MichelleH
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SO EXCITED! Becca Butcher is coming out to South Africa for our Miss Pole Dance SA 2011! She will be performing and doing workshops! I'm doing a pole workshop AND a silks workshop with her!
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Thanks Amy, naming protocol strikes again! I meant normal invert, then let go of hands so I can face the pole with my body square to the pole.
YES! That was EXACTLY the problem we were having! It hurts so much trying to get your arm around the pole because your leg is hooked too tight! OK, at class tomorrow, will practice!
Thanks Veena, will watch the video now (super inspired and excited!)
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Hey azblanco. Living in South Africa makes it even more difficult to find silks training! Try http://www.antepenultimate.org/mediawiki/index.php/Glossary and http://community.simplycircus.com/tutorials/aerial/aerial_silks.htm for some info
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Hehehe, me too with knitting 😛
What? I like being a contradiction! Pole dancer, mountain biker, knitter, business woman 😛
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We use laminate wood in all the studios I've danced in and I find it perfect for my needs. But not for everyone I'm sure!
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She pulls off some AMAZING tricks! I just wiish she smiled a bit 🙁
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Let me add my welcome!
I've been travelling to Cape Town quite a lot recently and was helping my friend who owns a studio there by teaching her male class on a Tuesday night. I would be fascinated to know what moves were easier to learn, moves that are not possible, moves you enjoyed learning? I know with different 'equipment', you need to take a slightly different approach to poledancing?
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My Nats?? Well I can't really help you as I can't do Dove, but I guess if you're spinning a bit, why not make it a half turn and then it looks planned?
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I'm pretty sure this is what you mean by going into an inverted V, but I found that keeping the split grip and then doing an inverted V gave me the control from flatline scorpio. You can then lower your legs down and bend your knees to land on your feet, or in a straddle.
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Ramblerchick is spot on, what great energy!
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Don't worry JPoleLove! You will make more progress than you ever thought possible! I don't have a dance background and in 2 years I have progressed to a point where I have become an instructor, have performed in front of groups of people and have done moves that I never thought I'd be able to do!
It's hard to focus on the now when we're looking towards what we want to look like one day, just don't forget to enjoy the journey you're in, the now, the present moment.
And welcome to this awesome sport!
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WAAAY too advanced for me, just chipping in to wish you good luck!
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WAAAY too advanced for me, just chipping in to wish you good luck!
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I'm sure more experienced people will have more valuable advice than me. This is definitely a move to be careful with though!
I found that a good progression was key to this. We have a move which is a bit easier than aysha, called invert barbie. Invert, put your strong hand onto the pole overhead and wrap your other arm around your chest so the pole is in your elbow grip but you are gripping your ribs with your fingers. Then you lower your legs down into a V that is parallel with the ground.
This gets you used to gripping with your arms only whilst taking your legs off the pole. Once this is comfortable, you can progress up to caterpillar climb. From what I've seen of Veena's pole strength exercises, her shoulder press should also help with getting strong for this
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Hey there! The Kamikaze is also called Cocoon and there's a whole facebook group devoted to it if you want to have a look
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In our beginner class, we do a warm up followed by learning a basic routine; walk, spin, pose, hip circles. Most of our classes follow a similar process of warming up, learning moves, putting them together in a routine and then doing pole specific strengthening and stretching at the end of class
Good luck!
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Interesting, a friend and I are considering doing a detox next week. Not sure what we're going to do though.
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Wow that's a tough one! I guess my advice would be to practice moves that you feel safe with for now to make sure you don't lose any of your fitness, then look at getting some crash mats? I don't use them generally but they had them at one of the studios I was teaching at and it made me a feel a lot safer to use it when I was still unsure of superman.
Hope that helps!
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Oh pity about the 4 minutes, My Superman by Santogold is brilliant! If you like it enough, maybe download Audacity (free song editing software) and see if you can loop the middle or something?
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You WILL have the willpower to do this! Spend time writing down why you want to quit successfully, what it means to you, what your life will look like without smoking in it, what you will do with the money you will save, etc. Really focus on how rosy the future will look without smoking in it!
When I quite, something that helped me was to carry around a 500ml bottle of water (I don't know how many oz that is, but you know what I mean, the one that would fill 1/2 to 2 glasses). This helped because it was a healthy habit that involved holding something in my hand and lifting it to my mouth.
Hope this helps! From someone living in that rosy future you're moving towards, know that its totally worth it!
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Hi Sair
I've just started teaching and part of it is having your own music, so I'm also looking to update mine!
Not sure of new ones, but I heard someone mention Adele 'Lovesick' the other day. I think I just heard it on the radio, sounded quite good.
Also loving Santogold, Starstruck and My Superman. Not so new but just awesome songs. Last night we were rocking to Esthero In Tha Mood during my class.
Then a strange one that I picked up from a now defunct indie music website is Butterfly Boucher with her song 'Gun for a Tongue'. I like the beat!
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I don't use crash mats but my feeling would be that a round crash mat is fine because you onlt ever need a certain circumference of crash mat area, but a square crash mat is easier to make. I'd say that's the only difference.
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Ooh! Thanks everyone for their help with this! I found the elbow grip closer to your knees made a HUGE difference to my latest attempt! I had my friend spot me during class and I was able to keep my body away from the pole a bit before swinging forward to rest against the pole (scared more than anything else!)
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Hi Celeda. The pole being metal, it is very slippery when you first try and use it. By warming up the metal a bit, it makes it more sticky and easier to use.
I can't access Veena's lessons with my stupid slow internet connection, but at our studio, all we do to warm the pole up is a couple of easy spins so that our hand slides down the pole. This is enough friction to warm the pole for me.
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Thanks I'll try that!
