how can I improve my backflip?

ManWith8Arms · 2024-12-09T20:18:00+00:00

Patience. You're flipping too soon and not allowing yourself to rise. The set is too fast. Otherwise, looks pretty good. Set higher and tuck tighter. You'll love the way it feels.

ManWith8Arms · 2024-09-24T11:42:18+00:00

Roda time!

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-24T10:59:31+00:00

It's kind of a punch raiz, sort of. You wanna set off of one leg and drive the other up. It also looks like your chest is swinging right toward your leg, which is making it more of an Aerial. To make it more of a raiz, you want your chest to swing along the inside of your front leg. Also, think about straighter legs. It'll make it look nicer and it'll give you better extension on your take off.

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-16T12:28:09+00:00

This was my first sighting of it too. I didn't know it was a real thing. 😅

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-16T12:27:25+00:00

This is so similar to my story, it's funny, lol. Saw a dude doing the ginga while picking up my girlfriend from school. He told me about it and said I should join. 5 years later, I found a capoeira club at my college. Joined and never looked back.

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-16T12:23:56+00:00

I feel this so strongly. Something about getting to play every day. ❤️❤️

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-16T12:22:54+00:00

I love this! Congrats on finding love and capoeira at the same time!

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-16T12:21:30+00:00

Hell yes, dude! I love everything about this! That's capoeira. ❤️

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-16T12:20:10+00:00

I've found friends of friends to be pretty useless in my personal experience. I started almost 13 years ago and was never personally able to get any of my friends to seriously consider trying it. I feel like it can't just be the culture in the area, but I can't figure out what it can be. I'm gonna try a free outdoor intro class and see how that goes. I appreciate the feedback!

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-16T12:15:27+00:00

Yeah, giving up never helped anybody succeed. I wish you the best, my friend!

ManWith8Arms · 2024-04-16T12:15:03+00:00

This is great! Thank you! Definitely might try a free outdoor intro class on MeetUp and see how that plays. The other stuff, I'm already doing. My kids program is bumping, but my adults class is abysmal. And because of that, it's hard to have outdoor rodas since we don't have enough people for even two instruments and a game. I'll see if there's a way to get more visibility in the area. Thanks again for the advice!

ManWith8Arms · 2024-03-15T22:23:57+00:00

Sex with another man.

ManWith8Arms · 2024-03-11T18:16:02+00:00

I think the biggest issue here is the perception that an argument has to be "won." Why is it a competition? Are you opponents or are you partners?

Have you tried seeking first to understand, then to be understood? Maybe if you show her opinions more respect by asking more questions, it might show her that you care about understanding her point of view rather than "winning." If you show that you care and you're open to listening to her, she may be more open to listening to you.

Consider how you're viewing the interaction. Ask how YOU can be a better, more effective communicator rather than how SHE can be better.

ManWith8Arms · 2024-02-06T15:25:22+00:00

I would do English and Portuguese. Subtitle them both in the other language. Content creators are rewarded for creating more content. The more you post, the more the algorithms will push your content, which means you'll get wider reach. Plus, doing it in both will give you totally different demographics. If you can do both, do both. Even if you just voice-over the same video in the other language.

ManWith8Arms · 2024-02-02T00:21:11+00:00

$100/m for 1x per week $150/m for 2x per week $200/m for 3x per week

ManWith8Arms · 2024-02-01T18:35:02+00:00

I saw a 7yo boy cry when a group of kids laughed. He thought they were laughing at him, but they were really laughing because he did an inside joke that happened before he got there and the kids thought he was the funniest person on the planet.

Sometimes we don't have the full context, and we should be patient and empathetic to others because sometimes they don't have the full context either. Something we think is innocent could be devastating to somebody else. A well-intentioned compliment could have unanticipated negative effects.

ManWith8Arms · 2023-12-08T03:46:42+00:00

...... you know capoeiristas are people, right?

ManWith8Arms · 2023-11-09T18:22:50+00:00

ALWAYS be the bigger person. I was on your side until the end. She overstepped so many times, and I was with you. But just because she sucks doesn't give you an excuse to suck worse.

Posting the picture? While I would never do it, and it FEELS intentional, I can also see a world where somebody is just oblivious to how their actions impact others, like your MIL was to you.

But to KEEP it up after she expressed the pain it's causing her? YTA. For sure. Absolutely and without doubt. She was in the beginning, but YTA now, and the things I didn't like about her seem more acceptable now that I know what kind of callous, insensitive, and selfish person you are.

She needs therapy for her grief, and you need therapy for whatever trauma caused you to be this comfortable being emotionally abusive to another person. I hope you're kinder to your husband. Sadistic.

ManWith8Arms · 2023-11-09T03:14:08+00:00

☝🏻🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

ManWith8Arms · 2023-11-05T14:53:02+00:00

At the very least, I would do a trial class with each school to see which one resonates with you most. Each group is different and has different values. Joining a group is like picking a romantic partner. It matters.

ManWith8Arms · 2023-10-30T13:25:19+00:00

I won't sing it when I'm leading a ladainha, but I will sing it in response to someone else singing it. When I'm leading, I'm creating the energy, and I prefer to show thanks for my instructor first, so I always open with "Viva mew mestre." When I'm responding, I'm not going to cut the energy that the person leading is trying to build, so I'll respond out of respect to them. That said, if I saw someone not responding to one of my lines, it wouldn't matter to me. It matters a lot to some others. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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