[tatpoleny]

https://www.studioveena.com/users/view/bc950dd0-d89d-11df-ab19-12313b090e12

I agree that emphasis should be placed on ACE and AFFA approval AND being PFA sanctioned. Angel's Discoveries Pole Dance Instructor course is also PFA sanctioned.  It was great to be able to bring a course to our studio that was approved by both fitness and pole experts.

[tatpoleny]

Thanks Joel,

 

I just read another thread regarding humidity making people stick to the pole…maybe that was it!  I still look forward to the developing inside thigh protector!!  Before the actual tear, my inner thighs tended to feel like they were ripping, even when they weren't.  Thanks for all the great work you do!

[tatpoleny]

I took Angel's course…AWESOME!!!!  It was comprehensive, very thorough, and just what I wanted all of my instructors to learn.  Thank you for developing and making such a great course available for a much more affordable price than what I've seen out there in the past!!!

[tatpoleny]

I have a bachelor of science degree in Helath, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, a health fitness concentration, and a dance minor.  I have studied and taught gymnastics, and various forms of dance.  As a physical educator, my degree is my "group fitness" certification; coupled with my17 years experience in teaching physical education and 30 years of experience in gymnastics and dance, the transition to learning and teaching pole was an easy one.  However, my business partner, our instructors, and I recently took an awesome, thorough Pole Dance Instructor Certification course that is ACE approved and PFA sanctioned.  Not only does certification add credibility, but with my degree and extensive experience, even I learned great things during the course that will help improve my instruction.  If you are interested in a faboulous pole instructor certification course that won't cost you an arm and leg, check out Discoveries Pole Dance Instructor Certification (tell Angel Tammy sent you!).  If you are already ACE or AFFA certified, earn CEU's!

[tatpoleny]

I love my ankle grips.  They have held up just fine.  I did, however, rip skin on the inside of my thigh for the first time when trying to slide down the pole from an inverted crucifix, while wearing my anke grips.  I don't know if it was coincidental, or if the grip on the ankles was so strong that it wasn't allowing me to slide, and just continued to pull the skin on my thighs.  I had to use an emergency exit, bringing my hands back up to grip the pole, and release my leg grip to bring my feet to the floor.  First blood!