This is so useful! One of the very few videos I found outlining how to perform extended butterfly in order to gain confidence and strength to go into handsprings/Ayesha. Such an overlooked progression but I feel it deserves so much more attention. Thank you!
very good video. I was lucky enough to start in a studio where the butterfly was trained from the start with the body away from the pole. When it worked well, it was only a short walk to Hanspring. The version in which you swing into the handspring was only allowed if you could hold it in a controlled manner from the invert/butterfly. I have to admit I tried it before, it gave me a 4 week break from training because I injured my shoulder. As a tip, if you can't keep the handspring clean from the invert, try not to swing into it from a standing position, your muscles don't like that at all.
I've been working on Ayesha for a very long time. But practicing this type of entry has finally made it happen. Funny enough my handspring Ayesha was the 1st version I got, it was the on-the-pole version that eluded me. So huge thanks!!
That was the best tip I saw on RU-vid to this topic. I tried for month to get this trick out of the Inverted crucifix or the butterfly and it was so scary and I fell to the side so often! But now I tried it with your method and I finally knew how to use my arms and how to push with the bottom hand - which is really hard. That was so much easier and less scary.
Such a beautiful video and beautiful woman. Absolutely love your profile pic. You are arm goals, and thank you sm for posting this. I know the video is old but still so helpful!
Amazing video, so clear & concise! Great examples of good and bad form so we can spot it in our own practise. That music at the end was a bit of a jump scare tho XD
I thought this would show at least some instruction on the handspring. I was never taught to do the butterfly from a knee hook or to have my torso close to the pole. 🤷🏾♀️
Can you do the same method in reverse grip? This was so easy to do in true grip, so that I you for this great butterfly tip, but true grip still scares me
