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From standing, place your hands on the ground and kick your legs over your body in a cartwheel motion, maintaining a lookout for opponents.

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Role

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Drop your shoulder towards the ground and tuck your head as you roll across your back from one shoulder to the opposite hip.

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Vingativa

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From Negativa, grab your opponent’s ankle with one hand while your other hand remains on the ground, use your back leg to kick out their support leg.

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Esquiva Lateral

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From the Ginga, step laterally and lower your body by bending the knees, moving your head out of the line of attack while keeping your eyes on the opponent.

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Pisão

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Deliver a downward stomping kick with the heel, aimed at the opponent’s foot or knee to disrupt their balance or stance.

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Aú Sem Mão

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Execute an aú (cartwheel) movement without the use of hands, relying on core strength and momentum to spin the body sideways through the air.

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Parafuso

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Perform a turning jump kick resembling a screw motion, where one leg kicks while the other tucks, spinning through the air to strike head-level.

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Chibata

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Swing one leg around from the back to the front in a low arcing motion, aiming to strike your opponent at the calf level.

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Volta por Cima

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When your opponent aims a low kick, leap over it with both legs, using your hands for support on the floor if necessary.

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Ginga

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Start in a parallel stance, then step one foot back and swing arms in the opposite direction of your back foot. Alternate sides to maintain dynamic movement.

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Rasteira

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From Ginga, step closer to your opponent, sweep their front or back foot with your own foot, targeting their ankle to unbalance them.

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Cocorinha

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Crouch low to the ground, tuck your head, and cover it with your forearms and hands to protect against high kicks or descending strikes.

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Queixada

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From the Ginga position, pivot on your front foot bringing your back leg across the body in a crescent motion towards your opponent's face.

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Meia Lua de Compasso

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Start in the Ginga stance, sweep your back leg forward in a wide circular motion while dropping your body down and placing one hand on the floor for stability.

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Tesoura

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Get in close proximity to your opponent, wrap your legs around one of theirs and twist your body to take them down.

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Ponte

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Lie on your back and push off with your feet and hands to lift your body into an arched bridge position, hips up, and head looking backward.

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Negativa

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From standing, lower your body to a crouching position on one leg, extending the other leg forward and placing your hands on the floor for defense.

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Armada

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Starting from Ginga, step forward then pivot on your front foot, swinging your back leg in a powerful circular motion at head level.

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Macaco

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Squat down, place one hand behind you on the ground, lift off with your legs and kick up and over to land back on your feet.

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Cabeçada

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Approach the opponent with a low body position and execute a forward head butt aimed at their chest or face.

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Tornado

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Leap off one leg, twist the body in mid-air, and throw a roundhouse kick with the other leg, rotating like a tornado.

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Queda de Quatro

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Drop down onto all fours, with one leg cocked to kick out attackers, and the other leg's knee and hands on the ground for support.

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Banda

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Approach the opponent, fake a kick, and then use your inner thigh or shin to sweep both their feet from under them.

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Galopante

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Approach the opponent and deliver a powerful sideways palm strike to their ear or side of the face, using the full swing of your arm.

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Pião de Mão

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Place one hand on the ground, kick up with one leg to initiate a spin, and maneuver the other leg to create a sustained spinning motion, resembling a hand spin.

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S-dobrado

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Initiate a forward movement from a crouched position, then swing one leg in a semi-circular motion to the side to confuse or strike the opponent.

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Esquiva Baixa

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Lower your body from Ginga by bending your legs and leaning to the side, moving underneath or past an incoming high attack.

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Esquiva de Frente

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Take a step forward and bend the front knee while pulling the torso back and away from an attack, maintaining a stance to counter quickly.

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Movimentação

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Consists of various movement patterns to create strategic angles of attack or defense; includes stepping, dodging, and fake-outs.

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Meia Lua de Frente

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Begin with your feet shoulder-width apart, swing your rear leg in a half-moon shape across your body toward an opponent's head.

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Martelo

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From the Ginga, lift your back leg and pivot on your front foot, striking with the top part of your foot or shin.

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Benção

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Start in Ginga and use your back leg to push forward and strike with the sole of your foot into the opponent's torso.

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Chapa

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Execute a fast and straight side kick directed towards the opponent’s torso or thigh, pushing with the flat of the foot.

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Meia Lua de Compasso Rodado

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Perform a Meia Lua de Compasso with an added spinning motion, placing the hands on the ground and rotating the body 360 degrees before the kick.

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Abaixar

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Quickly lower your body to the ground to dodge an incoming strike, maintaining readiness to spring back up for a counter-move.

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