Does anybody remember the name of this movie with dancing martial arts in it?

It's a 1980-1990's movie, where a high school teachers takes a bunch of students and shows them this dancing type of karate. a song used in the movie is "pana naweh" or something similiar to that. It would be really appreciative because i've been searching for this movie for the longest.


Movie: 1980-1990


dancing karate


something like brazillian dancing


teaches kids


help please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Does anybody remember the name of this movie with dancing martial arts in it?
ONLY THE STRONG(1993)


A former Marine is hired to teach discipline to some of the rougher students in the Miami inner city school system.





Starring: Mark Alan Dacascos, Stacey Travis, Geoffrey Lewis, Paco Christian Prieto, Todd Susman


Directed by: Sheldon Lettich, Charles Ruiz DeCastilla
Reply:The above answer is correct. In addition: this art is called "capoiera" and is actually a Brazillian martial art that was developed by the slaves some time ago as a form of defence against attacks. In order for them to practice it on the sly, they created a genre of music to go with it, so it appeared to the uneducated that they were performing a very stylistic dance. Marc Dacascos, the star of the film, is not actually a practicioner of capoiera but learned all the specific moves for this film. While he is a champion martial artist, he does not practice this particualr type on a regular basis. He was selected for the role based upon his appearance, and the fact that he does have a martial arts background Before auditioning for the role, he took some time to learn the basics in order to impress the producers.