Category: ‘Pole’

Pole Tricks: Flag

2012/05/08 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui pole trick Flag

This trick is called the Flag (aka Chinese Flag). It is most recognizable as a signature move of the circus apparatus, Chinese pole, and is highly regarded as a feat of strength because your hands are the only point of connection to the pole – the rest of the trick is pure core and upper […]

Pole Tricks: Yogini

2012/05/05 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui pole trick Yogini

This trick is called Yogini (aka Basket, Cradle, Rocking Horse) – it’s pretty much a yoga bow pose on a pole. The pole is squeezed between my arm and my side and just like the actual yoga pose, the harder you kick your legs back, the nicer your back arch. Incidentally, kicking your legs also […]

Pole Tricks: Jade

2012/04/13 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui pole trick Jade

This trick is called Jade (aka Jade Splits, Deville). There are two points holding me on the pole: the inside of my thigh squeezing the pole against the side of my waist with the help of my opposite arm pulling my leg toward my chest and the inside of my chicken wing arm squeezing the […]

The Truth About Pole

2012/02/28 Posted by MsAJL

YouTube thumbnails of Felix Cane, Zoraya Judd, Oona Kivela, Alethea Austin, and Wilson Alexander

It’s part dance, part fitness, part acrobatics, and it’s not just for strippers anymore. Actually, it was never just for strippers. The circus has Chinese pole – which tends to be a male-dominated apparatus because of the strength and fitness required – and although their poles are longer and stickier *tee hee hee* some of […]