Addicted to Pole Dancing

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	Central 中環	Wan Chai 灣仔
Cause Way Bay 銅鑼灣	Deep Water Bay 深水灣	Wong Chuk Hang 黃竹坑
Wong Nai Chung 黃泥涌	Tin Hau 天后	Sheung Wan 上環
Shau Kei Wan 筲箕灣	Sai Wan Ho 西灣河	Quarry Bay 鰂魚涌
North Point 北角	Happy Valley 跑馬地	Sai Ying Pun 西營盤
Tung Chung 東涌	The Peak 山頂	Wanchai Gap 灣仔峽
Bowen Road 寶雲道	Mongkok 旺角	Yau Ma Tei 油麻地
Sai Kung 西貢	Tsim Sha Tsui 尖沙咀	Ho Man Tin 何文田
Repulse Bay 淺水灣	Stanley 赤柱	Ap Lei Chau 鴨脷洲
Tin Wan 田灣	Aberdeen 香港仔	Peng Chau 坪洲
Ngong Ping 昂平	Pui O 貝澳	Mui Wo 梅窩
Hung Hom 紅磡	Mid-Levels 半山	Chai Wan 柴灣
Kowloon City 九龍城

See these photos on a map!:

View Pole Dance Around Hong Kong in a larger map

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

How on earth was that possible? I bet it takes extreme control at the core…

Crazy pole dance routine, powerful moves with strict control… really jaw dropping *look out 2:30 – 2:40, 2:52, that Chinese drop at 3:05, straight edge bodywave at 3:20 and inverted teddy drop at 3:29)

OMG OMG OMG, yes “Straight Edge Bodywave” and “Inverted Teddy Drop”….

…the capillaries burst after doing 10x Straight Edge today!

Googled a bit on how to get rid of it (cos the dots will turn brown after a few days and these “bruise” would last for like a week, really scary looking!):

- something called “capillary clear solution”, not sure about what that is…
- some say putting on peanut butter works, i will give this a try (why not anyway, it can only make my face smelling nice if it doesn’t work, lol)

I have also uploaded a video of those straight edge…. sorry about my body fat, have just submitted my thesis 2 days ago and had been sitting quite alot recently, and hence the FAT BELLY!

I had been trying to do a proper straight edge for months… all I managed to do was 0.5-1 sec, and opps, fell (or legs being “peeled” off like an orange)… anyway, after having a lesson with Mariana Baum from Pole Dance Paris, I finally managed to do this pose! I absolutely have no idea on how this could happen, cos my instructor, Symone, gave us(me) soooo many advices and tips but I still failed to.
I think it might be because of the fact that Mariana is of the same height as me (Symone is T-A-L-L) and so she knows how this tiny body works…

Anyway, she gave me a few tips:

• practise on advanced butterfly
• make sure you can get the advanced aysia first
• find the balance point, and don’t hurry into the pose
• do one leg at a time
• use your abdominal muscle! keep your body straight!
• Tighten your butt and the whole body!

That’s all! Hope these tips help