a buddy of mine recently went to san diego and while he was there, trained with some capoeira guys. My friend was a state champ high school wrestler, wrestled some in college, has a black belt in tkd and several years of muay thai. He said that the capoeira guys had simply awesome sweeps and takedown tactics that came from various angles and left him with a few bruises. Of course, he left some of his own, but still he left with a new respect for the art. He said to me "If that's a brazilian dance, I never want to go to brazil!"