Capoeira Conditioning: How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular Fitness Using Capoeira Movements...

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Gerard Taylor Anders Kjaergaard

Capoeira Conditioning

How to Build Strength, Agility, and Cardiovascular Fitness Using Capoeira Movements

Gerard Taylor, Anders Kjaergaard

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North Atlantic Books,U.S.
08 December 2005

Fitness & diet; Oriental martial arts

A whole-body training program using exercises from the Brazilian martial art of capoeira-perfect for staying in shape and improving your cardiovascular fitness, strength, and agility

The popularity of capoeira continues to rise as more people discover how useful-and

fun-it can be for increasing agility and flexibility, as well as strength and endurance.

Capoeira Conditioning is an illustrated guide to whole-body training based on this

increasingly popular Brazilian martial art. Designed for all ages and all levels

of experience, the book is a step-by-step training manual with photographs that guide

users through every movement and sequence. Accompanying text gives special pointers

and describes the fitness benefits of each individual technique.

Capoeira Conditioning offers no-frills advice about nutrition, regularity of training, capoeira in relation

to other sports, and capoeira conditioning for children, along with a simple Q&A

section.

By: Gerard Taylor
Photographs by: Anders Kjaergaard
Imprint: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 244g
ISBN: 9781583941416
ISBN 10: 158394141X
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 08 December 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

A graduate of the London School of Capoeira,Gerard Taylorco-founded the Oslo Capoeira Klubb in Norway in 1996. Since then, he has taught classes and workshops to thousands of people of all ages and nationalities. Taylor is also the author of the popularCapoeira Conditioning. Anders Kjaergaardis a professional photographer living and working in London. In addition to shooting all the photographs inCapoeira 100, he illustrated Taylor's two previous books. Kjaergaard is a graduate of the Royal College of Art where he studied photography in the MA program. He continues to show his own work internationally as well as collaborating on projects such as this one.