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different kind of layback
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One point is you have to approach this like you did when you first did laybacks…some of us are so use to laybacks we think we are just going to release and lay back into the move.
It was interesting to see that you have to find the right grip to avoid sliding down the pole before you extended all the way back. In fact the slip seemed worse than I recall from first learning the CKR or the CAR. And you can’t just fall back into it or you may hurt yourself if you haven’t got your ankles/legs in the best position.
I found I had to twist my hooked foot more in order to avoid the pain….also I was depending on just "hanging" from that hooked foot but I needed to really "engage" the ankle. Makes total sense of course but you may not think about it when you first do it.
I just realized…I forgot to link the slide show I made for this the other day when I posted my picture…it may help. There is a series of pics and then the slide show putting them together.
Walk your hands down the pole to lower yourself down and do the bracket hold beneath you until you feel ready to let go. Also, it’s important to set your torso back a bit from the pole before you begin to lean back. You can see that in the 6th picture in this set:
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Sweet! I just got it in pole class Thursday night (with boots)! And I laid it all the way back! Keep on keepin on!
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I think this move would make an awesome still picture too!
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What is the name of it???
Here’s me and Bertysbooboo doing it doubles
Here’s me https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
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oh yeah, i forgot to say thanks to empy! Your sequence photos somehow seemed to help. I think it got my brain wrapped around leaning slightly to one side when beginning to lay back.
Plus, it was a new trick to all the girls and the instructor at my pole class. New moves rock!
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We have been calling it "The Remi" because Remi Martin does it on his Chinese Pole shows. https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif
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Glad to help Carrie. Kudos to you sharing something new with your instructor!
I like "Remi" as it sounds unique…but I prefer to use more descriptive names in class but I can’t imagine one for this layback!
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Empy – if you want something more descriptive then maybe call it the Remi layback or the Remi release? https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_scratch.gif (looks more like a "release" than a "layback" to me, but that’s just my opinion)
Yeah there was an unofficial vote on Day’s Facebook pics of this move and Remi was the winner… I just thought it was funny, we had this huge string of comments trailing under the pic https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_lol.gif
Oh, I’ve pretty much gotten over the pain aspect of this move on the lower ankle – I still can’t grip enough to stay up there every single try, though. But it’s progress! I want to do it at the pole jams at USPDF and NOT have to take my boots!
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What is the name of it???
Here’s me and Bertysbooboo doing it doubles
Here’s me https://www.studioveena.com/img/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif
Soooo photobucket says your doubles pictures are against tos. I think we need to go burn photobucket’s house down. Feel the poler wrath….
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