Video gamers are all too familiar with the popular fighting game called Tekken (Japanese: 鉄拳, “Iron Fist”).
There’s an assortment of fighters from male, female, animals, and otherworldly beings that players can choose from to win the tournament. Different martial arts are featured for each playable character, allowing players to choose their favorite as they see fit.
It can be argued that this character made the art of capoeira more popular.
Enter little Avalon, who at her tender age of two, was already in training for the Brazilian style.
In this short clip you can see the little girl throwing it down with her “Bamba”. Avalon is the “Aluno”, both terms meaning master and pupil respectively.
Avalon’s Bamba asks if she’s ready to do the “Ginga”, capoeira’s fundamental footwork that pretty much looks like a dance where practitioners move their feet in a rhythmic triangular movement.
Of course this little girl is ready!
She may have shorter legs and tiny feet but that won’t stop this little fighter from learning.
Little Avalon goes into the rhythmic step with her Bamba, which is impressive for a toddler still learning how to walk properly.
Avalon is a natural.
Mom is right there recording every moment her little one shows her. And when the teacher asks little Avalon to kick him, she does so adorably, with the man pretending to fall backwards with a shocked expression on his face.
“How adorable is that? She knows her moves. Good job. Kid.” says a viewer.
Now other viewers are calling the man “papa” so perhaps that’s Avalon’s dad?
The martial art-infused dance little Avalon practices is thought to have originated in 16th-century Brazil. Capoeira draws attention for having an acrobatic, athletic style.
It is mesmerizing to watch practitioners.
This 500-year-old art form is a deadly dance when mastered.
Capoeira was thought to be created during the 16th century by enslaved people from West Africa who were taken to Brazil by Portuguese colonists.
The slaves were prohibited from celebrating their cultural customs and totally forbidden from practicing martial arts.
They say capoeira emerged as a way to bypass those two imposing laws.
Avalon is a quick learner. She ducks when kicked at, and throws a headbutt to the gut of her Bamba. With ease!
She then goes into practicing her head and hand stands to the rhythmic beating heard in the background.
She’s so cute, not even shying away from any of the moves asked to try.
Avalon should be ten or eleven now. It would be interesting to see how far she’s come. Who knows, she may be the next film star for a female capoeira fighter. Now there’s an idea!
Watch this cute little lady dance and kick around below!
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