New Perspectives [Open Arm Balance Challenge!] From 11/18 Til We Get Bored

[Mad Hatter]

@raptron  Pushing high/horizontal will make fallen angel brutal for sure! 

 

@tourennatrix Niiiice work!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Elastigirl]

On 11/30/2016 at 0:18 PM, Mad Hatter said:

 

Fun times.  Getting back to 8 angle from sage wasn't happening today, so that will need some practice. Also tried and failed miserably at headstand to firefly and at moving anywhere from dragonfly.  

 

 

Indeed.  I hope that some of these impossible transitions might become possible one day.

Sweet! So many arm  balances. Never even heard of the funky crow.I wan't to do it though, just so I can say I do the funky crow.

[tourennatrix]

Looks like @spezzy fits right in here

 

 

[raptron]

Does anyone have the heart to tell her that isn't a side crow? Hehe! 

[CourtnieMarie]

12 minutes ago, raptron said:

Does anyone have the heart to tell her that isn't a side crow? Hehe! 

oops! lol

[RedStone]

UGH speaking of which! I have not forgotten about you transition PVP! I just need a WHOLE LOT OF WORK to get these transitions hapenning! I finally got a reasonable (but very short) crow to side crow in, but it sure ain't pretty, also, it made me die  I'm continuing to work on press strength and balance so I can hopefully tackle more of these!

 

 

[Nymeria]

Damn!  You guys are really rocking it!

 

I'll admit that I haven't really done any arm balancing for at least 3 months, so I'm really wobbly with everything.  But hey, since everyone else is doing the crow to 8 angle, I gave it a try, too.  I'm not even slightly close to being able to do the reverse move.  Somehow, even though my leg fits through my arms (barely) while pushing forward, I really don't have the flexibility to pull it back through.  

 

 

[Mad Hatter]

21 hours ago, RedStone said:

UGH speaking of which! I have not forgotten about you transition PVP! I just need a WHOLE LOT OF WORK to get these transitions hapenning! I finally got a reasonable (but very short) crow to side crow in, but it sure ain't pretty, also, it made me die  I'm continuing to work on press strength and balance so I can hopefully tackle more of these!

 

 

 

This is awesome! Especially the belly flop!  Any advice on this transition? I find it so haaard.

 

21 hours ago, Nymeria said:

Damn!  You guys are really rocking it!

 

I'll admit that I haven't really done any arm balancing for at least 3 months, so I'm really wobbly with everything.  But hey, since everyone else is doing the crow to 8 angle, I gave it a try, too.  I'm not even slightly close to being able to do the reverse move.  Somehow, even though my leg fits through my arms (barely) while pushing forward, I really don't have the flexibility to pull it back through.  

 

 

 

Nice one!!! I don't think it's a question of flexibility on the way back but lack of pressing strength. On the way down to 8-angle the hips and shoulder lower down, which is much easier than the reverse movement where you need to press up without any momentum. Though actually I think you do have that strength and that it's only a matter of applying it.

[Mad Hatter]

This transition beginning to bug me, any ideas why I can't stick it?

 

 

[raptron]

Take your pants off?  

 

Maybe you could get your feet a little bit further forward so there is less weight toward the back? Anything that shifts the weight slightly more forward may help a bit. I haven't played with that one yet so no practical advice yet from meee.

 

@Nymeria So happy to see you in here!! I think you have the strength to get back, definitely! It's similar compression/strength to getting out there. Maybe trying to keep your hips a little bit higher or pushing them a bit higher when you try to come back will help, which I now see Mad Hatter also mentioned. 

 

I am bummed I can't find a good place to film when I try to practice in my house. I may be able to shift some things around in the living room... but it'll be tight. We'll seeee I guess! 

[Ryuu1011]

Ohh this looks so cool I just found this and have been working on my handstand and other arm balances quite a bit but never tried to transition between them. I'll have to try some when I get home today

[raptron]

 

[Mad Hatter]

12 hours ago, raptron said:

Take your pants off?  

 

Maybe you could get your feet a little bit further forward so there is less weight toward the back? Anything that shifts the weight slightly more forward may help a bit. I haven't played with that one yet so no practical advice yet from meee.

 

Haha I did think about taking my pants off - but especially this time of year my legs are so cold and dry they're even slippier! And using grip aid felt like overkill.  

 

Possibly , but it feeels like I can't go any further forward. But maybe I can.

 

12 hours ago, Ryuu1011 said:

Ohh this looks so cool I just found this and have been working on my handstand and other arm balances quite a bit but never tried to transition between them. I'll have to try some when I get home today

 

Do eeeet!  

