capoeira

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Postby Josh Young » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:18 pm

I started lessons in this peculiar martial art. I love it.
It has so many things in common with taiji, that it caught me off guard. There are many differences too.

What is interesting to me, among other things, is that Cap has a listening jing and is played in a manner akin to push hands, with martial development taking place in a ritualized practice.

I love the challenge and the kicks too.
Armada seems harder to me that the half moon compass kick, but maybe that will change as I get better.

Anyone else involved with this fascinating art?
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Oct 26, 2009 4:52 am

Hi Josh, I play, I'm with Grupo Senzala, which group are you with?

Could you tell me more the push hands thing as I have never seen it.

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Postby Josh Young » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:23 am

http://www.provocap.com/Classes.asp

I believe it is in the ABADA group.
My teacher Professor Urso.

here is some push hands material:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFDjQUrdtAQ
There are three energies used together for anticipation, listening, sticking and following. Versions of these are employed in the roda of capoiera.
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:29 pm

Sorry I didn't put the question very well, I meant a pushing hands-like game within capoeira. I have read a few references to a hand game, Jogo de mão or Jogo de braços. When you were talking about pushing hands and listening jin I wondered if you were talking about the aforementioned games.

“Although many don’t realise it, capoeira uses many hand blows. In Angola they are simply shown; that is, the players don’t carry out the blows to completion, but stop just short of contact.
This at times results in a veritable hand ballet of arms, hands and elbows - the so-called jogo de mao. In regional, which pays less attention to ritual and puts more emphasis on fight, the hand blows (the galopante, for example) are often carried out to completion.”

Nestor Capoeira, The Little Capoeira Book.
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Postby Josh Young » Fri Nov 27, 2009 5:11 pm

So far I have not seen any such hand games.
Also the hand techniques do not seem to be emphasized.
However the "jing" of ginga is excellent for many strikes and plucks.
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