Capoeira

[Maddwraph]

its hard to explain the difference in the Esquivas. um.. well when both your beet are parallel, and you turn your upper body to the side(side depending on where kick is coming from) and you put your arm near your head for protection. the other ones i cant really explain.

 

http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h96b/h9650297/cap-basics.html this might be helpful.

 

the hardest thing. hmm.. at first its when you play against other people in the roda, and you start to get used to the movements, dodging the kicks. of course, whoever your playing will go slow if your a begginer.

 

but to me the hardest yet that i expierenced, is trying to get in the shape that you need if you want to do those cool capoeira moves evryone loves. it takes a lot of flexibility and strength. im just out of shape and a slow learner. plus some other things. ill leave my msn messenger on if you want to im me tonight.

[DD]

Hey Maddwraph,

 

Thanks for the post. Again, I have another question. How do you play those capoeira games and how do you score in them? Is it like point sparring where you lightly hit your opponent to score? Also, are these the same type of techniques you see in XMA? thanks

[Maddwraph]

im not sure what XMA is. but when we play in each other, we form the roda. At the part of the roda is instuments, the berimbau being the one that to me seems like the more important one. the two peopel start the game there and do moves like au or role to enter the game and then they play. now you dont really hit the person, and the way you play whether it be fast or slow, and what type of game (angola, san bento grande , not sure of spelling) determines what mood you will take on the other person. the berimbuao kind of determines the mood of the game.

 

when you play other people, in my school, we dont try to hit each other, maybe trip or something, and if the other person is careless, they might get hit (happened to me).

 

if the person your playing is going real rough like trying to hit you and trip you and that kind of stuff, then really you have to try and hit them back, unless the master says to smooth the game down.

 

they will hit you lightly in my school but thats to show what your doing wrong.

 

this all may sound confusing, but if you start to take capoeira, it will all make sense. if you can take, the class, i say go for it, you will never really feel the true joy and fun of capoeira until you play in the roda. feel free to ask more questions, and i will help as best as i can.

[Maddwraph]

btw, in the Regional, there is some scoring system, im just not sure how it works.

[ovine king]

just curious but are you learning under mestre bimba's system of teaching?

[DD]

Thanks for the reply Maddwraph,

 

Sorry if I'm bothering you with all these questions, but capoeira seems like such a cool art. Could you give me some tips on doing an au batido? Also, could you tell me some techniques that come from handstands, cart-wheels, or round-offs. I can do these things, so techniques that come from them might be easier for me to learn. thanks

[Maddwraph]

au batido, i cant really do a lot of these moves, but a technique that a person told me on doing that move is just doing a handstand to the side, and practicing balance of the wall.

 

techniques that coem frand handstand. im not really sure since a lot of the handstands like spinning handstands are more for showing off.

 

the cart-wheel is more of a move to get around the roda or to run away.

 

im not sure what a round-off is.

 

and dont worry, your not bothering me with these questions. good luck.

 

oh yeah, and to ovine king, im not really sure to tell you the truth. at the end of the class, we just have a roda and usually start slow, and keep getting faster. we also learn some moves from the different games. but im not too sure.

[ovine king]

mestre bimba organised a whole load of pre-set sequences to practice your moves in.

 

you could say that they're 'two man combat drills'

 

i think there are 8 main basic sequences.

 

it kinda acts as a bridge between learning the moves and learning how to do/use them

 

and

 

using them 'for real' in the roda.

[Maddwraph]

i guess we do that then. we ususally warm first with some exercises and stretches, then we will pair up with someone else and pratice or do alone some drills. when we practice with someone else, we will see moves taht can be pulled, and when, as well as how to escape them. so i guess we do those. in the roda, if you know the move, and can pull it off, then even better.