表面への円形機関車庫 (Roundhouse to the Face)
Once upon a time, when MaryAnn was here in Okinawa by her lonesome and I was back home nursing a horribly broken wrist, she used to go to capoeira classes at the island's only capoeira school, Capoeira Academy Okinawa. Capoeira is an Afro-Brazillian martial art that looks more like a choreographed dance than a legitimate way to kick ass. That's because it was invented by slaves several hundred years ago. Learning techniques that would one day help you whip your master's ass was frowned upon. Good thing those slaves knew well enough to disguise their vicious, ass annihilating techniques with a bunch of cartwheels and monkey flips.
She stopped going not long after I arrived in Okinawa, but recently picked it back up again. I was lucky enough to go with her this past Monday to experience everything first hand. The verdict? Capoeira is no joke, son. I'm a blue belt in Tae Kwon Do, but nothing I ever did in that compared to the capoeira class. Capoeira requires a ton of upper body strength, not to mention balance and the ability not to puke as you're delivering spin kick after spin kick after spin kick. But why read a bunch of nonsensical ranting when you can watch a video instead!
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