StudioVeena.com Forums Discussions Does this move have a specific name?

  • amy

    Member
    August 23, 2010 at 3:24 am

    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 https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif nice job!

  • loopielou

    Member
    August 23, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    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

    Member
    August 23, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Whatever it is you do it beautifully! What a flexy back! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_bounce.gif

  • moth

    Member
    August 23, 2010 at 3:47 pm

    Thank you! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif

    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 https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif

  • RobynPoleDancer

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    August 24, 2010 at 11:45 am

    Yep this is a Kamikaze.

    The "closed inside leg hang" has the armpit on the pole still. This one the armpit is unhooked.

  • RobynPoleDancer

    Member
    August 24, 2010 at 11:46 am

    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 https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gifThis ^^^

  • amy

    Member
    August 24, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    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! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gif

  • RobynPoleDancer

    Member
    August 24, 2010 at 2:29 pm

    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! https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_wink.gifOK I wanna apologise, I was speed-reading a bit, and missed the "with no armpit grip".
    Sorry.

  • joni1

    Member
    August 26, 2010 at 10:30 pm

    I have heard this called THE BRIDGED SCORPIO.

  • RobynPoleDancer

    Member
    August 26, 2010 at 10:50 pm

    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

    Member
    August 27, 2010 at 10:11 am

    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

    Member
    August 28, 2010 at 3:19 am

    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

    Member
    August 29, 2010 at 5:09 pm

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