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Street Pole Dance!

As a pole dancing student, it is very difficult for me to resist the dark force to strike some pole poses on these street “poles” :p

These “poles” are indeed directional signs, which are part of the “Visitor Signage Improvement Scheme” implemented by the Hong Kong Tourism Commission.

There are mainly 3 types: Directional Sign, Mapboard and Idenification Sign. These visitor signage aimed to provide convenience for visitors while travelling around Hong Kong.

These photos are listed according to the dates they were taken:

Lamma Island 南丫島

Lamma Island 南丫島

Central 中環

Central 中環

Wan Chai 灣仔

Wan Chai 灣仔

Cause Way Bay 銅鑼灣

Cause Way Bay 銅鑼灣

Deep Water Bay 深水灣
Deep Water Bay 深水灣
Wong Chuk Hang 黃竹坑
Wong Chuk Hang 黃竹坑
Wong Nai Chung 黃泥涌
Wong Nai Chung 黃泥涌
Tin Hau 天后
Tin Hau 天后
Sheung Wan 上環
Sheung Wan 上環
Shau Kei Wan 筲箕灣

Shau Kei Wan 筲箕灣

Sai Wan Ho 西灣河

Sai Wan Ho 西灣河

Quarry Bay 鰂魚涌

Quarry Bay 鰂魚涌

North Point 北角

North Point 北角

Happy Valley 跑馬地

Happy Valley 跑馬地

Sai Ying Pun 西營盤

Sai Ying Pun 西營盤

Tung Chung 東涌

Tung Chung 東涌

The Peak 山頂

The Peak 山頂

Wanchai Gap 灣仔峽

Wanchai Gap 灣仔峽

Bowen Road 寶雲道

Bowen Road 寶雲道

Mongkok 旺角

Mongkok 旺角

Yau Ma Tei 油麻地

Yau Ma Tei 油麻地

Sai Kung 西貢

Sai Kung 西貢

Tsim Sha Tsui 尖沙咀

Tsim Sha Tsui 尖沙咀

Ho Man Tin 何文田

Ho Man Tin 何文田

Repulse Bay 淺水灣

Repulse Bay 淺水灣

Stanley 赤柱

Stanley 赤柱

Ap Lei Chau 鴨脷洲

Ap Lei Chau 鴨脷洲

Tin Wan 田灣

Tin Wan 田灣

Aberdeen 香港仔

Aberdeen 香港仔

Peng Chau 坪洲

Peng Chau 坪洲

Ngong Ping 昂平

Ngong Ping 昂平

Pui O 貝澳

Pui O 貝澳

Mui Wo 梅窩

Mui Wo 梅窩

Hung Hom 紅磡

Hung Hom 紅磡

Mid-Levels 半山

Mid-Levels 半山

Chai Wan 柴灣

Chai Wan 柴灣

Kowloon City 九龍城

Kowloon City 九龍城

See these photos on a map!:

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I am extremely weak with my split grips… I tried bending my upper arm (left arm in my case); tried from the hand spring mount and cartwheel mount… etc etc, but all I could manage is an extended butterfly. This was extremely frustrating as the candle stick (or the split grip straight edge) is such a beautiful and powerful pose. After studying (yes, study) Jamila’s step-by-step and very detailed DVDs, I finally managed to do one….

I tried from normal inversion at first, in which I slowly release the outside leg followed by my inside leg after finding my balance point. I then tried from Cartwheel, in which I still have to do a little bit of tip-toeing on the pole before releasing both legs…. will work on that :-)

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Been wanting to do this ever since I’ve got the aysia…. after getting loads of tips from various places, I finally managed to get it (or should I say, managed to find my balance point for this pose? :p)

Here’s a video:

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wanted to try extended butterfly on spinning pole for ages but was very scared…. But then I tried one from normal inversion and I was spinning way tooooooo fast and so decided to start the butterfly from handspring…

after spending… an hour, I finally got one. However, still have to practise alot more…

1) legs not straight enough

2) lower arm need to push up more so that I can split my legs wider

3) longer duration

4)… etc

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I was sooooooooooooo dizzzzzzzzzzzzy

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Since i am a total newbie to spinning pole, the private lesson with Bobbi I had in the Sydney Studio was extremely tiring (although I had the hour shared with a friend)…. This experience is totally challenging, as the poles there are soooo thin! I guess they are only 38mm poles while I am used to fatty 50mm poles…

anyway, I somehow managed to learn something new – inverted pole splits.

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I bought a Bobbi Bag!
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Went to the Oz for 2 weeks (of course I visited the lovely Bobbi Studio in Sydney, hee) and did some street pole dance in various places:

sorrie, just couldn't resist.... :pppPPPpppPpp (what else could i do? :p) haha, that's what u get when u travel with 2 pole dancers :x
in Cairns… Philip Island Kuranda Historic Train Station
sorry, couldn't resist.... i miss my pole
in Tasmania… outside the Botanic Garden in Hobart

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Helene is leaving us, moving to New York….. I had a private lesson with her and I finally managed to do the knee hold. But it was soooooooooooo painful >.< Don’t think I will ever do that again as I have bad knees :p

I apologise for deleting my face here -looking toooo horrible!

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Had a spinning pole work shop with Lu from Lu Pole Dance Studio, she is one of the top pole dance artist in Japan. It was really fun (and dizzzzzy)! It is amazing how TALL she is, considering she is asian :p We then had a second workshop with Anja, which is less tiring, but alot more difficult – burlesque pole! The reason why it was difficult as… I am so not to being burlesque type of girl – which is – big! show this! show that! love! etc etc…. Anja is definitely adorable and I love her smile :-)

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this has nothing to do with “T in the Park” lol

found a quiet and nice little playground somewhere in the Eastern part of Hong Kong, and decided to do a few pole tricks which I learned recently: Straight Edge and Aysia with baseball grip :-) it was fun :-)

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