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hand grips
I was wondering if there is a place that visualizes and describes the different hand grips/positions?
I want to try some different stuff.
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Hmm, I don't know of any one place that describes a lot of the grips. Here's some different grips I've pieced together along the way. Some of the names I've made up, and some I've read:
Baseball grip (what you'd use for the basic invert)
Split/bracket grip
Twisted grip
What I call the Marksman grip; here's an example: http://www.triagedesign.co.uk/wikipole/index.php5?title=Image:Grace.jpg
Anchor/half-bracket grip: http://www.triagedesign.co.uk/wikipole/index.php5?title=Image:Anchorlift.jpg
Shoulder mount grip (and there are variations on this: Cupped, twisted/apprentice, princess, Veena's grip, etc.)
What I call the Chair grip (the grip you'd use for the chair spin–top hand gripping, and palm of the bottom hand pressed against the pole but not gripping)
I'd be curious to see what other grips people know of!
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Almost forgot, there are also the grips you'd use for the Flag; the forearm grip (for example, with the Aysha); and the elbow grip. Can't forget those 🙂
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i think there will be one put together somewhere. Wiki pole should be able to…they mention. I could see them mentioning what each grip can be used for . I could see Veena mentioning pros and cons and the physicality of each move with pointers. Thanks for some help:)
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dont suppose uve found anything yet….I dont even know what the grips we use in my class are called….i would love to see pics or videos that show what they are and what they re used for
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try the pole fitness assocation (pfa) website is polefitnessassocuation.com. they have a pdf you can download with a visual of all the moves (go to resurces and it is the glossary). i believe they have grisp too. they make make flash cards as well for sale but the pdf is free and instant!!! fyi, they are comin out wth a new version of flashcards to hold on if you wanna buy them.
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Apart from http://wikipole.org I have these two visual inventories bookmarked:
http://polefitnessassociation.com/documents/PFA_Visual_Dictionary.pdf
http://www.poledancecommunity.co.uk/syllabus.html
The top one is the one kat was referring to. The second one lists moves by level, with pics/vids to clarify. Neither have the grips catalogued separately, but at least it's a start.
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thx to evamp for sharing. these websites are great, especially the 2nd one because you can find moves by their difficulty and the little clips are also helpful.
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thanks evamp. that other site is great. i love that they have videos with each move!!! just what i needed!!!
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