Picking up girls gets me all excited.

[flexagon]

Went to ellenclaire's acro class tonight and learned that straddle throne can be done on hands, overhead -- very cool. I knew I'd see a few people I know, but I also ran into le_coeur_chante as a nice extra surprise. And this was tonight, grainy but good:



Tomorrow I'm going to Zacro and Wednesday to acroyoga. So for those who are keeping track of these things, note that it's now possible to live in Boston and take THREE DIFFERENT ACRO CLASSES on three consecutive days! And there's still dilletante's silks group in JP, and some parkour groups, and some gymnastics going on at MIT that I'm not involved with at all. People, this is not the town it was two years ago... and I'm so happy about that. :D

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[soong.livejournal.com]

Awesome. One of these days I'm gonna have to get to one of the other acro classes, but I don't think I'd trade for the awesome fun I had swing dancing tonight.

[dr-alycat.livejournal.com]

damn, you continually impress me! I'm glad there is such a thriving community for you to hone your skeelz in :)

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

ellen claire teaches acro now? cool!

what parkour groups have you found?

(that all sounds like fun! i gotta start going to zac's class...)

[ellenclaire.livejournal.com]

Indeed. :) Roger and I teach a class Monday nights at South Boston Yoga.

[ellenclaire.livejournal.com]

Wonderful photo! You totally rocked it last night. :)

parkour

[silentq.livejournal.com]

I've been going to (er, trying to anyway) jams posted on New England Parkour (http://neparkour.ning.com/events), lots of different groups tend to announce events there.

[flexagon]

Yes, I hear you, there are too many awesome/awesome tradeoffs on some evenings. I also have another awesome Monday option... sigh... but I'm glad I went exploring! Still have a couple of classes pre-paid at South Boston Yoga so I'll be going to this one at least a couple more times. Let me know if you want to go together some particular week. :)

[flexagon]

Thanks! I had a lot of fun! :)

Not sure how much I'll be able to come -- I'm already paying four different places every week for my workouts, ouch -- but I still have some classes on my SBY card so definitely will be back a few times.

[ellenclaire.livejournal.com]

Happy to see you whenever you're able to make it. I hear you on the multiple places wallet pain!

[nevers.livejournal.com]

weird and cool! how'd you get her up there?

[flexagon]

Ah, you do it from a standard two-high position (though obviously we did it here with the base kneeling, for easier spotting).

With one hand, the base lets go of the flyer's calf, brings that hand around to the front and finds the inner thigh just above the knee. The flyer lets that leg bend and come out to the side... flyer's toes remain hooked behind the arm so her foot actually doesn't move much, only a few inches. When that arm is straightish and feels stable, the same thing happens with the other side.

(The dismount we were taught was to set the flyer down on the shoulders after this, but none of us really nailed that. There must be a better way down, maybe just coming back to two-high.)

[ellenclaire.livejournal.com]

Coming back to a two-high from this one can be treacherous. (Possible, of course, but not a thing we teach in a group where we can't spot everyone doing it - the base ends up in an awkward weigh-bearing position for a few moments.)
It's much easier to nail the dismount to shoulder sit when the base is standing, because the base can adjust (by taking a tiny step forward or backward) to catch the flyer in the right spot. It's also crucial that the flyer unhook her toes and extend the legs out into a straddle, which most people weren't doing completely. :)