For a month now, I have been going to Capoeira classes. It's a Brazilian form of martial arts that was made to look like dance. In Tae Kwon Do I was always taught to follow through. This meant hitting the other person in a sparring match as often as possibly. In Capoeira, hitting the other person is actually considered a bad thing. This makes things difficult for me.
Truthfully though, I'm glad the other person isn't hitting me. I'm hurting myself enough in this class as is. On the first day I did a handstand and my arms buckled. I was cut next to my eye by my own glasses. Also, the wooden floor (with nails sticking out in some places) does torture to my feet. My feet are getting callouses, yet they still manage to hurt after every class. My feet feel horrible. I don't like them right now.
I've had this before. It used to happen every soccer game, but the difference is that it was only on my big toe, instead of on the entire front half of my foot. Still, I go to my foot torture class twice a week and enjoy every single one. I just wish my feet would cry a little quieter tonight. I don't want to have to hit them again.
Oh, I remember the first month of Capoeira... Bleeding feet are a delight :D
ReplyDeleteWhat's the other capoeira place like? The usual, benguela, sao bento grande, etc? I would ask how it's different, but since you don't really know Abada style and have only been playing for a month, I guess you wouldn't give a great answer...
At some point in the future when you can actually play a bit, we should see how the styles differ.
I'd like to think I'm already able to play a bit.
ReplyDeleteI don't know Portuguese that well... The other Capoeira place seemed to have a lot more people. Also, the wooden floor is a pain in the feet. I don't know how your school works, but I know that in higher levels, they like to do moves that show off as much as those that are effective. They also do have pretty much full contact if the Capoeiristas in the roda are good enough to handle it.
Hmm, doesn't seem too different (unsurprisingly).
ReplyDeleteWe had an Instructor from NY visit today so we had a few minutes of the particularly contact-full roda :D