Posts Tagged “split grip”

Aug 13 2009

Split Grip Straight Edge

Posted by dindin in Pole Practice, tags: , ,
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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