| Now we join Mark as he does more specific capoeira training under the guidance of his capoeira maestro (teacher). He practices spin kicks on a pad, skip rope, punches and kicks on the bag. In the next scene, we see Mark at the gymnasium stretching out. He talks in detail about the intensive, gruelling workouts he regularly does: "I think without some ah...gymnastics background there's no way I could have done any capoeira this fast, definitely not. I mean just to do a handstand most people need a month or 6 to get that down. In capoeira, everything is, you're either on your hands or flipping in the air doing split kicks or something and ah, fortunately for gymnastics -do a lot of that as well . The thing that's different is, in gymnastics at least on the floor, you have a springboard floor, you have the mat, the cushion to do the fancy tricks. In capoeira you're doing it on pavement, on hardwood floor. I've got the technique, my feet are still trying to learn how to cushion themselves! It's hard, it's hard, but definitely the gymnastics has been a great advantage, no doubt. I started taking private lessons in capoeira about 3 months ago and that's 4-5 times a week and hour and a half to two hours a day, and it's just one-on-one with the instructor and myself Amen Santo. And it's gruelling! I mean he has me doing cartwheels, cartwheels and flips and all the kicks on hardwood floor, so I do that, you know, 4-5 times a week. I do my weight workout in the mornings, I start ... |
