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Aú exercises

 - Stop the aú in a handstand, or aú up, stop it, and come back down in the same direction
 - Place your hands on the ground and aú first in one direction, then the other, leaving your hands on the ground the whole time 
 - Do small, protected aús, with your legs tucked, knees drawn in to your chest
 - Aú and do a small pushup in the middle of it (while you're in the handstand)
 - Aú and do a small hop in the middle of it 
 - Aú in a circle around an object: trains you to circle the other player, and continue to look at them
 - Throw the aú as a kick, with your legs out in front of you rather than straight up. This generates a lot of angular momentum, so it can be helpful to spin at the end after you land
 - Aú directly into a negativa - rolé
 - Role into an aú
 - Benção and then bring the kicking foot back and kick it up into an aú without touching it down
 - Do an armada to, for example, the left, then sweep your leg back and up at the end of it and aú to the right
 - Aú up and then "rock" back and forth, shifting weight from hand to hand, and picking up the hand without the weight on it. Terrific for developing control in the aú and while upside down
 - Aú de cabeca: do an aú with your head on the ground
 - Aú giratoria: spin during the aú
 - Aú de frente: twist your body 1/4 turn mid-aú so that you end facing forward in your direction of motion (opposite of a roundoff)
 - Aú de costas: let your hand go down behind you and fall backwards into an aú