MilienElayne started this discussion ·
Mystery Move! Did cupid to...someone tell me... http://ver3.studioveena.com/lessons/view/3168 http://localhosthttp://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs430.ash1/23812_333940899648_506809648_2996549_5805728_n.jpg
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EVamp83 ·
Nice!! Haven't seen that one before. It kinda looks like a (half) marley, but with the lower hip in front of the pole! It might not have a name yet. I'd say, call it a Mili Marley 😉 lol But anywho, it looks pretty! 👍
I should go to grab the other ankle too, see if that works. Feels so secure. Like the ridiculous flip up too? 😂
EVamp83 ·
Lol, I hadn't even noticed the flip-up 😂 . I'd imagine there is a more graceful way to get out of it 😉
Lol, could go back to a cupid then into a Butterfly.... hmmm, can I get back into a cupid?! Ok, so this needs more work.
EVamp83 ·
Would it be an option to use the same flip up as from brass monkey? Idk. Might be diff. when you come from the other side of the pole.. 🤔
That was what I was attempting cause I always go into a foot hook from a Brass Monkey. Didn't quite work. Ha ha. Will try again tomorrow in my private lesson, if I have time.
Bellz ·
That looks really cool!! I can't wait to try it!
Looks similar to one I think Jenyne called Jasmine, but the no hands version. Only difference I see is that your back leg is bent and not straight. You can flip into superman from this position. Mindy
Video link for the jasmine you're talking about? A superman from this modified marley?!!! That would be so crazy cool. I can't see how though. Someone show me! Damn, I need someone my level or above to pole jam with!
Charley ·
it looks like similar to the flying cupid (wikipole). I do this move and conisder it a half marley or closed gemini.
Ok, I need a better photo of me doing this not in black and from different angles, but I did put the vid up, I believe! Flying Cupid drops the leg behind the pole, this drops the leg in front and has no other contact points besides the knee pit. How do you get out of it, Charley?
Video link for the jasmine you're talking about? A superman from this modified marley?!!! That would be so crazy cool. I can't see how though. Someone show me! Damn, I need someone my level or above to pole jam with! Oops -- I just watched your video, and now I see your free leg is in FRONT of the pole! The Jasmine one has your free leg behind the pole. Since you have the pole btwn your legs, you can flip from Jasmine to superman. I wish I could post a video!! Hopefully I'll have a new camera soon. 😀 Mindy
I've seen PhillyJess do this move, or something very similar, a few times. You should look up her vids for good ins and outs to it...it works really pretty as an aerial move and you could swing down into a split grip jacknife by just flexing the legs forward. That said, I can't do it, but I wish I could, it looks like a really awesome way to aerial transition.
Found it. :40 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxcPIP-rtbQ
Poledanceromance, that's a Double Brass Monkey. I can Brass Monkey (haven't tried a double yet) and the grip and body positioning feels totally different. I even tried doing a normal foot hook up to get out of it, which is how I abort a Brass Monkey and it went really weird, as you can see at the end of the vid. I can't even wrap my mind around it to explain, but this grip feels and moves differently for me. I should take another vid on spin (eek, not tried these on spin before) for better angles and I'll do my Brass Monkey afterwards, which I believe even hangs off the same leg, which should make it easier to wrap my head around and visualise. In the meantime, photos: Here's this move again: http://localhosthttp://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs430.ash1/23812_333940899648_506809648_2996549_5805728_n.jpg And here's a pic of my Brass Monkey: http://localhosthttp://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs087.snc3/15450_208266084648_506809648_2589339_26962_n.jpg Ooh, that's better, now I can see it pretty clearly. My knee is on the other side of the pole entirely in a Brass Monkey and my body is all the way to the side whereas in this move it's in front of the pole. Here's a Marley pic from WikiPole: http://localhosthttp://www.triagedesign.co.uk/wikipole/images/thumb/b/b6/Marley.jpg/800px-Marley.jpg Marley looks like a Flying Cupid with a bent leg and holding both ankles, so again, that would be with the unhooked leg behind the pole, whereas this is in front (see vid, pic isn't clear). So, maybe not classifying this as a Marley, but you could get into it from a Marley passing through a Cupid. What's a half Marley, Charley? So in my mind, we're back to square one...WHAT IS THIS?
sable ·
Deep knee hang maybe?
Better photo for you: http://localhosthttp://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs439.snc3/25236_340199514648_506809648_3013336_5267678_n.jpg I did do a vid, cupid to this crazy monkey knee hang thingy then getting back into a cupid and going into a marley... but it is so so bad. Need to practice it, this was the first attempt, but I have work tomorrow and a workshop with PANTERA! Maybe I am just getting more fussy, but I am hating the way I move right now. http://ver3.studioveena.com/lessons/view/3203
I'm going to go with 'Reverse Funky Monkey', I reckon, until someone can tell me what it is. 😀
Oh, sorry Sable, didn't see your reply. Is deep knee hang a move you've seen? Do you have a photo/vid? Or was it a name suggestion?
Dayanara ·
Alethea calls this a double Marley, your leg is in a Marley position, not a monkey positon, here’s a picture of it….she is not holding her foot because well…she’s bad ass like that. LOL. Look for the her video of her performing at the LA pole show, she does it then. This picture is from that performance. http://thumbsnap.com/v/q9Oduuap.jpg
EVamp83 ·
LOL @ badass like that 😀 and so true btw But seriously, isn't that one the same position as double brass monkey? http://localhosthttp://www.triagedesign.co.uk/wikipole/images/thumb/c/c8/Doublebrassmonkey.jpg/200px-Doublebrassmonkey.jpg
Dayanara ·
OHHHHH, looking at it from the other side, it is a double brass monkey, but from the other side...looks like a Marley, oh well, let's settle this, if you're not holding your foot is a double brass monkey, if you are holding your foot then it's a double marley, sound good? LMAO!!!
Settled 😂 although I do find it interesting that you seem to be hanging in a way that defies the laws of physics. You say it feels secure....but I just keep picturing myself forcefully making out with my floor. 😂
deetron ·
well it is deffo not a brass monkey, double (brass) monkey, jasmine, or marley!! I say call it reverse marley or reverse brass monkey! cool!
Veena ·
I"m a simple minded girl... 🌸 I just call the last pic a double knee hook. And the first one Hmmm...a Knee hook variation or something along that line. One thing....Please be careful if your performing any of these moves by holding on to your foot...It puts a LOT of force on your knee, not good. You should wait until your strong enough to perform these moves without the help of your hand pulling on the foot. Use those Hamstrings. 💪 If you find you need a little help at first... hold on farther up on the shin closer to the knee, this will lessen the force on the knee joint a bit.
