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Originally Posted by Knuckles&Knees
I've done a little Capoeira Maculele. Awesome stuff. You Brazilians are crazy, I would never have thought in a million years about putting my body in some of those positions. Anyways, I feel confident in saying there has never been a man on earth that has so totally been an embarrassment on the art of Capoeira as myself. I move to damned stiff and I sure as hell can't do all that acrobatic stuff. I try though.
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Maculelê is quite nice, however, I think I like Kali better.
As for crazy positions, you also happen to feel pain in muscles that you didn't even know they existed.
Wanna try me? =D Not all brazilians are naturals at capoeira
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Honestly I only have had a few short months in it. Right now I'm not training at all for a couple reasons - one of which is another very bad hand injury.
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I left because I gained a lot of weight, and my knees were suffering a bit more that necessary. All those capoeira moves are quite lesion prone if not done properly of if have not stretched properly.
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So, just the city alone (excluding the metropolitan) of Sao Paulo has like 11 million people. You know how huge that is?
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Lots of ugly people
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How dangerous has Rio been for you anyways? That's another huge city too. How well regarded is the Gracie family in Rio by the city government and the city's middle and upper-classes? You cats should have won the last World Cup too, your team had the talent, but they played like they didn't give a damn. Hopefully Lula and the federal government spends those billions of dollars on infrastructure and maybe then you all won't be exporting so many Brazilian players across the world. Maybe then too Rio might by chance have a lot less young kids running around in flip-flops with assault rifles and t-shirts tied around their faces. You'd think with all that round bunda and samba dancing you all wouldn't need Kombato. But I guess the Palm trees makes you all a bit crazy.
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Well, being an outsider, and not knowing the place very well, I only walk the beaten path. I only know a few ways to get from home to the very few other places I need to go, and I almost never try to find another way. I also tend to refrain from being outside home after 10pm, and then, only when there is no other way. Like a marriage party.
As I don't drink in public places, I further reduce my personal risk. So I am mostly outside sober, during daylight and out of suspicious places.
Also, no valuable belongings are visible, I am always looking to the sides and back, looking for any suspicious types/movement.
All in all, it has been quite safe, but at times i get stressed a bit too much, specially when those guys at the traffic lights attempt to clean my windshield without asking first. This is one other reason for me to prefer public transportation.
As for the Gracies, I prefer to don't say anything, because I don't know anything about them other than the fame. What I can say is that only mid- and upper classes are really into martial arts. The poor are struggling to feed, work and live. What some do to relax is drink. Most go to church. (read without prejudice). BBQ !
I don't really like soccer. So, all I say is: whatever ;-)
BTW, all those palm trees were imported by the portuguese... :-)
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In the political side, I really don't believe that Lula could do all he promised, not just because he is a politician, but because I feel he isn't even trying. Also, the current public safety/social issues in Rio are a result of two, three decades of careless state/city administration. So I believe that two, three decades of outstanding administration may start to solve those issues.
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