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jennarenn commented on the word releasing my hips
Are you a dancer?
October 11, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word releasing my hips
Not professionally or skillfully! But I play Capoeira, which is part dance.
October 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word releasing my hips
Oh, that always sounded painful. :-)
October 11, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word releasing my hips
Capoeira? Or releasing the hips?
October 11, 2007
reesetee commented on the word releasing my hips
I meant Capoeira, but come to think of it.... ;-)
October 12, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word releasing my hips
We're not talking about dysplasia, after all!
But seriously, Capoeira doesn't have to be painful. Depends on the tenor of the game you're playing, whom you're playing with, etc. The roda varies as much as conversations do; it can be a game, a tease, an interview, a challenge, a joke, a fight....
October 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word releasing my hips
Well, then. As long as we're not talking about dysplasia.... ;-)
It does sound fascinating, though. How did you get into it?
October 12, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word releasing my hips
Well, let's see... *wavery flashback effect*
In my twenties, I wanted to take Yoga at the YMCA, but the class was full, so on a whim I took karate instead. That lasted a few years, and served to get me over my fear of martial arts.
*whirring flash forward effect*
Then, barely in my thirties, after a long spell of not enough physical activity or community, I looked to see what the YMCA was offering, and saw the description for Capoeira. Mispronouncing it horrendously, I read that it was a dance, a fight, and a game, set to its own traditional music. "That sounds gay enough," says I to myself, and I went down to check it out.
It proved addictive. It's curvy and improvisational, where some other martial arts are angular and rigid. It has a vast, expanding history, and draws together lots of vibrant, diverse people from all over.
October 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word releasing my hips
Very cool. Tai chi is about as close as I've come to any of that.
Oh, and thanks for the feature film. :-)
October 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the word releasing my hips
That's cool! Didn't know all that about Capoeira. How is it a game? I've taken a little Aikido and loved it. (When I get some money) I'm going to continue my training in that... but I've always found Capoeira fun to watch, if a little intimidating.
October 12, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word releasing my hips
This guy explains it a lot better than I ever could. I've heard it compared to chess, in that you can execute moves to try and "set up" the person you're playing with, to get them in a vulnerable position. None of the Mestre's I've talked to, or batizados I've been to, have had anything like scorekeeping, time limits, or any claptrap of that sort. But believe me, you know when you've been taken down. Part of the challenge is to be good natured about that. It's simultaneously cooperative and competitive--kinda like some of the wordplay that goes on around here!
October 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the word releasing my hips
That's fascinating stuff. I wasn't aware of the musical connection either... if I read that right, the game can play out aurally as improvised music, like jazz? There's a lot of complexity to Capoeira that I wouldn't have expected from my (lightweight) background in the Asian martial arts.
October 12, 2007
reesetee commented on the word releasing my hips
*running off to read the book*
October 12, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word releasing my hips
Yeah! It's one of those awesome (in the real sense of the word, not the diluted popular) phenomena that seems so simple--and is--and then turns out to be more complex than you'd dreamed.
I don't know if I'd say the music is like jazz--although that's an interesting thought; hopefully I'll think about it some more. I'd have to reread the Nestor Capoeira book, cuz I don't remember what he says about that. But it does guide the game. It kinda calls in the spirits, I think it's safe to say. Plus, the different rhythms (toques) direct the energy in the roda. Certain toques make you play slow, low, and tigerlike, and some make you play high, flying, and, oh, I don't know, songbird-like?
Playing the berimbau has become one of my favorite things.
Here's the website of the school my Professor is affiliated with. Amen Santo gave me the name Pirata.
October 12, 2007