Today's Capoeira class: Andres, the 2 Jesses, Kevin, Ian, Louis, Diana, and a new student named Kenneth (Jesse I's Lambada classmate from CSUN). Kenneth is a cool guy. Joe was there to watch. The first drill was a combo of meia lua de frente (inside ax kick), armada (step over spin kick), and martelo (roundhouse kick). Then the same combo, but replaced the martelo with a meia lua de compasso (low spin kick). Then replaced the kick in the meia lua with a nasty elbow.
We did our first close-quarters roda - no room for wide kicks, only enough room for straight and hook palm strikes, kicks to the shins, and rastaos (wrestling takedowns) - to simulate a real fight. The biggest reaction was when Kevin walked face first into my palm strike that it made a loud, slapping sound. But it was cool. Then it was time to talk about Monster Massive tomorrow.
ANDRES: Everyone bring protection! (Diana chokes on her water from shock)
Diana, the only girl, rolled her eyes as we guys huddled in private to talk about guy stuff.
ANDRES: Don't you roll your eyes at me!
Even though 14-year-old Louis was not going with us, we let him into our huddle to talk about "adult" stuff. Then we lingered after class was over to practice our flips.
JESSE I: Wait, I never landed this back handspring before. You guys have your phones out (to call 911), right?
I practiced my running backflip (it's like a shooting star, in pro-wrestling terms). It was rough the 1st time, freaked out the 2nd time, and better the 3rd time. Then Jesse II started doing it too. I almost have it. Almost.
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