How to Passa Pe in Brazilian Capoeira Martial Arts

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"GRADUADO ADVOGADO: Hi, my name is Advogado on behalf of expert village. We're going to talk about a basic kick in capoeira today called passa pe. A lot of capoeira groups call this kick also Meia Lua de Frente. The way I was taught is call it passa pe. That's what I call it still. Passe pe is a basic--you want to think of it--it's like a windshield wiper kick. Okay? A windshield wiper goes over and it comes right back where it came from and it goes over again and comes right back where it came from. Passa pe is no different from that. So we're going to kick passa pe with the right foot. To do that, you start with your left foot back, heels off the floor again. Left arm is up to protect your face. It's your weak side. Okay? From here, you want to step to base, the base position. Your feet are nice and wide, so your head is low. You're kind of in a deep stance or a nice little base position to keep your center of gravity low and your base wide. From here, your hands are up to protect your face. You're going to go ahead and take your right foot off the floor. Straighten the right leg and you're going to kick all the way across the front of your body. You would be striking with your instep or the inside part of your foot. Once the kick goes across, you're going to put it back down right where it came from and your left leg is going to go back into the ginga. And from there, you go right back to the ginga. "