Friday, March 28, 2008

capoeira log 3

i know, i know. i've been slacking.

wednesday (3/26) -
sequencia: reverse jinga direction - descida - switch jinga - reverse direction - esquiva parallel left to right - circular esquiva lateral (back to jinga stance) - reverse direction

partner sequencia:
offender: mea lua de frente - quexada - esquiva parallel - au - descida (on same side
) - negativa - roqou (sp?) - switch jinga
defender: esquiva parallel - circular esquiva lateral (back to jinga stance) - armada - au - descida (on the same side) - negativa - roquo (sp?) - switch jinga

friday (3/28) -
sequencia:
descida - esquiva lateral - descida - fake armada - descida - switch jinga

partner sequencia:
offender: armada - quexada - esquiva lateral - quexada - esquiva duck
defender: esquiva parallel - descida - quexada - esquiva duck - martelo

Thursday, March 27, 2008

official citizen, loparu

loparu is citizen. now, he has the right to get government jobs, petition to get family members to the states, um vote, relinquish ties to my former yardies (haha) and most importantly, go abroad on a US passport. one step closer to the land of the rising sun. next step: get passport.

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

reactive forces

music emanates through the main stream
the main stream carries the music
the mainstream understand the music
but what is to understand
in the main stream?
people's voices i hear
them in my mind
for my mind is what i see
what i see is my mind
not in my mind
for my mind is outside of me

reactive forces
the reactive forces
i ignore them

when i look down
when i look side to side
when i look up
when i look diagonal

reactive forces
i ignore them

all roads lead to the unknown

all unknowns lead to the great unknown

Saturday, March 8, 2008

my new hakama

brings me much joy.

learning how to tie it was the best part!

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

your brain is a library

where the largest part of it consists of shelves and shelves of reference material; another part, the librarian to catalogue that info; and yet another part, the curious researcher who asks the librarian for help.

such was my observation today.
non sequitur:
i told N "do an au sem mao" randomly.
she asked me what that was.
i didn't want to tell her, but i said i would show her eventually. so i put it off.
afterwards, we went into Barnes and Nobles, and after some hours N had completely forgotten I was supposed to explain "au sem mao".
when we left Barnes, keeping my promise (sort of), I did a few au sem maos ( or something like it, hehe). although, i didn't tell her that's what i was attempting. and she didn't ask. perhaps she thought i was being the clown. haha, so i let it slide.
much much later, non sequitur:
i said "fish", referring to a talk on Oprah where this doctor was talking about healthy foods. in this case, i didn't mean to mess with her mind. perhaps, i just started the sentence prematurely. nevertheless, this instance reminded N instantly of "au sem mao". "Hey you were supposed to tell me!" is what she said. haha.

That was amazing to me. It occured to me instantly what happened in N's mind. my random mention of "fish" enabled her to instantly tap into the most recent memory where she had experienced the same notion of confusion. therefore, an emotion was catalogued and referenced in her library, but not the event directly.

Although, I thought N had forgotten the incident completely, her brain had good tabs on it afterall. The smart librarian put it away on the shelf in the seemingly most useful way to access later... so that when the time came, it could suggest to the researcher the proper thought. hehe.


I told N the library analogy above.