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Acroyoga Festival day 1
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rifmeister's place after the first day of the acroyoga festival, and not feeling quite the way I expected to feel. Today was a single workshop from 9 to 5 taught by the founders Jason and Jenny, and it focused on "washing machines". Awesome, except for two things: first, I wound up basing all day instead of flying, and second, somehow the giant room full of really high-level people left me feeling kind of negative about the Boston scene.
That said, who cares -- San Francisco is beautiful, I got to see people I haven't seen since last year, and I was stronger and better than I was at last year's intensive. The basing was hard on my wrists and shoulders, but with my flying muscles still sore from Ido Portal it may have been all right to let those ones rest. We also did some great flows that I want to remember and take back home.
Reverse tumbleweed: back bird, star, (lower feet to hands to) low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through the flyer's legs and) back to back bird.
Tumbleweed: star, back bird, (base grabs the feet and) stand to low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through, flyer bends over and brings shoulders down to feet to get back up to) star.
Four step.
"Whip" -- reverse throne, death drop to straddle bat, through to reverse bird, stand up to low foot to hand, back to reverse throne.
"no name yet" = Flyer lifts up into a tuck over the base's feet, optional pike, flyer places self in reverse throne. Waterfall, but with hands up on shoulders, into weird hand-grip shoulderstand, done in a straddle. Then, straddle bat. And through to reverse bird, then low foot-to-hand. I think the flyer then lifts themselves through to reverse throne again.
Catherine wheel -- Back bird, low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through forward, drop flyer into) bird, free shoulderstand, (flyer reverse grip and scorpion over to) back bird.
Maha Catherine wheel -- reverse star, (scorpion over and drop feet into base's hands, POP up to) high reverse foot-to-hand. Base's feet float through, flyer bends way over and presses back to reverse star.
J&J said it was the most such things they'd ever taught in one day, and the only one I know that they didn't teach is spider roll.
Also seen: ninja star, which hasn't been taught but I'm hoping to figure out anyway.
The rest of the festival is going to break each day into pieces, and I'll make sure I get to fly some of those pieces.
rifmeister's place after the first day of the acroyoga festival, and not feeling quite the way I expected to feel. Today was a single workshop from 9 to 5 taught by the founders Jason and Jenny, and it focused on "washing machines". Awesome, except for two things: first, I wound up basing all day instead of flying, and second, somehow the giant room full of really high-level people left me feeling kind of negative about the Boston scene.That said, who cares -- San Francisco is beautiful, I got to see people I haven't seen since last year, and I was stronger and better than I was at last year's intensive. The basing was hard on my wrists and shoulders, but with my flying muscles still sore from Ido Portal it may have been all right to let those ones rest. We also did some great flows that I want to remember and take back home.
Reverse tumbleweed: back bird, star, (lower feet to hands to) low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through the flyer's legs and) back to back bird.
Tumbleweed: star, back bird, (base grabs the feet and) stand to low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through, flyer bends over and brings shoulders down to feet to get back up to) star.
Four step.
"Whip" -- reverse throne, death drop to straddle bat, through to reverse bird, stand up to low foot to hand, back to reverse throne.
"no name yet" = Flyer lifts up into a tuck over the base's feet, optional pike, flyer places self in reverse throne. Waterfall, but with hands up on shoulders, into weird hand-grip shoulderstand, done in a straddle. Then, straddle bat. And through to reverse bird, then low foot-to-hand. I think the flyer then lifts themselves through to reverse throne again.
Catherine wheel -- Back bird, low foot-to-hand, (base's feet float through forward, drop flyer into) bird, free shoulderstand, (flyer reverse grip and scorpion over to) back bird.
Maha Catherine wheel -- reverse star, (scorpion over and drop feet into base's hands, POP up to) high reverse foot-to-hand. Base's feet float through, flyer bends way over and presses back to reverse star.
J&J said it was the most such things they'd ever taught in one day, and the only one I know that they didn't teach is spider roll.
Also seen: ninja star, which hasn't been taught but I'm hoping to figure out anyway.
The rest of the festival is going to break each day into pieces, and I'll make sure I get to fly some of those pieces.
Whip
"whip" is blowing my mind. reverse throne = flyer sitting on feet and facing away from the base? you can drop from there to bat?!
Yes, reverse throne is flyer sitting on feet and facing away from the base. To drop from there to bat, the flyer straightens their legs (straddle pike position), puts arms straight out to the side and falls backward. It's important for the base's toes to be free to slide around (and for the base to do so, vigorously). Important for the flyer to pike hard and not squeak in fear.
(This is kind of a fast move, obviously, and the first few attempts for any partnership usually end with the flyer going plunk on their feet over the base's head. A spotter is recommended, standing about 2 inches in front of the flyer with arms hooked under the flyer's thighs. Spotter doesn't have to move, but should be prepared to slow a fall by leaning back.)
you can go from bat to back bird? (i guess by taking hands and then as the flyer sends each leg back, the base adjusts feet?)
Tee hee, no... it's from bat to reverse bird. Reverse bird is belly-down, but head facing away from the base. The base has to flex their feet.
The transition from bat can be clumsy, as the flyer's torso has to move backward through between the base's legs. Once through, they can grab the base's calves to help push their chest higher.
(Jason and Jenny can go from straddle throne, and use the momentum of the death drop to come straight through to this -- but we didn't even try that level of crazy.)
i never thought to go from standing in hands to throne, either!
That part at least is easy. :) You just bring your feet to their thighs and they sit down.