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Is Capoeira hard on your wrists?

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It is. When I started I remember having some issues with wrists and elbow because of extensive cart wheel and handstand training. Even worse are movements like “Queda de rins” (kidney fall) or any other kind of falls. (Queda de três, Queda de quatro). read more

When training Capoeira I think it's important when you put weight on your wrists that you keep the forearm perpendicular to the floor. Also, it can be really helpful to strength train with apparatus that allow you to hold your weight without opening your hand. read more

Then I suddenly started to have wrist pain in my right wrist for about 1-2 weeks in Oct 2010. It came on suddenly. It hurt on the top/back side of my wrist, and it grew to the point where it hurt to even dig around in my purse to find my keys because of the motions. read more

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