lashaun: most probably, i mean you can lime without beer. anthony: what about the rum? i haven t had any rum here. how does one drink rum here and which rum should i be drinking? does one drink on the rocks or mixed? lashaun: so one drinks it with coke. anthony: with coke?!? lashaun: yeah rum and coke. anthony: but the rum is supposed to be really, really good here. what do i want to mess it up with coke for? okay we ve established what liming is what s whining? lashaun: the technical term is the sick abduction of the hips. and it s a style of dance and if you re not used to the culture you don t understand what it means. you can interpret it the wrong way. when you see it for the first time, you can think it s seductive. you can think it s sexual. but people can whine on each other and not really mean anything. i can whine on you and it doesn t mean i want to take you home you know. it s something that s really about freedom and expression of self and it s something that
rondel: this martial art based on our research is maybe 500, 600 years old. keegan: stick fighting variations occur throughout the caribbean but in trinidad and tobago it s like deep in their blood. anthony: this martial art was illegal for many, many years yes? keegan: yeah. anthony: i mean certainly during slavery times it was illegal. rondel: to this date i believe there are still laws on our books that ban this stick and if you re caught with it you can go to jail. anthony: the laws of slavery times forced this sport underground. like capoeira, it often has to be disguised as a dance, but this ain t no dance. rondel: the guys with the whip and the guys with the stick were all the guys saying you have not broken us. we will continue to resist till the ends of time.
500/600 years old. keegan: stick fighting variations occur throughout the caribbean but in trinidad and tobago it s like deep in their blood. anthony: this martial art was illegal for many, many years yes? keegan: yeah. anthony: i mean certainly during slavery times it was illegal. rondel: to this date i believe there are still laws on our books that ban this stick and if you re caught with it you can go to jail. anthony: the laws of slavery times forced this sport underground. like capoeira, it often has to be disguised as a dance, but this ain t no dance. rondel: the guys with the whip and the guys with the stick were all the guys saying you have not broken us. we will continue to resist till the ends of time. anthony: rondel benjamin and keegan taylor studied fighting styles from around the world
caribbean but in trinidad and tobago it s like deep in their blood. anthony: this martial art was illegal for many, many years yes? keegan: yeah. anthony: i mean certainly during slavery times it was illegal. rondel: to this date i believe there are still laws on our books that ban this stick and if you re caught with it you can go to jail. anthony: the laws of slavery times forced this sport underground. like capoeira, it often has to be disguised as a dance, but this ain t no dance. rondel: the guys with the whip and the guys with the stick were all the guys saying you have not broken us. we will continue to resist till the ends of time. anthony: rondel benjamin and keegan taylor studied fighting styles from around the world
anthony: what about the rum? i haven t had any rum here. how does one drink rum here and which rum should i be drinking? does one drink on the rocks or mixed? lashaun: so one drinks it with coke. anthony: with coke?!? lashaun: yeah rum and coke. anthony: but the rum is supposed to be really, really good here. what do i want to mess it up with coke for? okay we ve established what liming is what s whining? lashaun: the technical term is the sick abduction of the hips. and it s a style of dance and if you re not used to the culture you don t understand what it means. you can interpret it the wrong way. when you see it for the first time, you can think it s seductive. you can think it s sexual. but people can whine on each other and not really mean anything. i can whine on you and it doesn t mean i want to take you home you know. it s something that s really about freedom and expression of self and it s something that crosses ages and races, ethnicities, especially