Capoeira vs Jūkendō

Capoeira and Jūkendō side by side, from the facts recorded for each art.

	Capoeira	Jūkendō
Country of origin	Brazil	Japan
Created	16th century	—
Type	combat sport, martial arts and war dance	budō, gendai budō and martial arts
Notable practitioners here	4	1
Top countries of practitioners	Brazil	France

Capoeira

Capoeira (Portuguese pronunciation: [kapuˈe(j)ɾɐ]) is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality.

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Jūkendō

Jūkendō (銃剣道) is the Japanese martial art of bayonet fighting, and has been likened to kendo (but with bayonets instead of swords).

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Facts from Wikidata (CC0): Q159452, Q1717983. Practitioner counts are the people with a profile on this site. Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.