 

4 hours ago, raptron said:

 

 

This is awesome! And dem shoulders.  But what magic are you using to not slip off in HS to side crow? Also now I'll have to revisit HS to firefly to see if I did anything differently. It looks like you held the arms a little wider than regular headstand but maybe that's my imagination?

[Ryuu1011]

Played around a little and managed to do crow, to tripod headstand to normal headstand, back to tripod and then back to crow. I forgot to get a video but I'll take one and post it tonight. I was really shocked but just how difficult the actual transitions were. 

 

Also I can't even come close to doing firefly yet so all of those transitions to an from it are super impressive!! 

[tourennatrix]

...why do I get the feeling that (if this goes long enough) I'm going to learn how to get to a pose from another pose, but not know how to get there the "normal" way?

[Mad Hatter]

2 hours ago, Ryuu1011 said:

Played around a little and managed to do crow, to tripod headstand to normal headstand, back to tripod and then back to crow. I forgot to get a video but I'll take one and post it tonight. I was really shocked but just how difficult the actual transitions were. 

 

Nice! Looking forward to the video.  

 

1 hour ago, tourennatrix said:

...why do I get the feeling that (if this goes long enough) I'm going to learn how to get to a pose from another pose, but not know how to get there the "normal" way?

 

But what's fun about normal?  

[raptron]

^^^ Normal is boring.

 

@Mad HatterI think my arms were a bit wide in all of these transitions. I think they make for a more convenient resting place that far out when I am trying use them to swap between sides? Not entirely sure. The trick with the headstand to sidecrow for me was to try to ground the knees on the top of the elbow/just a bit higher than the elbow and make sure they are really ON THERE before starting to come up from the headstand. I slipped on a few and I think the tuck was too tight or coming in too high on the arm compared to normal side crow so when I tried to push out of the headstand, it dumped my legs onto the ground. 

 

Also during one of my headstand -> side crow attempts, half of my abdominals totally cramped up. It was the weirdest feeling. XD #doyourcore

[Mad Hatter]

22 minutes ago, raptron said:

^I slip on a few and I think the tuck was too tight or coming in too high on the arm compared to normal side crow so when I tried to push out of the headstand, it dumped my legs onto the ground. 

 

Ooh this is interesting! I've been purposefully trying to tuck as much as possible to more easily control the descent but maybe that's the completely wrong strategy. The experiment will resume.

[Nymeria]

Hatter was completely right about the 8 angle to crow transition.  I tried pressing upward much more aggressively than I had been, and I was able to thread the leg back through.  I'm having a different problem with the headstand to side crow:  I can get my legs in position just fine, but I'm putting in too much momentum and over-rotating back to my feet when I pick up my head.    I also managed to do headstand to scorpion, but I failed to get a video.  I'm so jealous of all of the firefly action.  That is a move for which I just lack the flexibility, since my pancake is not even close to where it needs to be.  

 

This PVP is great though!  It's just what I needed to rekindle my arm balancing and NF enthusiasm.  

[Kishi]

So, uh, looks like I accidentally picked up the epic quest of "Achieve an L-Sit to Handstand." I'mma need some parallettes for this...

[CourtnieMarie]

43 minutes ago, Kishi said:

So, uh, looks like I accidentally picked up the epic quest of "Achieve an L-Sit to Handstand." I'mma need some parallettes for this...

you might be able to commission @RedStone to make you some

[Kishi]

38 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

you might be able to commission @RedStone to make you some

 

Dude, right? Hadn't even thought of that. Otherwise I figured I'd spring for a pair for Christmas or something.

[Ryuu1011]

Here are some videos from today playing around: 

Crow to tripod headstand then back to Crow

and then 

Working on my crow into press handstand. Accidentally went into tripod headstand instead of just pressing straight up. Next time I think I need to squeeze my legs together more and try to hold it for a few more seconds at the top instead of coming straight down. 

 

I also tried some side crow and 8-angle and realized that I still have a LOOONG way to go on my flexibility before I can fully hit those poses, and maybe one day firefly too XD 

[Ryuu1011]

4 hours ago, Kishi said:

Dude, right? Hadn't even thought of that. Otherwise I figured I'd spring for a pair for Christmas or something.

Just make your own! If you've got a home improvement store near you, you can easily buy everything for under $20-$30 and its a fun weekend project. Here is the tutorial I used to make mine 

[Kishi]

1 hour ago, Ryuu1011 said:

Just make your own! If you've got a home improvement store near you, you can easily buy everything for under $20-$30 and its a fun weekend project. Here is the tutorial I used to make mine 

 

That's what I was thinking, but there's also a nice pair for sale and I wouldn't have to pay for it. It's a bit of a dilemma for me, you know?