Does this move have a specific name?

moth started this discussion · 8/22/2010

...or is it just a scorpio/inside-leg hang variation? http://localhosthttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/shymahr/pole/yayay.jpg I've seen a few dancers do the same thing but always reckoned it was a bit beyond me - I'm glad I finally worked up the courage to try it myself :] Sorry for the naff picture and the really mismatched outfit - I was just having a play around and didn't expect to catch anything interesting on camera!

13 replies

amy · 8/23/2010
when you grab the foot of the hanging leg it's a "closed" leg hang. so this one would be a closed inside leg hang/scorpio 😀 nice job!
loopielou · 8/23/2010
I love this move, but haven't quite yet had the bottle to bring my body round the pole. I have heard it referred to as a kamikaze before (or something very similar anyway).
LittleC · 8/23/2010
Whatever it is you do it beautifully! What a flexy back! 🤸
moth · 8/23/2010
Thank you! 😀 I love this move, but haven't quite yet had the bottle to bring my body round the pole. I kept losing my grip when I tried it with normal scorpio legs (er, when the inside one is wrapped around the pole, more or less vertical) but it was easy peasy when I stuck my leg out at more of an angle. While I was upside down, it felt like my top leg was so squint it was parallel to the floor but obviously it wasn't quite that bad 😂
RobynPoleDancer · 8/24/2010
Yep this is a Kamikaze. The "closed inside leg hang" has the armpit on the pole still. This one the armpit is unhooked.
RobynPoleDancer · 8/24/2010
I kept losing my grip when I tried it with normal scorpio legs (er, when the inside one is wrapped around the pole, more or less vertical) but it was easy peasy when I stuck my leg out at more of an angle. While I was upside down, it felt like my top leg was so squint it was parallel to the floor but obviously it wasn't quite that bad 😂This ^^^
amy · 8/24/2010
Yep this is a Kamikaze. The "closed inside leg hang" has the armpit on the pole still. This one the armpit is unhooked. it's true that the closed inside leg hang typically has the armpit on the pole, but i'd say this is clearly a variation. this is just my point of view but if you say "closed inside leg hang with no armpit grip" isn't that much more understandable than"kamikaze" (although truly much more of a mouthful)?? and one person's "kamikaze" is another person's "angel". i think it's easier if we try to use descriptive names in pole wherever possible! ok, end rant! 😉
RobynPoleDancer · 8/24/2010
Yep this is a Kamikaze. The "closed inside leg hang" has the armpit on the pole still. This one the armpit is unhooked. it's true that the closed inside leg hang typically has the armpit on the pole, but i'd say this is clearly a variation. this is just my point of view but if you say "closed inside leg hang with no armpit grip" isn't that much more understandable than"kamikaze" (although truly much more of a mouthful)?? and one person's "kamikaze" is another person's "angel". i think it's easier if we try to use descriptive names in pole wherever possible! ok, end rant! 😉OK I wanna apologise, I was speed-reading a bit, and missed the "with no armpit grip". Sorry.
joni1 · 8/26/2010
I have heard this called THE BRIDGED SCORPIO.
RobynPoleDancer · 8/26/2010
I have heard this called THE BRIDGED SCORPIO. I would call it bridged if you were pushing out from the pole itself. Like this: http://www.triagedesign.co.uk/wikipole/index.php5?title=Bridged_Inside_Leg_Hang
EVamp83 · 8/27/2010
I agree! Bridged is a different scorpio variation. Oona Kivelä does a beautiful bridged scorpio at 2:27 in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gebtdTxD3RQ
AliciaPolerina · 8/28/2010
I always called it scorpio ankle grab(sawit somewhere called this!) But Fleur called it scorpio contortion which is what I call it because I feel like a contortionist when I do it lol
vickiezoo · 8/29/2010
I heard it called the Taylor. 🐱 🐱