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Sunday, April 1, 2007

Spining ( power ) moves:

Backspin(twisting on the back). The swing is this move plays the most important role. The dancer is sitting on the floor. The left leg is straightened forward. The righ knee is bended. Then the dancer straighten the right leg with speed and turn it to left over his left leg, which remains motionless. The legs are crossed: the right one is on the left side over the left leg. The legs are still straightened. The dancer turn fast the left leg under the right: now legs form an angle. Dancer starts twisting on his back: he lift the legs and croosses them, in order to
increase the speed. Twisting must be made not on your buttocks, but on your shoulder-blade.
While twisting you can jump on your back or lift to upper side of your shoulders  in order to increase the speed.

Spining ( power ) moves:
Fall on your back, tumble back, lifting your body on your arms, then fall again, etc. This move must be done in a circle.

Spring:
Fall on your back(don't lean on the arms), then jump forward on your legs.

Floats:
1. Turtle - running in a circle on arms.
Try to lean your elbows on the belly and to lift your body. If you are not in good form you wouldn't do this. At first, you must learn standing on one arm, let another arm just keep the balance. Train both your right and left arm. When you will be able to stand on your right and left hand without any support you can do the turtle. Don't forget about speed - it is easier to perform a fast turtle and it looks very cool.

Cricket - jumping turtle.
Stand on one arm, another arm helps you to jump. The closer the free arm is to your body - the faster you are moving. The hands touch the ground by turns.

Jackhammers - jumps on one hand in a circle.
Learn jump on your single arm - jump with your whole body and touch down whithout thouching the ground.
First, choose the direction to twist. Then, bit by bit try to stay on a single arm. After you learn staying on one arm, try to float on an arm, pushing off with free arm (you must have a material under your arm, before you do it). This move is named HandGlide. You have to learn at east 4 turns from one push. The most difficult moment in Jackhammers is to catch the body after jump, that why try to complicate the HandGlide. For example, try to do it with straightened body. Such moves help to advance the coordination and belly muscles. Now you can start jumping. You have to push off the ground by triangularis and belly muscles - only in this case your body remains alongside to the elbow. Don't jump too high, otherwise you
risk to damage the wrist. First time you may do 1-3 jumps, but regually trainings will conduct you to professional level!