[Charley]

LOL! not sure. I know she has a super busy schedule with her aerial shows and we are doing some doubles work together and teaching and both preparing for comps.

Maybe she and I can make a road trip together sometime?

[Charley]

Happy Anniversary! that’s a gorgeous outside leg hang! Congrats!!! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_cheers.gif

[Charley]

You are going to be great! no worries! i can’t wait to read all about it.

[Charley]

I think we forgot ipdfa and the world’s

I think it’s great there are so many choices popping up for dancers to compete. I think it gives new people a chance a to get out there.

The problem with many local competitions – I don’t mean studio affiliated comps – but local comps is that many of them are rigged. I was told that in the local comp I was in it was between me and another girl and we were supposed to have a trick off/dance off but they picked someone else and had a booty shake off and the girl who was no where near in points actually won. We have comps put on by radio stations but again they have called in people they know to be in the comp and really no matter how good you are, you aren’t going to win. I think/hope studio based pole comps are going to be much more fair.

As far as national comps I thought EMW did it perfectly – they had different categories and judged different criteria.

[Charley]

I will be hitting up one of the jams!

[Charley]

As someone interested in competing and going to a competition – I did ask those questions and really thought about whether or not I wanted to compete in the comps I submitted for.

EMW Pole-Am I submitted did not get in but Igot great feedback and it was a good experience to push myself in ways I had not before. Even thought I didn’t get in, I was proud of the way I danced that day. I also have a lot of respect for Michula and knew she had run a comp previously so I felt like it would be a well organized event.

I also submitted for EMW East Coast both divisions and sent in the wrong type of videos but again they were solid videos and I was proud of how far I had come in just a couple of weeks. Again I got great feedback from Sam which ultimately lead me to USPDF.

I wasn’t sure if I was ready for USPDF but I do very much support the USPDF and consider them the creme de la creme of pole competitions. The USPDF is very clear on what they expect from applicants and finalists. I’ve met Wendy and taken a class with her and have the highest regards for her as a teacher and competition organizer. I feel that all of the USPDF comps have been well run and organized so I felt comfortable with the idea of getting in – if I did. I did – now back to working on those darned splits.

I think competition is good when it’s in a healthy environment. Competition gives us something to work towards and an inspiration to push ourselves higher.

I don’t think you can have too many competitions because there are so many different things to be judged in pole dancing however it’s very important to run them well and let competitors know what is expected of them. What they are being judged on. Ultimately comps shold distinguish themselves from one another with their titles, I agree how many national pole champs can we have? Let’s creat diversity because pole is diverse.

Another thing I would like to see more of is Showcases, let’s enjoy one anohter in a non competitive environement too. Let’s let everyone of all skill level have a go at performing. I enjoy putting together non competitive events and showing off new people and advanced together on the same poles and cheering each other on.

[Charley]

It’s actually done with strings, some pulls onthem and you float up https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif

I have given up on this one all together for now.

[Charley]

LOL, this is in addition to performances https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

I wanted to do a small fun little comp geared for beginner/intermediate dancers and Veena totally made it possible and she is being ever so generous!!!!!!! OMG!

[Charley]

spin off announcement! read original post

[Charley]

I am going to be staying at the Towne Place suites and as of right now its just me and Melanie
(PoleFit Rev owner) so we are looking for roomates. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

[Charley]

I also wanted to point out that learning emergency exits is good but using the mats to implement them and actually having students "fall" and working on what to do in emergency situations is so important.

I feel like you really can’t use emergency exits if you have never fallen and a mat in place under a student can be used to reinforce what to do when you lose it. I had a girl fall this last week but she had a mat under her anf implemented the emergency exit for that move. falling is a panic situation and its easy to forget everything you have learned about falling.

No one is going to practice emergency exits on a hardwood floor.

[Charley]

I just taught the hood ornament to figurehead a couple weeks ago out of a climb – I like this way because it’s less tiring if you are trying a move over and over and over https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif which is how I learn things.

Starts at 1:07 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blRViiIOMlY

E-vamp mentioned hood ornamanent and thats the first move we do before figure head that is the easiest way to get into a figurehead because you have leg and armpit grip and can hang out there for a second. I love hood ornament so pretty!!!!

[Charley]

Are you using it in spin mode only then?

I liked mine better without the pad too! Much more stable.

[Charley]

YOu can do an aerial shouldermount from a chinese grip but the prolem there is getting into your grip while you are up on the pole.

learned claw grip or cupped grip is probably best because you can transitions easiest into position with these grips.

I also hard the hardest time with aerial sm.

So here’s what I did:
I worked on sm from the ground – no kicking or swinging
I worked on aerial basic inverting with straight legs – no swinging
I works on sm split – coming back down rather than mounting the pole keeping my legs straight

Once I could do all of those things my abs were strong enough to get me up there.

The best way to do aerial sm is out of the figurehead. You can get into it from a climb that way you aren’t so tired from doing all those supermans https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

For me this is such a use or lose it move too. I can lose my aerial sm so fast!

[Charley]

X-pole has low profile stages coming out and I will be interested to see how they far against the star. I think having a low base will always lead to tons of movement.

I sort of regret buying mine only because I don’thave a real need for a stage pole – I am afraid it’s going to be used more by the studio than me and I already have one of my poles up at the studio. Which would be fine if I owned the sutdio but I don’t. I would have been better off buying super poles but we did use it for a kick A$$ photo shoot and maybe more to come.