It is an important nuance to prepare players to put their bodies on the enemy in a skillful yet forceful way, yet teach them not to get so angry when the enemy returns the favor that the teenager overreacts and turns a hipcheck or high elbow into a straight jab.
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Mr. Mayet also co-curated (with Brooklyn filmmaker Olivia Wyatt and music critic Byron Coley) this seven-film series, which coincides with Saturday's "Mic Check, " a Brooklyn Academy of Music concert program spotlighting hip-hop artists from North Africa and the Middle East.