(16 Jul 2025)
BRAZIL CAPOEIRA +REPLAY+
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTIONS:
LENGTH: 7:18
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 3 June 2025
1. Top shot of a group, including Parkinson's patients in a circle performing capoeira
2. Two women performing in centre of the circle
3. Mid of therapist Rosimeire Peixoto performing the dance with one of her pupils
4. Three participants watching while clapping
5. Peixoto performing with one of her capoeira pupils
6. Closeup of "berimbau" instrument playing a slow rhythm
7. Various of Peixoto showing her pupils a martial art type movement with a stick
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Nilma Freitas, Parkinson's patient:
"Since I began training capoeira, I feel like a different person. I feel safe while walking and looking at others giving movement to my body and making my life worthwhile."
9. Freitas practicing capoeira while Peixoto plays tambourine
10. Pan left of capoeira class
11. Two men doing capoeira
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) José de Lima, Parkinson's patient:
"Balance was a problem for me. It's what I'm working on, and I'm winning. It's still difficult, but...".
13. Peixoto leading the group in the movement known as "ginga" (rocking).
14. Peixoto instructing the class and speaking, UPSOUND (Portuguese) Rosi Peixoto, capoeira instructor, physical therapist: "We are doing the 'ginga' move. It is the first movement we learn in capoeira."
15. Group practicing the "ginga"
16. Peixoto instructing the class and speaking, UPSOUND (Portuguese) Rosi Peixoto, capoeira instructor and physical therapist: "Motor coordination improves. Also equilibrium when we transfer weight from one leg to another".
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 6 June 2025
17. Various of Peixoto at her clinic in downtown Rio working with patient
18. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Rosi Peixoto, capoeira instructor, physical therapist:
"Capoeira is multifactorial. The movement of capoeira is wide and there is swapping between upper and lower limbs, arms and legs in a synchronized and coordinated way."
19. Various of Peixoto doing capoeira with her pupils
20. Antonio Azevedo who previously wasn't able to get up on his own doing capoeira
21. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Antonio Azevedo, Parkinson's patient:
"One month after (starting capoeira) I was able to improve my walk, and nowadays I can walk 7 -8 kilometres on foot without any problems."
22. Various of Dr. Eduardo Nascimento, neurologist, leafing through his book entitled Neural Capoeira
23. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Dr. Eduardo Nascimento, neurologist:
"Many times it promotes an improvement through rhythm for example using the drums. The sequence of the rhythm makes the person predict the motion which probably activates different motor pathways in the brain other than the one which has been compromised."
24. Two Parkinson's pupils doing capoeira movements
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 8 June 2025
25. Various of Peixoto and group using sticks
26. S... [truncated]
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