Eagles in Brazil: Learning about the art of capoeira

KIND OF YEAH. ALL RIGHT ADAM THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW JUST OVER 24 HOURS FROM KICKOFF BETWEEN THE EAGLES AND PACKERS IN BRAZIL. >> LOVE THAT. EARLIER TODAY, THE TEAM GOT A CHANCE TO PRACTICE INSIDE THE STADIUM THAT WILL HOST THE FIRST EVER NFL GAME PLAYED ON SOUTH AMERICAN SOIL. >> PRETTY COOL. ACTION NEWS ANCHOR BRIAN TAFF IS LIVE AT CORINTHIANS STADIUM IN SAO PAULO, WHICH WILL BE AT THE CENTER OF THE FOOTBALL WORLD TOMORROW NIGHT. HEY, BRIAN. >> HEY, SARAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS IT'S ALREADY THE CENTER OF THE FOOTBALL UNIVERSE. AS WE GET EVER CLOSER TO THE MAIN EVENT KICKOFF HERE IN SAO PAULO TOMORROW NIGHT, WE ARE OUTSIDE CORINTHIANS ARENA, AS IT'S KNOWN HERE IN TOWN. IT IS UNDERGOING A TOTAL TRANSFORMATION RIGHT NOW. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE, THERE IS AN ARMY OF CREWS FROM THE NFL. LOCAL POLICE, PLUS BRAZILIAN AND AMERICAN TELEVISION NETWORKS REMAKING WHAT'S TYPICALLY A SOCCER STADIUM INTO ONE FIT FOR AMERICAN FOOTBALL. AS YOU MENTIONED, THE EAGLES ALSO GOT THEIR CHANCE THIS MORNING TO GET IN SOME PRACTICE ON THAT FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE SAW JALEN HURTS, SAQUON BARKLEY AND THE WHOLE SQUAD OUT HERE SHAKING OFF THAT TEN HOUR FLIGHT YESTERDAY, STRETCHING AND RUNNING THROUGH SOME LAST MINUTE DRILLS AFTER PRACTICE. QUARTERBACK JALEN HURTS TALKED TO US ABOUT THE MEANING OF THIS MOMENT AND HIS GRATITUDE AT BEING A PART OF IT. >> MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE IS, YOU KNOW, I'M A I'M A KID FROM, YOU KNOW, EAST HOUSTON THAT USED TO PLAY THIS GAME IN THE STREETS. ANY PIECE OF GRASS I CAN FIND AND GO THROW THE BALL AROUND AND REALLY JUST ENJOY THE GAME, THE LOVE FOR THE GAME AND JUST HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY, TO COME THIS FAR AND IN THIS JOURNEY AND TO BE WHERE WE ARE, I THINK IS MY SPIRIT IS FULL OF GRATITUDE TO BE HERE. EXCUSE ME. AND REALLY JUST REFLECTING ON HOW THE JOURNEY HAS COME FOR ME. >> YEAH. IT WAS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO US THAT THE COACHES AND THE PLAYERS ARE ALL VERY WELL AWARE THAT THEY'RE TAKING PART IN SOMETHING BIGGER THAN A GAME. THIS IS A HIGH PROFILE CULTURAL EXCHANGE. THEY'RE BRINGING SOMETHING THAT AMERICA LOVES TO AN AUDIENCE HERE IN BRAZIL THAT THEY HOPE IS RATHER RECEPTIVE TO IT. WELL, SPEAKING OF CULTURAL EXCHANGES, WE MET UP WITH ONE BRAZILIAN HARD AT WORK RIGHT NOW BACK HOME IN PHILADELPHIA, BRINGING THIS CULTURE TO AMERICANS. IT'S CALLED CAPOEIRA, LOOSELY DEFINED AS THE BRAZILIAN OUTLOOK ON LIFE. A LITTLE BIT HARD TO TRANSLATE. NOT AT ALL HARD TO UNDERSTAND ONCE YOU SEE IT. INSIDE THIS SMALL STUDIO AT 12TH AND RACE, BORDERING PHILADELPHIA'S CHINATOWN, THEY'RE TEACHING SOMETHING RATHER LARGE WAY TO LIFE. >> THAT'S WAY TO LIFE. THAT'S WHAT'S CAPOEIRA DESCRIBE FOR ME. >> O'DONNELL SAO JOSE DOS SANTOS IS THE MAN DOING THE TEACHING, HAVING LEARNED THE LESSONS HIMSELF THE HARD WAY. >> I'M HERE TODAY THANKS TO CAPOEIRA. >> CAPOEIRA? MAKE HIM MAKE IT THE MAN I AM TODAY. >> DOS SANTOS ARRIVED IN PHILADELPHIA HAVING MOVED OUT OF BRAZIL, LANDING IN NEW YORK WITH NO MONEY AND NO HOUSING. HIS CULTURE, HE SAYS, IS WHAT SUSTAINED HIM. THAT CULTURE NOW ON VIBRANT DISPLAY INSIDE THIS SPACE CALLED PROJECT CAPOEIRA. AS HE DESCRIBES IT, IT'S ONE PART MUSIC, ONE PART MARTIAL ARTS, ONE PART CUISINE, BUT ALL CONNECTED BY A MENTALITY. BORN IN BRAZIL, IT'S A SOURCE OF ENERGY AND EVERYBODY LIKES TO FEEL THAT ENERGY. BACK HERE ON THE STREETS OF SAO PAULO, IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAT ENERGY FLOWING THROUGH LIKE THE NOTORIOUS TRAFFIC CONSTANT AND INFUSED INTO EVERYTHING ON THESE STREETS. CAPOEIRA ISN'T QUITE AS HARD TO TRANSLATE. IT JUST IS WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY ARE, AND WHY THEY ARE BRAZILIAN PEOPLE IS A LOT OF HOGS. >> THEY LIKE TO HOG. THEY LIKE TO SAY WHO, THEY LIKE TO OFFER FOOD AND EVERYTHING. SO I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY PROBLEM. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THE PROBLEM IS TO COME BACK TO. >> YEAH, HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT. WE HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE CULTURE HERE. THERE IS SO MUCH TALK ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BACK AT HOME ABOUT THE CRIME PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS A REAL PROBLEM. BUT THEY LEAD WITH FRIENDLINESS HERE. THEY'RE SO WELCOMING AND THEY'VE BEEN SO GRACIOUS SINCE WE ARRIVED. AND ALL THE FANS WHO ARE COMING ARE SAYING THE SAME THING BY THE WAY, EARLIER TODAY I HAD A CHANCE TO ASK HEAD COACH NICK SIRIANNI ABOUT HIS REFLECTIONS ON THIS MOMENT. HE GREW RATHER EMOTIONAL THINKING ABOUT HOW WHEN HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER, HE NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED HE'D BE COACHING AN NFL GAME IN BRAZIL ONE DAY. SO THAT REFLECTION COMING UP WHEN WE JOIN YOU HERE LIVE AT 6:00 TONIGHT. BUT FOR NOW, LIVE IN SAO PAULO. BRIAN TAFF, CHANNEL SIX, ACTION NEWS. GUYS. >> ALL VERY COOL. >> BRIAN. A MOMENT THAT'S NOT LOST ON THE PLAYERS, THE RESIDENTS OR EVEN THE FANS THAT ARE HEADING DOWN THERE AND THAT TASTE OF BRAZIL RIGHT HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. >> WE'LL SEE YOU SOON, BRIAN. ACTION NEWS IS GETTING YOU READY FOR KICKOFF IN BRAZIL. BRAZIL.