branquinha
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I use my dominant hand above. I guess this is one of those moves in which people often have to experiment with their grip and the position of the hands.
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For me the secret of the aysha was also a high caterpillar – as I said earlier and you see well on the LittleMissLola’s videos, when she goes high on a caterpillar her hips get on the same level as her knees and they get in a stable position away from the pole. The version I mentioned – the one glued to the pole also helped me to believe my arms were going to hold me, I guess. (I don’t have easy videos, but if I find something I’ll let you know)
I just remembered I’ve seen people learning the knee hold with a chair – they would hold on the chair before they let go of their hands – it did not work for me – it was the side climb that made me feel confident to do it.
The cartwheel is the one I am struggling for – I think I am afraid of it because my legs go up, but my shoulders don’t go as down as they should… one would think knowing that would be enough to get it rightm but I haven’t managed as yet… I am also afraid of the split grip straight edge, would LOVE to do it!
best wishes to all!
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Hi,
Is the Straight Edge Split the Aysha? Because I can probably help, then, if it is the Straight edge with the split grip then I can’t, because I do it with elbow grip only. If it is the ‘Aysha’, then I would firts try it with your body touching the pole, from an inverted crucifix. You get one arm down – usually the one you would use to caterpillar (in my case the left arm) – you lift yourself just a little bit, so that with your other arm you can get a good elbow grip – feel it bitting the skin and then you are stable and ready! You should then release your legs from the pole as a ‘v’ – to be extra safe, do so with your legs a little bit forward so you can hook your legs around the pole if you are not stable. One you are comfortable there, you can do it away from the pole. The difference is that you catterpilar up (do a high one – your hips will be almost as high as your knees and away from the pole, your head will be near the pole) and then you get a good elbow grip and this will be the right place and pressure for you to let go off the pole. (It works for me!)
Straight edge with the elbow grip is similar, but although I do the aysha with no probs, I find the straight edge a bit scarier…Knee hold – for some reason this one was easy for me. I guess the problem with it is the fear of pain. You just have to believe you can hold it. I just do side climb, get one knee high and then the side of the other knee bellow on the pole when I lock my feet together. Let go!
Cannot help with the others, so I’ll be waiting for replies too.
I keep trying this handspring, but no luck…
BW
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Thanks!
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I know what this longing for a pole means!
I started pole exercising in 2004, but I didn’t have a pole, I just went to classes once a week. Then I got pneumonia and was off exercises for a while, but almost a year after I had started, I got myself a pole. The fun did not last long – I was living in England and moved to Brazil, carrying the pole. After about 5 months I was back to England but my pole stayed in Brazil. More than 2 years without a pole and now I am back to Brazil and getting slowly back into the swing of things and have joined the forum… but I know well what it is to be an expectator only…
Anyway, greetings from Brazil!
Branquinha