• 45’s

    Posted by megan12 on February 13, 2013 at 1:01 pm

    Since it is Floorwork February, I'm wondering if someone can help me with 45's. Perhaps they have another name but that's all I know them as. This move has always mystified me because I don't understand how the knee moves. You lie on one side with the bottom leg bent and top leg straight. Then you somehow roll your knee and your body moves to the other side. You go back and forth. 

    Can anyone explain this to me? Give me a video? I have Alethea Austin's floorwork DVD and I've watched it about a hundred times and I'm still not able to get it. 

    megan12 replied 11 years, 10 months ago 12 Members · 19 Replies
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  • CapFeb

    Member
    February 13, 2013 at 1:03 pm

    I also would like to learn this move, and have not been able to find it or Tiffany legs on youtube @_@

  • Dwiizie

    Member
    February 13, 2013 at 2:13 pm

    I can't picture this from the description, but it sounds very interesting. 

  • dustbunny

    Member
    February 13, 2013 at 3:45 pm

    I agree D Luxx, sounds interesting.  And if it's from an Alethea DVD I know it looks good too…at least if you can get it right. lol

    I hope someone can fill us all in.

  • acoretacri

    Member
    February 13, 2013 at 9:02 pm
  • Jenn PoleLush

    Member
    February 13, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    I learned it from her latest floorwork DVD… Fabulous move. If I have a video I’ll post it

  • kasanya

    Member
    February 13, 2013 at 11:53 pm

    @acoretacri

    No, it’s not at all like that. You start leaning back on both elbows with one leg straight and the other bent (sort of a reclining passe position). Then you sweep the straight leg across like you’re going to do a floor fan kick, add a clockwork leg partway through, and end in a reclining straddle. Or something like that. I’m at work ATM and going from memory. =)

  • chemgoddess1

    Member
    February 14, 2013 at 7:17 am

    So are 45's and Tiffany legs the same thing?

  • tacha666

    Member
    February 14, 2013 at 7:44 am

    You mean like Lizzy is doing here?

    At about 2:26?

    https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/5113f951-1ac0-40e7-b5fa-41fc0ac37250

    I'm working on that right now and I find it quite hard to figure out what she's doing, but I think I'm now at the point where I start understanding it.

    It helped me doing it with straight legs first and then only the knee thing before putting both moves together.

  • XxMyztikxX

    Member
    February 14, 2013 at 7:45 am

    Yes they are the same. =) I love this move. I wish i could ex it for u =( 

  • chemgoddess1

    Member
    February 14, 2013 at 9:04 am

    Try searching on clockwork legs.

  • Charley

    Member
    February 14, 2013 at 6:46 pm

    Love these!  I was just teaching them the other day!

  • megan12

    Member
    February 14, 2013 at 8:09 pm

    Well when you have time and I have time, you gotta teach me! 😀

  • CapFeb

    Member
    February 14, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    @kasanya that explanation was perfect! Thank you so much, I get it now….

  • kasanya

    Member
    February 14, 2013 at 11:37 pm

    Glad I could help!

  • Kyrsten

    Member
    February 16, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    I just figured this one out the other day ( I also couldn't figure out the knee movement) — here's how I do it step by step:

    – start by reclining on your forearms with the legs straight in front of you. Bring the right leg over the left — your weight should shift onto the left hip so your butt is off the floor. You can keep to bottom leg straight or bend it, up to you.

    – start to lift the right leg like going to draw a half circle in the air… once your leg is about 1/3 of the way through the air,  rotate your knee outward (opposite of pinwheels, so you will be rotating clockwise on the right leg).

    – Your leg should be about vertical by the time you finish the little circle, and at that point start to shift your weight over to the other hip. you'll land in the starting position on the opposite side.

    I had been trying this one forever and just got the hang of it, it's unbelievably simple but really hard to learn just by watching videos LOL. Hope that helped at all 🙂

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