Posts Tagged: ‘Brass Vixens’

Combos Cleo Taught Me

2013/07/25 Posted by MsAJL

I did a semi-private workshop with Cleo and she gave us several split-heavy combos to work on, including these: She also autographed her training DVD for me, with which I’ve been torturing myself several times a week – and I can already feel my legs growing longer, straighter, and FLEXIER! Check it:

Hot Tricks with Alethea Austin

2012/08/20 Posted by MsAJL

Andrea James Lui pole tricks Shoulder Mount Splits

My blog’s been hibernating for the last while, but I’m back to write about my pole workshop with Alethea Austin at Brass Vixens Downtown. The essence of her Hot Tricks class was not to teach the most difficult tricks, but to focus on the most impressive tricks. Frequently, difficult does not equate impressive because more […]

Pole Progress on Video

2012/05/10 Posted by MsAJL

YouTube thumbnails of Andrea James Lui pole combos

It all started with a Groupon. When one of my NGSC trio got engaged, we thought pole dancing would be the perfect celebration. What’s NGSC? That’s the Naughty Girl Social Club. So here I am in that first ever Intro to Pole class at Flirty Girl Fitness with Elena, who choreographed this dance that includes […]

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: 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 […]