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ladysprite) wrote2014-11-20 04:45 pm
ladysprite) wrote2014-11-20 04:45 pm
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Silks 2 Week 4
Okay - I'm slowly starting to reach some level of compromise with my instructor. It helps that I'm not in as much pain, and that I've just acknowledged that we have very different communication styles. It also helps that I had a private lesson with my old teacher, who helped me actually master the stuff she'd been flailing about trying to teach.
No cut-tag this time, since we really only worked on one thing last class (other than one try through bicycle climbs, which thanks to my old teacher I had finally figured out).
360 drops.
This is the first drop we've learned, and I am in heaven. Most of what I love about aerials is the chance to be upside down and in the air, and this involves both of those, plus spinning and flipping and falling, and it's terrifying and awesome.
Essentially, it involves climbing, turning upside down and wrapping yourself securely, pulling yourself upright, and then just.... letting go and falling forward into a 360-degree flip, letting the fabrics catch you at the end.
It seems to me more like a teaching tool than a performance piece - while it's amazingly fun, the wrap itself looks kind of like a combination diaper and superhero cape, and the flip, while dramatic, is kind of.... floppy. But it's still amazing.
(Notes for me - climb up, straddle up between the fabrics, double crochet. Catcher's lock on both sides, pull yourself up. Wrap each leg 3x [safety feature for us beginners], reach up, shoulders through. Let go and fall forward with arms extended)
The only real downside of learning something this complex is that it means each of us gets less time on the actual fabrics - class is no longer really a workout for me. Still... we're getting to the cool stuff. :)
No cut-tag this time, since we really only worked on one thing last class (other than one try through bicycle climbs, which thanks to my old teacher I had finally figured out).
360 drops.
This is the first drop we've learned, and I am in heaven. Most of what I love about aerials is the chance to be upside down and in the air, and this involves both of those, plus spinning and flipping and falling, and it's terrifying and awesome.
Essentially, it involves climbing, turning upside down and wrapping yourself securely, pulling yourself upright, and then just.... letting go and falling forward into a 360-degree flip, letting the fabrics catch you at the end.
It seems to me more like a teaching tool than a performance piece - while it's amazingly fun, the wrap itself looks kind of like a combination diaper and superhero cape, and the flip, while dramatic, is kind of.... floppy. But it's still amazing.
(Notes for me - climb up, straddle up between the fabrics, double crochet. Catcher's lock on both sides, pull yourself up. Wrap each leg 3x [safety feature for us beginners], reach up, shoulders through. Let go and fall forward with arms extended)
The only real downside of learning something this complex is that it means each of us gets less time on the actual fabrics - class is no longer really a workout for me. Still... we're getting to the cool stuff. :)
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