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#capoeira batizado summary: Our annual batizado finished! Thursday and Friday were workshops, Saturday was the batizado, Sunday was a blessing and roda at the new space.

I met a lot of new people, re-met and got better acquainted with other people, felt like I was hugging people frequently. Got direct feedback from Mestra to not wear shoes and focus on fixing my feet instead, as well as maintaining a solid base and balance so I can react faster. Also I got a surprise instructor cord.

Mar 30 at 3:35pmWeb
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People keep saying "Congratulations INSTRUCTOR Urso" to me and it still feels weird. It makes sense to promote me because I've been teaching classes, and it means the people who just got my previous belt aren't the same level as me, but I'm sort-of jokingly saying to people "I guess NOW I have to learn to play capoeira."

I felt very welcomed by the mestres after the cord reveal, like "Welcome to the club, New Guy." Not that they weren't nice before, but there's a noticeable shift.

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