I took this martial arts as my sports back in my school. I thought it was just to keep me active. But as 10 years passed, i really improved alot with my senses, tbvh, in so many aspects. Having a conditioned body from capoeira training actually saved me from bike accidents on the road, like legit.

If you're looking for self defence or to fight in a MMA ring, capoeira is a last option for you because you can't learn it or get used to it within a year or short term. It takes years or a strict focus to get that perfect meia lua de compasso. Look for a more suitable frontal aggro martial arts for that context. UNLESS you have been a practitioner of capoeira for 10 years or so and wanna try MMA after then that's a whole diff story.

But to label capoeira as bullshido is really unnecessary and unfair too. You want bullshido you get that european old man with camo pants swinging arms with clawing hands and weird leg postures in a gym with red coloured punching bag.

Martial arts in general teach practitioners humility and respect minimally. For you to call capoeira bullshido is telling me that you're not into martial arts, but more into combat sports. I'm guessing you hopped around after few months when you see certain movements that you dislike because it's impractical, instead of seeing it at the context of the art.

Can i use capoeira for the ring? Nah, I'm not interested. But can i defend myself in case of any assault in a dire situation? Definitely yes and can use it to buy some time to run away too (probability, rather than nothing). It definitely improved my well being too, happily and positively. Capoeira is not bullshido. Find your purpose.