capoeira condit continued again...

k, by now you probably lost all faith in me :) . with good reason.
now i'm bored and don't have the same enthusiasm about talking about capoeira condit. i'm tired. and want to grab a good novel and watch grey's anatomy or something. heeh, just kiddy. k, alright lemme start before you lynch me.

i don't know how to do much. i'm still excited about how much i've been able to learn. my first performance later this june, with my group. i never imagined this day would come. i pictured myself a lazy bum watching grey's anatomy or something haha. about a year ago, i started. capoeira reinvingorated me with that sense of play and violence i buried inside of me since my youth. well here goes:


the S-dobrado was the first floreiro move i learned. how did i? there's a secret to every move. you think you know, but you have no idea. to do this one (and many others), you really have to learn to let go of yourself falling. you start by getting that precise swing of the legs going, while swinging up the hand that touches the ground first vigorously. the swing is like a rasteira, but at the very end of the movement, you kick the sweep leg off the ground. it is precisely at this point the support hand that was previously on the floor should get thrown backwards behind you in au/macaco fashion. for this, and other capo moves, you need ab strength, so if you try and try and try. and keep failing - go do some crunches. and try again. eventually, your body will know what it's doing once you perfect the swing and have enough ab strength to sweep yourself up initially.

it is funny that i picked up the S-Dobrado before the macaco because in my personal opinion, it seems the macaco is somewhat of a training for the S-dobrado. actually, once you can do a macaco - you have a lot of options open to you, it seems. to do a good macaco (one that looks nice) , you can't avoid a little condit. before i could even get off the ground, i had to start by doing: the wall wheel and the back bridge. these are amazing condits, and i still do them to this day. and i still do them to this day. and i highly recommend them. definately. after a month or so of doing wall wheels and back bridges, i slowly felt myself falling into the macaco, the more i tried. now, i don't have to think too much about it. i can go into a macaco, anytime any place.

a macaco is almost a back flip. so it is crucial to get over the fear of falling. practice from the first step, holding yourself up with one hand in crouched position. then swinging your other hand behind you as far as you can, till you are almost midway in the bridge position. THIS IS IMPORTANT: follow the hand that goes back with your eyes. for every movement you do actually, you should look where you are going. it helps you psychologically/physiologically somehow, to complete the move. eventually, start kicking up your legs when you do it. then go for the full motion. fall a couple of times. do some ugly ones a couple of times. go do some crunches. get a smoothie. keep practicing. a month later, and what do you know - perfect macaco. haha.

k, gotta get ready for class. i will continue this later. i prom. :)