So, to prove that I am a fraud, you use the source
I myself presented to you, and which was previously unknown to you. That is the sign of a genius. However, it is nice to see that you now accept the CEV (and Prof. Vaz) as legitimate sources, by quoting them yourself in order to strengthen your claims. In principle, good job.
Unfortunately, and just like before, you have completely misunderstood and partially mistranslated “your” source. Also just like before, you completely left out all the actually important parts of information therein.
In your defense, I do believe the reasons for this are your stupidity, and your increasing desperation in trying to save face, and not any actually malicious intent.
So let me explain what you are reading and quoting:
What you quoted is the introduction to a long post by Prof. Vaz, which starts off by recapitulating the common myths about Tarraca as spread by Zulu and his son, and as believed by people like you.
He then starts to present some new info on the topic by quoting a statement from a Mestre Bae who, like Prof. Vaz himself, is actually from Maranhao, and has the following to say about Tarraca/Attaracar:
“With regard to the topic ATARRACAR:
I can relay to you the following; since I was a child I have heard of it, as well as almost all of those, who, like me, are from the Maranhão state, a large part of my family is from Viana, Penalva and neighboring municipalities. My family was always focused on raising cattle and fishing in the countryside, when we were children we always screwed around with each other on the edge of the corral or the river and even in the field to see who was stronger, and that because we saw the older ones do too, my grandparents and uncle / grandparents said that this always existed, the name they used to describe these rough-and-tumble activities was ATARRACAR, a term common to several regions of Maranhão for these kinds of activities.
But never have I heard of it referred to as an actual martial art, nor have I ever read such a claim of Attaracar being an actual martial art; it was always just the name given to the way we would try to subdue each other in a playfight. It has never been referred to as a specifically defined martial art because it was based far more on physical strength used to pick each other up and hurl the opponent to the ground.”
Original
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Mestre Baé informa: Com relação ao tema ATARRACAR:
Posso lhe adiantar o seguinte ; desde criança tenho ouvido falar,assim como quase todos que também como eu são da baixada maranhense, grande parte da minha família é de Viana , Penalva e Municípios vizinhos. Minha família sempre foi voltada para criação de gado e pescaria no interior, quando éramos crianças sempre a gente se atarracava um com o outro na beira do curral ou do rio e até no campo para ver quem era melhor de queda e isso porque a gente via os mais velhos fazerem também ,meus avós e tio/avós falavam que isso sempre existiu, o nome ATARRACAR e conhecido em vários interiores do Maranhão mas nunca ouvir dizer que era uma LUTA ou eu tenho lido algo afirmando ser luta, sempre foi o nome dado a forma de nos pegarmos para dar uma queda no outro em um corpo a corpo mais nunca foi denominado como luta até porque era baseada mais na força física e jeito de cada um pegar e arremeçar o outro no chão através de uma queda.
(The post then goes on to talk about several different regional styles of Capoeira and their origins as well as an extinct, actually historical style of indigenous martial arts that was once practiced by the tribes of the Alto-Xingu region, called Huka-Huka. Too bad Zulu was not smart enough to claim this as his style; at least that term refers to an actual martial art which actually existed at one point in time.)
Prof. Vaz ends by thanking the people who wrote to him for their interesting information (because that’s what adults do). This post is from 3.3.2011.
As a reaction, he got another inquiry about Tarraca on 22.03.2011, which is the one I originally posted and in which he condenses all of that info into the simple truth that Zulu,
“In order to justify his peculiar style - brute force - and not to 'belong' to a school of then established Vale Tudo styles,
'invents' the tradition of learned struggle of the Indians, TARRACÁ”.
What makes all of this even funnier is that the literal translation of “attaracar” is simply “to squeeze, to grab, to smother”…
TLDR: Being untrained, and wanting to appear more legit, Zulu invented a fictional martial art of which he and his son were the only heirs. For this fabrication he chose the name Tarraca/Attaracar, which is the term used to describe children and youth playfighting/rough-and-tumbling with each other in the dialect of his native region (and which translates as “to squeeze, to grab, to smother”).
In this sense, Attaracar/Tarraca is indeed a highly accurate description of Zulu’s fighting style
Or to make things even shorter: “Your” source strengthens the validity of my point/the truth.
Concerning the other stuff you wrote, I will try to explain myself as clearly as possible, and I will try to keep my sentences as short as possible:
I do not want to have a conversation with you in Portuguese. I do not want to debate whether prime Zulu could beat prime Ultimate Warrior. I do not want to netflix and chill with Brazilian art movies.
I care about the fact that you are –boisterously, incorrigibly, and incessantly – spreading misinformation and bullshit about our sport on one of its major forums.
You are doing this because you are stupid, and because you have a very high need of validation from others. I am presenting the truths to your lies. Stop constantly spreading bullshit, and I can stop constantly embarrassing you. Or dont - who am I kidding?
