can a capoeira practicioner please tell me what range they find capoeira works best in. Thanks in advance
Best range for what, exactly? Capoeira has a whole host of infighting techniques (headbutts, elbows, knees, sweeps), but the degree to which these are trained can vary widely from group to group. Still, I find the question a bit unclear, so please clarify.
I mean best range for fighting, like some arts specialise in close range and are at their best there. I just wanted to know where you find your capoiera works best in a fight scenario.
In the jogo, I usually don't mind getting close and personal, but there are some who seem a bit uncomfortable there and move out. What arts specialize in close range fighting? How do they do that? That seems a bit abstract, as fighting/sparring seems to cover a variety of ranges, without even getting into covering standing and ground grappling. At any rate, capoeira's best range seems to be 'mobile', whether close in or further out.
Well, while capoeira covers a couple of ranges in the realm of striking, it doesn't cover all ranges, since it is a striking. Though there are throws, sweeps and takedowns, there's no grappling. It's very enjoyable, though, in my opinion.
I guess, he was asking about the range that is best for capoeira specific attacks, which most of the people know from movies
You have to remember there are different styles of capoeira and with in those styles there's different groups, as there are different styles of kung fu, karate etc etc. One thing I have noticed about martial arts is that you're always told that you learn the techniques, "absorb what's useful"...and eventually kinda develop your own "style" of karate/kung fu etc etc. The reality is far different, martial arts are heavily stylised, very rigid, and few styles really allow you to do this IMO. Capoeira is different. You are expected to improvise and develop your own game pretty much from day one. Of course, you can spot capoeiristas a mile off, but at a high level they will be playing their own game and moving quite differently, using a different range and level. That's just my opinion though...I stupid anyway.
In self defence...Oh, we cross the road like everyone else. We just do it with a little more swagger and a lot more rhythm.
I myself am a capoeirista, and though i've studied a few other arts, I hold Capoeira as my "main art'. I prefer to a long range capoeirista, mainly because i'm a tall individual. I can handle my own in close range pretty well too, though!