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Is this a handspring or cartwheel mount…
And why am I so confused on the difference?!!
https://instagram.com/p/BOWF_o1BVDs/
Isn’t there one where you walk past the pole?! What’s that one called? 😬
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Not that I’m doing either of them yet, but from watching Veena’s videos it looks like this one is Cartwheel https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4d8361e8-4b5c-46df-a8e6-5d4b0ac37250 and the one where you walk past the pole is Handspring https://www.studioveena.com/lessons/view/4d84b1b1-1f94-45d5-8e8b-38e90ac37250
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I don’t have the lessons at the moment, so I can’t view them. Boo.
AH, the terminology is getting me! In class we never handspring by walking past the pole. Hm. I should try that. I knew I saw it somewhere, must have been here. We usually just start in a split grip type position and pop up, like in this (very old) video https://www.instagram.com/p/9zOinejLCq/
We call most of those moves just handspring variations. So What I did we just called “another way to handspring”
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It’s a cartwheel mount…most studios are too need to know there’s a difference between them. Here’s a video that shows some mounts. It’s super old, like 8 yrs I think! https://youtu.be/sag8kwfYBmU
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Too new*
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Here’s another example https://www.studioveena.com/videos/view/5703c6a9-e2e8-4079-9b48-1a8eac110003
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Thank you Veena. That really clears things up.
I have a really tough time spotting differences in moves. I know when I first started i couldn’t tell if someone was doing true grip or split grip to save my life!
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You’re welcome! Do studios still teach cartwheel and Handspring or are they only doing TG “handspring”?
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In class we’ll do a variety of grips. I usually tend to do true. But we are given a variety and different variations. Generally I’m working on them from the floor with my hands already on the pole and my chest facing the ceiling (I think I posted a link above). But the other day we did work on that cartwheel I posted. I just don’t think we went over the names, or if we did I’ve missed it. I haven’t tried it where you walk past the pole and then put your lower hand on though!! I want to try that.
I do feel pretty fortunate my instructor is crazy strong and deadlifts and Iron Xs in many grips… so she isn’t one that only teaches TG. Especially because I don’t love it. I do a few here and there to keep it accessible to me. One day I’d love to do a Phoenix… but I’m not overly focused on it.
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That’s good to hear, it seems these days people only know about the TG grip and have never even seen a cartwheel mount or handspring, makes me feel old! lol
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