Capoeira - Maripusa, Butterfly twist, Parafuseta

[trans. Little twist] This sweet aerial acrobatic originates from Kung-Fu where it is called a butterfly twist and those guys do a lot of variations, into splits, 540 falling onto your front and even doubles! Capoeira variates mostly the entrance, here a young member of Grupo Engenho da Bahia, Salvador peforms a fast 360 twist. It can also be done straight from meia-lua de compasso which would keep it more 'in the game'.

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• Capoeira

[MaxBMWillian]

wow the most beautiful mariposa I've ever seen!

[Openmind117]

No lie, that was really good.

[theolevy]

im brazilian, and my eglish is terrible. but i just wanted to say that you spelled maiposa wrong

[kmde666]

This is different from the Fruit Picker/Envergado/Double Leg/Armada Dupla right?

[BboyTheoryz]

no its not there no crescent kick at the peak of rotation....

[vereuson7]

cool

[CaptainRed]

oh yeah. Cause of what the back leg is doing right?

[Bladed0edge0razor]

really?

[Taither]

It's actually a Shiruken Twist, which is cooler and harder than B-Twist.

[hermanator123]

wow!