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integrating some new stuff in these. i really need to drill!
hooping a capella: www.youtube.com/watch
to the beastie boys: www.youtube.com/watch
i really have an issue with getting my planes flat on the horizontal -- is it a matter of speed?
hooping a capella: www.youtube.com/watch
to the beastie boys: www.youtube.com/watch
i really have an issue with getting my planes flat on the horizontal -- is it a matter of speed?
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Re: two new process vids
Tue, October 6, 2009 - 5:57 AMthe smoothness and fluidity of your hooping is amazing: you make the transitions between movements imperceptible. -
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Tue, October 6, 2009 - 4:50 PMvery nice
it made me feel peaceful watching you move
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Tue, October 6, 2009 - 10:00 PMGreat stuff Mr Khan!
Thanks again!
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Sat, October 24, 2009 - 2:14 PMHi Khan!
awesome videos! I really, really, love the turn that you do with the chest roll, into the be-hide the neck roll! (around :42) I've been dreaming about that move! Any tips, or a tutorial? :D
And the arm loop/roll (around 1:25) is so wonderful! (sorry about the funny names, I'm rarely around hoopers, so I have no idea what things are called!)
Thank-you for posting, I really enjoyed them!
Happy Dancing,
Olivia
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Sun, October 25, 2009 - 12:49 PMI always learn a lot from your process videos. Thank you for sharing them with us. -
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Sun, October 25, 2009 - 12:53 PMOh yeah, you asked if getting the horizontal planes flat was a matter of speed. It can be. Speed can increase centripetal force which flattens out the plane. Friction applied to the underside of the hoop, like English on a ball, kinda out and up, can also flatten out planes. And so can pushing your push points out and back a little farther. I think applying English, or working the hoop out but also up from the underside of the hoop is the easiest way for me to flatten out my planes. We often think we only push front and back but we also apply pressure from beneath the hoop to move a hoop up and from above the hoop to push a hoop down. We just rarely think about the fact that that's what we're doing. Once we begin to do it consciously, we can manipulate a hoop with almost imperceptible shifts in the way we apply our pushes.
Hope this helps!
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Mon, October 26, 2009 - 3:04 AMWhat a lovely breakfast surprise. 2 new videos from Khan. My cup of tea went cold though because I forgot to drink it whilst watching.
I love your style. I do hope I can get to hoop with you one day. I could learn so much from you.
I've been trying to do that wonderful horizontal roll over the arm that you make look so beautiful. All I do is drop it or hit myself with it. Do you think it's a move that needs the hoop to fit onto the arm both sides? ie the hoop needs to be no longer than your arm?
And I love your behind back passes assortment.
Oh, and another thing :~) I love your hoop space, so neat and tidy, cool looking and just the right size. My husband could learn from you, you should see his office. Total opposite. Your clubs, hoops and poi arranged just so, his clubs are like the remains of a crash and the poi always tangled. I would so like to have fairy lights in my hoop space, but I don't have one indoors :~(
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Mon, October 26, 2009 - 11:56 PMDuuude, that was awesome. I actually preferred the acapella version (though I was digging the music, it was distracting!).
My take on the horizontal thang: if I spend effort extending the path of the hoop (maybe particularly my 'point'?), it will stay flatter... so a back lift that starts waay behind my back, and extends as far away from my body as possible as my hand passes my chest, and finishes with my hand circling beyond and behind my head.. will stay flatter than a back lift that starts almost at my side and finishes with extension just above my forehead. We can 'cheat' that by spinning using our feet... or work on the range of motion through our shoulders and grip strength to be able to pull it off flatter, stationary. Dunno if that makes sense, but its what I have to offer :)
Can't wait to play on Wednesday.. I'm so stoked that my local gang of flow folk have added a second weekly playdate! This will keep my fall and winter invigorating!
Miss you, btw :)
X.
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Tue, October 27, 2009 - 5:58 PMHi Sue! The horizontal arm flippy thing can be done with with a hoop whose diameter is longer than your arm, but it will require more forearm and shoulder strength to pull off, and I think that you will need to go a bit faster. That sounds counter-intuitive but unlike core hooping where a bigger hoop translates into slower movement, for this particular thing, the bigger hoop means it's that much more effort to push around and maintain the plane; the extra momentum helps in that regard. Having a hoop that's about equal to or not much longer than your arm makes it easier to balance.
I can try to make a tutorial on that one too!
Thank you for noting the tidiness of my hoop space. It's about the only room in my apartment that could be considered "tidy" though!
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Tue, October 27, 2009 - 5:49 PMThank you for watching, and thank you for the tips, Caroleeena and Xta! I will bring more focus to the techniques you describe next time I hoop (which may very well be tonight!).
I'll try to shoot a tutorial for the chest/shoulder rollover move. Not sure how to actually explain how to do it though... -
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Wed, October 28, 2009 - 12:20 PMI explain that move by saying, "Imagine your arm is a 2x4 piece of lumber and you are directing in under a stationary tablesaw to cut it into two 2x2's. You direct the arm/lumber under the blade and then fedd forward slowly following the arm with the body so that your back naturally turns as the hoop reachs the shoulder and extending the other arm as you turn your back. The back naturally turns toward and under the blade if it is following the arm/lumber. Kind of a gory visual but good for Halloween I think. ;^) Hope this helps! And I can't wait to see your tutorial!
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Tue, November 17, 2009 - 1:25 AMOMG khan i love so much your smoth hooping you'r inpirat me !
