Sunday, August 16, 2009

Day 39: Return to celebrity fitness

It's been a while since i've been with the boys at celebrity
Nice to steal a little dude time with them
Did a fairly straightforward training regime
feeling a little fluish from the week's festivities
nothing like some sweat out to get the system up and running
wanted to do some weights after
but was in dude mode so decided to hit the sauna and some coffee
i can't remember when was the last time i was there
but i'm such a noob at this gym thing
definitely more of a running rampant and games kinda person
gimme the capoeira academy or a futsal field any day!

started with some simple tempo drills
followed by some tempo switch to tesoura frentes
nice little benguela move that i'll work on
the tesoura frente definitely suits my physical shape and size better than the other tesoura
cause i'm small sized and it's hard to wrap my legs around the opponent to get enough leverage

this was followed by meialua to negativa dentru then switch to tesoura frente
also useful cause the opponent might be used to getting a vengativa from there
but if you're able to squeeze and slither the other way, you'll surprise him

speaking of slithering
this was the more advanced switch to the tesoura frente
compasso troca into entrada
you do half a compasso, do a quick switch up by lifting both legs - basically to avoid the negativa
but you use your momentum to follow up with a tesoura frente
it's very technical
and if you've got a good basic on your esdobrado it helps with the move
i found that if i slide my leg to catch the base it helped me with the move
just gotta find a way to practice that in the roda
or maybe the park with cueca
which is a little rare these days with the rain and our conflicting schedules
sucks being an adult sometimes.

floreia was the same as above
compasso meia troca entrada but this time into a ponche
i'll work on my twist-over version instead
still a little wobbly
try to get my footing right...

the above drills definitely complement my jogo style
so i'll work on them a little more.

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