Negativa (negative) also negaça (from negar - negate, deny[1]) is the essential move of the capoeira martial art. Negativa is used to negate incoming attacks by going low to the ground .[2]
It is a form of movement on the floor.[3]
- ^ Capoeira 2002, pp. 28.
- ^ Sharp 2022, pp. 59.
- ^ Capoeira 2007, pp. 65.