the ginga. So I have Professor (?) and Professor (?) working with me. We're going to get into a ginga position please. Right foot back, always with a good ginga. We're going to ginga a couple of times we're going to ginga um, dois, and três (?). And from there we always step in. Okay with good form. You're going to be kicking with your right leg across and finish back. And you kick and finish back.

Okay and from there we can ginga again. Um, dois, and we stop there. We step in and then we kick. And then from there we finish back. And then we ginga. One, two, (?). So the goal is that when you step in you've got to engage your hips into it. Switch your arms and bring it back. You can also finish (?).

So from there you go kick, finish back, ginga, same thing. You step, you step, kick, finish back and that was the Meia-lua de Frente. And it's always good to maintain a good balance and from there Meia-lua de Frente also can expand into a different kick. You always can have a combination Meia-lua de Frente and some other kick. So you don't have to always bring it back to the ginga.

Now that we have shown to you the Meia-lua de Frente I'm going to have both profesores demonstrating how to use the esquivas with an attack of Meia-lua de Frente. So I'm going to step back. I'm going to have the two of them playing with each other and basically they're going to be free to use all the esquivas and there's going to be an attack with Meia-lua de Frente. So they're going to go um.

As you see they start with the ginga going back and forth looking at each other. And then they can kick whenever. See, there's the Meia-lua de Frente. Back and forth. Um, dois. And back. And they can do one more. See. And go all the way down. And notice as they go down they always look straight at their partners, always maintaining eye contact. It's very important. And that's it. Thank you, you guys.

Yeah. So as you notice here both of them did Meia-lua de Frente using two esquivas and whenever they applied esquiva they always maintained eye contact with their partner and always covered themselves and recovered straight into the ginga.

[laminsillah]

i love this capoiera tutorial practical.. i'm a Taekwondoka..but now i am practising a very good capoiera from this tutorial.. my collegues do admires at me, God bless u professor Vieira.for this wonderful time you and your  co-instructors used to teach us capoeira, i love capoeira so much that i wish there can be a capoiera school in my country.. i
m in west Africa sierraleone...we dont capoeiritas here or mestres... long live Professor TIBA.long live capoiera...

[elconejito]

This is how I learned Capoiera; 7 years ago and I am still going at it. God how time flies

[pragyanbezbo]

i want to add something in here.. i am trained in karate, muay thai, aikido, jeet kune do, and a bit of capoeira i learnt from youtube itself.. and i have seen that capoeira has the best stealth mode... no one can tell what kick will come next.... so maybe the power isnt much but you wont be able to see the kick coming to block it.. so i love capoeira...!!!

[tbv]

I love Capoeira!!! It make me strong!!!

[sikky]

Look for Capoeira in the UFC tournaments, you'll see it's not all show. It can be used as a real martial art but it takes a whole lot of dedication which a lot of people lack. So if you place all you have in Capoeira you can make it even more effective then Muay Tai or Taekwondo. No Martial Art is superior, all have their pro's and cons.

[TheArmagil]

i have just one thing to tell you. They once tested which martial arts has the strongest kicks. it was capoeira. also capoeira was and is martial arts hidden in a dance.

[xenz]

Is it just me, or is the meia lua de frente the most difficult and awkward beginner's kick? I mean, it feels more unnatural than some of the more advanced kicks...

[roosterman]

capoeira and taikwando are both very powerful martial arts

[whogivesafux]

tae kwon do rarely use their hands which puts them at a major disadvantage, muay thai has little head movement, i've seen a boxer KO a muay thai fighter. Even Joe Rogan recognized that, and he is a tae kwon do fighter himself. capoeira is a great fighting style (not to discredit any other style) and uses many kicks that at many times you won't see coming. Not only that but it was developed by african slaves in brazil disguised as dance because martial arts were illegal

[franklinruse]

nice demos and explanation... thanks...

[EdenTheCreator]

amo como o cara fala portugues no meio do video alatoriamente

[MMKMatthews]

Practicing martial arts was prohibited at the time when capoeira developed, so they had to disguise it to look like dancing. Nowadays it is used for show purposes and the kicks combine with a lot of other moves to make the dance look cool.

[livefreehope]

Does it matter how u ginga? because I watched that tutorial and then this, and it’s a little different.

[wwXw-gmyg]

Porque nunca se tira a meia lua de frente de trás ou se executa com entrada?

[sxmgwadalicious]

Oh yes they are....i do both of them!!

[ANECreyal]

who's here because they want to be Eddie Gordo

[roosterman]

actually I do know what I am talking about. I have practiced both martial arts. Capoeira was actually outlawed because of all of the death and violence it caused. And taikwando is very fast and powerful. Don't underestimate it because it is so popular. I suggest you watch the human weapons episode on taikwondo.

[Ze]

ei eu não sabia que você falava português

[earwig]

anyone try kenpo i heard its perfect for a ground fighter like myself.

[MMKMatthews]

The point of this is to teach the basic moves of capoeira. This dance is self-defence in disguise. Think about the basic dance and self-defence moves, they wouldn't be too complicated at first would they?