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This is a really tricky movement. For training purposes I suggest you get yourself a partner who can give you support. Face your friend ; both of you should grab each others arm (see pic: right arm to right arm). Now start as if you tried an Au (cartwheel). Once you are 'airborne', twist your body a little bit upwards.. fold your first leg towards your face and don't worry about the other one at first. If you keep a firm grip on your partner's forearm (and vice versa), you can train this move with great efficiency. I strongly recommend (as for all other movements too) practising the move in both directions. Cocorinha: A way of avoiding circular kicks at a close distance. You duck below the kick and lift the arm on the side the kick comes from, thus protecting your head (Lift it higher than the man on the right!). The other hand touches the ground and gives you balance. Make sure your entire soles have contact with the floor; else you could easily be pushed over. And keep eye-contact. Queda de Tres: While the Cocorinha is employed mainly in Regional, Angoleiros favor the Queda de Tres instead. You crouch on your toes and put one hand diagonally behind for better balance. Unlike the Cocorinha, the Queda de Tres requires you to turn your body away from the partner a little bit (the scribble on the right shows the move viewed from the front). The remaining hand protects the head from kicks that come from the side which are more likely to occur in Capoeira Angola than in Capoeira Regional. You can shift your weight over your supporting hand and lean away from the other Jogador if he comes too close; or you can go into Queda de Rins, Tesoura Angola, Negativa, Rolê to to keep the game flow smooth. Queda de Quatro: The Queda de Quatro is a way of dodging kicks and typical for Capoeira Angola. Let's assume your partner launches a Rabo de Arraia at you and you decide to evade with a Queda de Tres (described above). You go along with the kick when your friend suddenly changes legs and performs the Rabo de Arraia in the opposite direction, aiming directly at your face. To perform the Qdea de Quatro you glide gracefully backwards onto your hands (coming from the Queda de Tres) and walk away on your hands until your legs are stretched. From there on you can do the Rolê, cross your stretched legs and attack with a Rabo de Arraia, move forward again and carefully get up etc. Always remember that you may never touch the floor with your bottom.
Negativa (Stance): Very important because of the vast range of follow ups; you can rolê away, go into Au/Head/ Handstand, do a Macaco, attack with an S-Dobrado, Martelo or Meia Lua de Compasso, change orientation, retreat, close in,... Basically it's a way of avoiding kicks (see Cocorinha) but can be done for its own sake as well. You can drop into the Negativa from the Ginga, from an Au, a Queda de Rins, whatever, just keep it fluid. You have one leg bent and your weight should be balanced on its football. The other leg is stretched (or only little bent), with the toes pointing to the side. That's for reasons of safety, because if someone kicks at or falls onto your knee with your foot pointing upwards your leg could get broken in a very nasty way.. Gain better balance by touching the ground with the one hand on the side of your stretched leg. The other leg can protect the head if necessary. This kind of the Negativa is fundamental to Capoeira play in general. However, there's a variant that is used exclusively in Capoeira Angola... The Negativa Angola shows all trademarks of a classic Angola: you are bent really deep down, both feet and both hands touch the ground but everything else floats closely above. Coming from the Ginga you step parallel and move down, similar to the Cocorinha (feet are a bit further apart). Now 'flow' to one side, in the direction the incoming kick goes. Shortly before your head touches the floor you have stop the movement and remain in this position. Your one hand gives support in front of your chest, the other hand behind your back. Looks like a pushup where you have your body twisted to one side. The leg on the upper side is stretched, the other leg is bent. Try to touch the floor only with both of your hands and your feet, but do it as deep as possible. To come back into Ginga, do everthing in the opposite direction. When you're down in the Negativa Angola and your partner is standing rather close to you, exchange the position of your feet. This is a great setup for a Rabo de Arraia (Meia Lua de Compasso with both hands on the ground). Scroll down to the rolê or the Meia Lua de Compasso to see how the movement continues after the the third image. The lower leg of your bent leg travels forward so your leg gets stretched. From here on you have all the rolê move variations at your disposal, look up the item below for reference. Negativa Angola into Headstand-Au. If you are down in the Negativa, pull yourself a little forward with your hands. Put your head in upright position down on the floor (strain on neck). Now try to push/pull yourself over into headstand and get down on the other side; it should resemble a very deep Au with the head on the ground. Try to do it very slowly in training so you learn to control it better.
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