--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Kelly Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A notable exception was Eddie Gordo from Tekken 3. <SNIP!> > See the excellent article on Eddie Gordo from Planet Capoeira. > > http://www.capoeira.com/planetcapoeira/articles/gordo.htm
I'm a little ashamed to admit it, but I play Capoeira now mostly because I was a rabid fan of Tekken 3 and I thought (and still think) Eddy Gordo was the coolest thing since sliced bread. IRL I can *almost* get his Armada-Macaco-Mortal combo and I'm still working on the Armada Dupla - in English, that's Gordo's Standing Spinning Kick, Crouching Back Hand Spring to a Backfip (haven't gotten the backflip down yet) and I'm still working on the flying spinning double leg kick - I can get about 2 feet off the ground right now - course in Capoeira, most people do that kick with the legs going up and over, rather than across. Anyway, along with more Sci Fi featuring Blacks, I'd love to see/help produce a feature film that uses Capoeira as the main fighting art. Only the Strong was decent for its time, but I'd like to see a movie starring someone who actually plays Capoeira and something that's shot in such a way you can see the movements - unlike that travesty Catwoman. What pisses me off about Catwoman is the few Capoeira movements she used (Meia Lua to three Meia Lua de Compasso in the scene where the busts up the diamond robbery) were hidden by blurry, murky MTV-esque moving camera shots (that same issue I had with most of the fights in Batman Begins, ESPECIALLY the fight at the end of the movie in the train where you have two masters fighting each other - at that point in the movie, it was UNFORGIVABLE to have murky camera shots and fast editing). I was really hoping I'd be able to point to Catwoman and say "This is Capoeira, or at least some of the movements in Capoeira" *sigh* ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
