Very well documented on the contrary are the attempts of the authorities to eradicate capoeira, and how policies changed over time.
Santos shows the same for capoeira.
Santos traces changing twentieth-century attitudes to capoeira : its repression and its later appropriation as either invigorating sport or commoditised folklore.
Capoeira practitioners and scholars alike will be interested in his material regarding the origins of the art.
This tradition was created back when capoeira practice was considered a crime.
This, however, is misleading as the meaning of "malicia" in capoeira is the capacity to understand someone's intentions.
The traditions of "roda" and capoeira game were kept, being used to put into use what was learned during training.
Several breaking practitioners and pioneers tend to side with the camp that does not believe breaking came from capoeira.
