Black Combat Arts Institute.
THE VERTICAL AXIS · UPWARD
Positive imbalance
The flight — overturning oneself on purpose.
Twists, inversions, precarious supports: the body launched upside down to graze the fall and attempt “the impossible ascent of the sky.” Every fighting system in the world seeks to keep its balance. Capoeira is the only one to make the voluntary loss of balance a road to victory.
IN THE SYSTEM
→ Negative imbalance — The fall — making the other go down.
→ Continuous flow — An insurmountable rule: never leaving the rhythm.
IN THE CORPUS
→ Winning by Falling, Touching Without Touching
HOW TO CITE THIS CONCEPT
MALO, Olivier. Positive imbalance. In: Black Combat Arts Institute — Concepts of the Internal Logic [online]. 2026. Available from: https://www.blackcombatarts.com/concepts-en/positive-imbalance [accessed date].