jsheridan
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Some tips I have used with my students are to twist your torso as much as possible away from the pole. Also the pole gets set in the middle of your back, between your shoulder blades, so sometimes when learning you have to pull your body across first. I hope that makes sense. A video would be helpful to see where your issue is.
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This is one of my male students, he does it at 2:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGZxrevvPFo Sean Micheal created it for one the PSO events, I think nationals, so it should be there as well.
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Its not hard, ive had a lot of students do it the first try right after getting side saddle superman. You do need some height because you will slide (less so on spin)
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Sorry totally forgot about this! You grab thw freehand by your knee and rotate. I think it is slightly easier on static but both work https://youtu.be/QyrcIajAxZA
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One that is ptreey simple, but you need some height for, is into twisted ballarina (or flying ballarina, or any of those reaching your arm up behind you twisted positions) Let me know if that is something you might be interested in and need a video for explination
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Congrats! When you are at home practicing, I would work on flag grip then to get it stronger so you feel safer letting the bottom hand go. Im glad it makes more sense. That move is one that is good to have an instructor show you first because most people are doing something weird…
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We have a 12 y/o that comes every day to our studio (except Sunday, we are closed), sometimes one class sometimes 2 or 3. She has been doing it less than 4 months, and can already do insane stuff like aerial handsprings, cocoon, jade, etc.
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Janiero is confusing if you aren’t used to it. Is there any chance you have someone, like an instructor who knows the move who can walk you through a few times? Janiero takes decent arm strength (how is your flag grip? You have to hold yourself with one arm in this position) and back strength (like a superman lying on the floor) to hold, but not extreme flexibility. if you are comfortable with all of those, it is probably just figuring out the arm/leg situation. Aerial Amy’s tutorial is amazing and has helped many people figure get better with the move. If you do not have an instructor, I would suggest videoing yourself, so you can see what you are doing, and can start to associate feelings with what it looks like. Janiero is a very difficult move to teach yourself, because it feels wierd. Whenever I teach students, and I correct them, they always question what I tell them because it feels so wrong. Also, if you have short arms, the move is harder. Just FYI
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Yes, if the extensions are wrong, then it need a complete fix. I made this little video so you can see what I mean. Hopefully it helps! I appologize that I am not good at talking, videoing and demo-ing with the pole as you can see by me droping the hex key 6 times and not keeping the camera steady. I also included a bit at the end so you can see why its important. I like to educate people on why instead of just because the magic xpole gods said so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=373_d-Bajgo
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Can you explain what happened? You do not need to take the pole down to line them up, this is where you tighten/loosen the pole up to install/uninstall it, so to take it down you will end up doing the exact same thing. The only difference is you will do a 1/4 turn to the pole instead of the 35 rotations needed to take it down. I can send a video if you need to show you what I mean. 🙂
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Try what I suggested first! It takes 30 seconds, if it doesnt work you wasted 30 seconds. If it does work, then no reconstruction necessary and you save all the time from that! Obviously I cant see the whole pole to know if there are other issues as well. Also, I am a studio owner with 13 foot ceilings. I set up and installed all the poles by myself, and have to take down/put the poles up on a daily basis for our other classes. You can totally do it yourself if you want! No man needed.
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So I am finally on my computer with photoshop haha. Which may help. I circled the parts that need to line up. Put the pole on static, loosen the screws that cut you, then adjust it until the notch and line line up, retighten, all done!
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Jade with hand on butt and no hands jade are actually very different contact points and balance, so if you are just learning them, transitioning from one to the other is very hard. One is turning in toward the pole, the other is very slightly turned out. I teach the no hands jade by starting in an inside leg hang, and grabbing behind your knee with the same side hand like an allegra. Then the free hand straightens your leg pulling it downfrom here, you play with either tilting your body back if you tilt towards your leg or squeezing your butt driving your heel to the floor if you tilt towards your head. As you start to feel stable, you start to release your hand slowly, still playing with that balance. Only once you feel secure do you bring that hand all the way down to your ankle/calf
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Oops, I tagged the wrong person I menat @lazarenka
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@skramamme I agree with what everyone is saying about spin vs static, We dont even do spin mode at our studio until you can do a variety of spins, climbs, and holds on static. Which takes some people months. I am commenting about the screws. I can see your problem, no need to deconstruct, no need to call xpole. Yay! This is hard to explain, so feel free to ask questions. In the photo you posted, I can see on the second to bottom piece of the pole (not the base or that bottom one inch part where the spin pole screws are, buth the next 4-6 inch segment) There is a line. There is only one line, so look all the way around until you find it. On the next part up (that 6 inch segment directly below the screws that are sticking out) there is a small keyhole slit at the base. I can see both in the photo you posted. These NEED to line up, or else the screws will a) not screw in all the way like yours and B) damage the threads that allow you to put the pole up and down. let me know if that doesnt make sense!
