day 33, 34 & 35: back to training, rinse and repeat, hamster futsal

Day 33

It's always good to get back to the academy

my home, my temple

it's even better when you're there early to do some stretches

serena helped/tortured me a lil bit on that

then it was leading the troupe for some warmup

followed by some killer conditional training

well at least they weren't ponches

here were the highlights of training

pushup start position, hold 90 seconds

that was NUTS

i could feel my flabs wobbling

pushup elbows at 90-degrees- basically midway.

this i feel weak.

left leg up/right hand out, switch sides

again... horrible... but i guess that's what i'm in classes for

Movement drills

Armada / compasso

Meialua tempo qeshada

note: this is a tricky move because you qeshada the other way right after you meialua

what this drill actually does is get you into the entrada/negativa position quick after a meialua

good for baiting the vengativa for a tesoura after

armada du chau

a variant of the armada dupla where your second kicking leg is in meialua position instead

i can't remember the actual name of this move, shall check up on it.

negativa frente to chapa de costas

a nice move that takes someone offguard

negativa frente to chapa de costas, passado ala rasteida frente

a nice movement

you can follow-through from someone's chapa de costas with a neat little benguela-esque passado that starts with the rasteida de frente leg movement

very stylo.

also practices your rasteida for that perfect day!

Day 34

cueca visited me at the dentsu park

he had a quick bite

but by the looks of his eyebags

he wasn't gonna be too cooperative as a training partner

so he assumed the coach role

i basically repeated the drills from the other day's class

followed by some intense stretching assisted by cueca

one would suspect that he was a world war ii Axis interrogation specialist

judging by the way he tore me from limb to limb

thanks

felt good.

Day 35

arrived at futsal with high hopes

i shall not elaborate the outcome of the day

let's leave it as:

my kilometres per goal ratio was atrocious

the only consolation is that it can only get better