Chapa de costas
Chapa de costas (back plate) is a back push kick in capoeira, and one of the few principal capoeira's kicks. It is also basic kick in African martial art engolo, the forerunner of capoeira.
| Chapa de costas | |
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Capoeira kick chapa de costas. | |
| Name | Chapa de costas |
| Meaning | back plate |
| Type | kick |
| Parent style | capoeira Angola |
| Parent technique | engolo back kick |
| Child technique(s) | mule kick double mule kick |
| Escapes | resistençia |
| Counters | rasteira |
Chapa de costas is typical kick of capoeira Angola. This "malicious" kick is similar to chapa de frente, applied from the back to the opponent.
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