RobynPoleDancer
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Yes the wording can be confusing – I teach a strength-building prep from the very first lesson, I teach leg-positions from the floor for muscle memory, I teach visualisation techniques… but when it comes to their first invert, I teach a step-and-tuck (it’s not a swing or a kick). Some of them I’ll just get them to lift from their first time, but as long as they are showing good stability in lifting up into a tuck, I’ll teach them a step just to get a bit more lift into the tuck and turn over.
Check out this article “in defense of momentum”
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Personally, I’d say that (while you “should” train evenly on both sides, you will always have one side that you prefer), if you are right handed, you’ll start hugging the pole into your left side. This puts your strong hand as the top hand in so many moves, including Butterfly, Switch-Up, and Superman. It also means your strong invert side matches many of your spins (to create spin-to-inverts).
Keep training the inverts both sides tho, you’ll be thankful when you’re looking at doing torso swapping aerial tricks! -
Definitely get it on some of the popular Facebook pole groups. I can recommend making a picture of it with a PRICE and LOCATION. Pictures get lots of attention and are easily shared.
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The knocking trick is fine. but it’s not just “knock until you find the joist”.
First you must establish which way across the room the joists run (usually across the shortest width of the room, but not always). If you can get into the attic to see, that’s helpful. If it’s just another floor above, remember that floorboards run in the opposite direction to joists.
Knock across the ceiling until you find something promising. If you don’t find anything going in on direction, try again perpendicular.
Now this is the important bit; you need to find the others too: so keep knocking across until you find another promising spot, and then in the other direction too. Your 3 spots will be EQUALLY SPACED. (if you can do even more then great!)Also, if you have plasterboard, the nails are sometimes visible through the plaster skim. Nails are always in a joist!
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I teach “magic finger”, I’ve never known anyone to have a problem with it. It aligns your wrist to keep it neutral.
I did hear of someone saying it was dangerous “because if you fell blah blah blah”, I didn’t catch the other half of what she was saying.
I KNOW that if you don’t keep your wrist aligned, your bottom hand can crumple down, you end up trying to grip just between your thumb and forefinger. -
It’s in my video here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gLTEFvaND0 just after 4 mins.
I’m pretty sure it was Felix who inspired me on this oneTwisted grip on the hand under the knee allows the shoulder to slide through the gap more easily. Don’t stretch the bottom hand too low, so you can use it to give you some space, and throw the pole behind your head.
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I bet these would stick!
http://www.dancedirect.com/uk/Products/Urban-Dancewear/DS33/Actually there are quite a few on there that have PVC decoration that would stick!
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Yep that looks like the top of the Alistage poles. This is the removable version (load spreading). Is that a screw? It looks like it has possibly been screwed to the ceiling so the load spreader is permanently up there, and the poles just slot on and off.
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Alistage have been selling poles long before X-pole came along. They specialise in scaffolding, so can actually manufacture all sorts of fittings for different ceiling types, and know what they are talking about with regard to safety and ratings etc.
I’ve personally had these poles in my studio for 3 years. -
Alistage (Polestar).
http://www.alistage.co.uk/dance_poles.htmThey are definitely not permanent with those bases! (The tops might be, but your description of “white” makes me think they are the pressure mount top, but you haven’t posted a pic of that to confirm)
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Broom handle, up inside the pole. Bash it out from the inside. One hand on the joint, one hand on the pole part (you don’t want the joint to jut pop out and hit you on the foot, or damage your floor).
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Yes AFAIK it’s pretty much the same to put up.
The hex keys/nuts are all fatter to make them stronger, and the little nubbin that stops the Xjoint from rotating (or didn’t!) is now a longer shape with corresponding slot in the pole.The adjuster cover doesn’t come down, you just line up the marks on the outside of the pole before doing up the nuts.
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Alloy Images can definitely get involved with a cease&desist to the website. And then to the website HOST (who are usually very good with stuff like this).
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Have a look at http://www.polepages.com
I have added general postcode areas to the London schools.
