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A Rachel challenge!!! I’m so excited! Your hair and makeup look fantastic BTW! You know I’ve been checking ALL day for this post. I’ve looked about 50 times and it’s here! That jump rope slack… 😳 !!! Guess there is no walking THAT down! 😂 Thanks Rachel! And SPLITS!!!!! Gotta get on that ground workout. Butt still hurting from Zoë’s! This is awesome!
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I *think* I have a cool idea for a different type of shape in the final wheeldown for this sequence. It may or may not even pan out once I actually try it in the silk. But, do you prefer we stick to a traditional wheeldown shape (as you demo’d in the video)? Or open to a slight, varied interpretation? 🙂
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Hi!
A very puzzling thing is happening and I have not been able to figure out why, despite trying to solve it multiple times:
I end up with a s wrap on one pole only!It seems I am doing exactly what Rachel does, but keep on ending on 1 pole.
Here is a video to illustrate:
Do you see where I might be wrong?
Thank you for your help!
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Hey Helene, while Rachel does split the poles, both cross her back from one hip to one armpit and then she goes through in the pull over. In your video, one one strand crosses your back while the other stays by your side, so it won’t end up in the S wrap later. The strands need to have the same path before the pull over, she holds one strand in the beginning as it’s easier to split the poles then rather than after having the fabric tight across the back. Happy training!
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At the beginning is there another way to thread through without a flamenco grip? My wrist and shoulder mobility have always made moves with that grip challenging. This one in particular strains my shoulder. Or should I just use a different entry into s wrap?
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Is this slack drop very jarring/squishing for everyone Or am I maybe softer around my waist than I should be? 😂😬
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I’m having fun with this one! Nervous about going for the slack drop full out. Is there any walk-down? Also when is the live Q&A?
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Hi Silks Stars! Unfortunately our live Q&A got cut off at the end by technical difficulties. Here is a video recording of the final question answered from the Q&A.
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Great Q&A! Thanks! Very helpful. Been working on my tightening my gut to get ready for a punch! 🥊 😂 … Last month some people did some mixing and matching with the regular challenge and the mini-rig challenge, so my question is, this month if I can get the drop, but not the wheel down because I’m too low, may I end it after the drop if I can make it a clean ending or do I have to move to the mini rig challenge? Thanks again! I’m having a blast!
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Hi! I’m getting onto this challenge a little late in the month. So the first part of the sequence (flamenco right, shoot left arm through, reach left arm around to grab silk) I am having trouble reaching the silk with my left hand / arm. Is it because I have t-rex arms?! or is it related to shoulder mobility? Would love if you had any tips! I watched the Q&A and saw the alternate entry via ticktock however would like to continue trying the flamenco hand / thread through as per video. Thank you!
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Great question! Once you dive the left arm through and down, there is a spiral in the upper chest to turn the body up to the pole so the left hand can reach. If you need a bit more room, you can ease the hold of the silks between the feet to create more slack once the fabric is firm under the right armpit. Keep the feet on the fabric but see if you can get a slide of the fabric around the body to help that left arm. Happy training!
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I know this is quite late in the month, but I’d like to have this slack drop in my pocket regardless of if I nail it for this months submission so here is my issue:
I cannot for the life of me get the slack drop to actually drop. It feels very sticky and like I slide slowly rather than drop into the slack. The wraps are all in the right place and I land in an s wrap after tossing so I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. Perhaps Is this a body position problem?
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Good detail. The S wrap is built in the breakdancer pose, moving the tail into the wheeldown position, often also called a U lock because of the shape the tail makes around the pole. The prep for the Jump Rope Slack Drop wraps the tail around the pole again. So there is a lot of friction around the pole at this moment. When you do the Jump Rope, you are taking off the extra wrap around the pole to get back to the U lock/S wrap for the wheel down. If the Jump Rope moves around the body but not above where the tail contacts the pole, friction will stay. Since you are taking off a loop with the Jump Rope, there will be slack eventually. But to get that dramatic drop, feeding the slack into the tail around the pole is key. Really toss around the body and slightly up! Happy training! Tuck that shirt! It bites!
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I did just manage to drop it a little better but gave myself a nice belly burn in the process so I’ll be taking a break from that. Will submit the best video I have!
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Sharing just for funsies, I combined Feb and March combos for my silks number at the end of Wonderland we performed at the Fiji Fringe Fest. Cheshire Cat, back middle : https://photos.app.goo.gl/XSa4xQiNMn4PB7en8
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