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Inverted V to Handspring
I swear I heard or saw somewhere that you can go from an inverted V, move your inside hand low (without touching the pole with your legs i.e. no outside leg hang), and then push out to a handspring. But when I try, it seems impossible. I either hook my outside leg/ankle or I contact with my inside thigh to stabilize as I move my hand down. Does anyone have advice????
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Hm-I have never seen or thought of trying that. I know you can push out into a twisted grip aysha from reverse aysha.
It seems possible….!
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I think I may have seen this from a shoulder mount but not from in inverted V. There is going to be too much twisting and repositioning of the upper body to do it from a baseball grip (at least in my opinion).
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This is definitely a thing! You need handspring/aysha top hand to be what is your outside hand on your straddle invert. Make sure your hips are really high, by the pole and your hands so that when you take the inside hand off the balance stays right.
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Thanks, Robyn! I’m going to try that and see how it goes. Whenever I get this move, there will be video:)
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I simply cannot picture this in my head, but I am absolutely intrigued! Please post a video when you get it! 🙂
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I agree with Robyn- if you think about the one handed meathook but with legs straddled either side of the pole it should free up one hand to manoever into a handspring.
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Robyn and mizzli seem to be suggesting two different handsprings, as in the first one the inside arm will be the low arm and in the second one it will be the opposite (at least when I do the meathook I will hold the pole with my inside hand).
I haven’t tried any of the two transitions, but I assume that in the on from the inverted V, the big difficulty will be that the inside shoulder will have to move from being in front of the pole to behind it.
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The whole point for me is getting into a move where you can have one arm free to put at the bottom of the pole whilst keeping your bum and legs in the air without the need to hook a leg and pushing out into a handspring. I suppose you would end up into a reverse ayesha but can still straighten out into a handspring.
There are other transition points but that is how I would do it…
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This is fun, I’ll try to make a video later!
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@RobynPoleDancer – look forward to seeing it! 🙂
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WOW!!!!
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Ah, yes! Just saw it on FB. That’s the most perfect invert I’ve ever seen.
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Very cool, I like it! I did something similar a few years back, it’s an invert into a SG straight edge. I used my leg lightly to assist in the transition but I think it could be done without the leg touching at all. I’m gonna try it the next time I practice! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Siso8Pl0WRY
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Wow–that’s AWESOME, Robyn Pole Dancer!
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How have we never seen or done this before?! Looks awesome, Robyn.
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Such a cool move!!!
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Frickin Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for the demo video! Now that I know it can be done, I am even more obsessed with nailing this move!
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Yay, I did it!!! Thanks for sharing this!
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I gave it a modest try yesterday and taking that inside hand off and move it seemed about impossible. But today, just now, I tried it again and actually succeeded in moving the hand down! I failed in pushing out, but I had to quit practising. Next time hopefully I’ll nail the whole thing 🙂 I saw yours on FB Veena, looked fab.
Thanks for inspo and don’t give up if you tried and failed!
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I love my Midwest friends. I posed a challenge to my old pole peeps and I get this on my FB account this evening. And yes, that is David!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202192400067924
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That was awesome, Chemmie!!
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Thanks Lina! I think I was able to do it right away because I had done a similar transition (in the video I posted to this link) a few years back. I just had to focus on not letting my leg hook!! I’m sure you’ll get it.
How fun Chem, I missed this challenge on fb!
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I was always an “instigator” in Cleveland and would email my jam group with stuff we were going to work on or try or just gawk at. Since I left the Monday night lunacy has ceased but I still email them with new stuff every once in a while, so it was not posted publicly but in an email. I had also posted it to the NC group that I belong to now and Dakota Fox posted a video to the group last night. This has been fun! And, no, I cannot do an inverted split grip so this is out for me….at least for now.
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