Posts Tagged: ‘Fontaine Bradbury’

Pole Battle: Arena Open Day

2013/04/24 Posted by MsAJL

Pole Battle: Arena Open Day

I recently participated in my first ever Pole Battle. I’ve been training in Australia with Fontaine Bradbury at her new studio, Arena Pole, where she hosted an open day with free workshops, performances, and this pole battle. There were six of us and we each had 40 seconds of freestyle to a surprise song. Here’s [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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