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Topic: Reasons to train more often
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Nick 2007-07-22 22:14:54
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#1 Learn how to do a handstand while manaculed (handcuffed)
"Because the slaves were hand manacled, the only real way to fight was with their feet often in a handstand position"
http://members.aol.com/kitecd/karate.htm#CAPOEIRA
# 2 Be called a Capoeira expert http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2004/03/anna_attempts_capoeira.shtml
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Enigma 2007-07-24 12:21:54
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Heh, Capoeira filed under "types of Karate".
Is the BBC article a fair representation of what a beginner's first class is like? Maybe we should ask the beginners...
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Platinado 2007-07-24 12:54:05
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I feel it's a safe bet that the article in question is a fair representation of what a beginner's first class is like when said beginner is a British reporter named Anna...
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