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Learn The Hard Things

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Learning is hard.

Especially on your ow– so many things have to be explored before results are relished. Capoeira is magical, and those who created were magical. It was like learning and teaching calculus before the calculator, a task that seems impossible nowadays. Not that you have create kicks are movements, that part is done for you, but like learning classes and methodologies within computer programming– it’s just the beginning.

Where should the focus on the sequences be?

The question hit watching one of my training videos on IG (@capoeiramaranhao) I was working on combining the meia lua de compasso passado into a dequsiva basica. It wasn’t that there was particular reason for me to mold both of those moments, only that I wanted to work on both at the same time. I figured if I made a sequence, it would be let me do more reps. It worked for a bit.

I moved on to creating a checklist while I played an imaginary opponent. It felt good, felt right, but yet I’m only doing one rep of that movement per training, The focus was on when it would be executing and how it can be done, and typically, it was a movement I could already do fairly well. This isn’t effective if I can’t do the movement. I ended up just throwing myself into advance movements after repping some kicks and other movements.

Which methodology is the best? I don’t know, but there’s only one way I can find out.

I got to try all of them.

Get It Done

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It’s very easy to size up to the people you watch play.

You can see the work they put in, the reps, the time¬- you can see in the control of their movement. You can see in their flow, how each kick and movements transitions into each other. You can you see it in their audiles- changing movements when they need to esquiva or counterattack. It’s amazing.
How do you calculate that time?

The key is to not try to figure out how they did it. Ask, if anything, because they will tell you. It’s not a secret, and they won’t worry that you’ll encroach on their developing, stealing their training methods. They know most people who ask will never put that time in. In most cases, they figured out the time that works for them.
You need to figure out the time that works for you.

You’ll need to do it on your own, just like everyone else. It’s a champion-like mentality, so only a few really get to do something like. It’s not bad to rely on classes, or groups to get your training in order, or to accomplish the movements you’ve been working on- just know that the individual always has the capability to get it done.

So get it done.