Comparative analysis of the proposals from Rio de Janeiro and Bahia for the sporting regulation of capoeira (1968)
Background and aim: Despite having been institutionalised in the Brazilian Confederation of Pugilism (1941) as a sport, at that time there were not any regulations for Capoeira competitions.Two symposia (1968 and 1969) were held in Rio de Janeiro (Guanabara) aiming to establish a set of regulations for the discipline and, as a consequence, to provi