day 4. we roda at the curve

twas a wet afternoon

as always

me hamstrings are still raw and tender

we're supposed to do a roda and a workshop

so off we went

the acoustics of the centre court at the curve is pretty good i must say

we didn't need mikes and the berimbaus travelled very well

so did our axe (anyone knows how to put the squiggly thing at the top of the 'e'?)

durim went flying, and then he changed his mind while upside down

not bad i must say

at least he's got the presence of mind to know which way the floor is

park sessions are paying off

did a couple of combi-seu-maus in the roda

(hamstring... ouch)

and also the new animal move

great success

i feel that i've got better awareness now

can work the roda a little more, and definitely throwing more kicks in the game

i think it's training without glasses

things look slower when you do have perfect 20/20 vision

it's a little like training blindfolded, it's not hard when your eyes are that small, combined with -450 short-sightedness.

quek's working it

game's lookin ahem... 'matured'... 

even pulled off a long-range tesoura

bet his hamstrings are fine.

it was  a little nervous for a few of the newbies

i think it showed specially when they bought the games in the roda

messy

nothing a few more public rodas and performances can't fix

it's always nerve-wrecking playing capoeira in front of people

the trick's to just smile and have fun

play for yourself

not to the crowd

every chance in the roda is a chance to jogo... play!

let's put it this way

you're going through the drills in class

you're being put through a can of whoop-ass by rafa

and you're not gonna have a big smile on your face to be able to run rampant in the roda?

just like gambling

if you ain't having fun, walk away...

but that's a bit harsh. 

i think everyone gave their 110% as always

it was a tough crowd though

what the hell is wrong with chinese kids anyway?!

so protective their parents are

and so unsociable and introverted our next generation

so, we gave a 'workshop demonstration'

quite refreshing

it was like a condensed version of class at celebrity fitness

of course, everyone's still got plenty of juice to spare

so it ended up in a b-boy style one-upmanship, who's-got-the-best-whatever-move session

i think we're gonna be doing another session here again next week

i say, the more the merrier