Andrea James Lui

Category: ‘Pole’

Pole Tricks: Flag

2012/05/08 Posted by MsAJL

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 […]

Read full article |2 Comments
Tags: Brass Vixens, Chinese pole, photos, pole fitness, pole tricks
Categories: Pole

Pole Tricks: Yogini

2012/05/05 Posted by MsAJL

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 […]

Read full article |Leave a comment
Tags: Cynthia Smyth, Fontaine Bradbury, Jessie May, photos, pole fitness, pole tricks, Style Steve
Categories: Pole

Pole Tricks: Jade

2012/04/13 Posted by MsAJL

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 […]

Read full article |8 Comments
Tags: Brass Vixens, Cynthia Smyth, Fontaine Bradbury, photos, pole dance, pole fitness, pole tricks, Studom3
Categories: Pole

The Truth About Pole

2012/02/28 Posted by MsAJL

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 […]