But still, can do the exercises that will help me get to the point where I can do them at home, but was told to do stretches for at least 15 minutes first.

much theirs really was them. There's something really special when a group gives you a nickname that not only shows acceptance of who you are but celebrates that too.

Apparently you can't do text with a picture unless it's alt text which is annoying. Anyway, this was the end of the two day Capoeira event after several of us were given our Capoeira nicknames. Mine is Panda, which I am so delighted about. The others seemed happy about theirs too. One was saying how

And a trans woman has just been there this week for the second time, there have been NB people there, more women are there. Also none of them are white middle aged men, while in every other school I have gone to about half the students were.

There is definitely a very different culture. For example I only just worked out who is the most senior teacher after going there for four months, because he doesn't have that attitude. I'm not calling him the head of the school or anything because it clearly doesn't work that way.

This reminds me of how I realised recently that there were only just over 30 years between the end of WW2 and my birth, and I am now significantly older than that.