bee’s knees

The Bee’s Knees II

Posted on by jennabee25

First, off, I did not have class on Wednesday night because Katie took some time off.  She works so hard, and I’m glad that she is taking a few days for herself.  That worked out for me, as my mom had her gallbladder removed on Tuesday, so I was available if Momma needed me.  She is doing great, by the way!  I did get some of my own practice in Wednesday, too.

Speaking of practice, I’ve been doing that a lot more.  I need to.  I realized I can do a few things inside my house in the living room.  Yay! 

Yesterday, Cindy and I had the second of our knee hooping/other technique lesson with Jenny. Both Cindy and I have greatly improved our knee hooping!  Jenny showed us a few ways to pick up the hoop with our feet if it drops to the floor.  Both are much more cooler and elegant than bending down and grabbing it.  We learned to flip the hoop up using the ball of our foot, and we also learned how to flick the hoop off the top of our foot into our hand, and we also did basic ankle breaks.  Yay!

I’m getting better at the back elbow pass, too.  I managed to finally catch that hoop behind my back!  Once.  Only once.  Still, that means that if I keep practicing, and I will get it.  I’m on the right path. 

Improving my knee hooping and learning that elbow pass really is the bee’s knees! 

As a side note, I want to encourage you to come out to Jenny’s new session starting on October 16.  If you are in the Lancaster, PA area and curious about hooping, please register and come out!  Click here for more information.

The Bee’s Knees

Posted on by jennabee25

Sunday was Open Hoop night at Studio Spin, and I decided to go.  I had specific techniques I wanted to practice in front of mirrors. 

One of the skills I wanted to work on was knee hooping.  After a few tries, I was able to sustain the hoop at my knees for quite a while!  Yay!  I worked on both circus style knee hooping and regular knee hooping, and was successful at both.  Quite the bee’s knees!

I worked on isolations a few different ways, too.  They are getting MUCH better.  I also worked on a trick called “Around the Sun,” and it’s getting better.  I attempted to do the Mandala trick, but I need to work on that a lot.

Oh, and I worked on my old nemesis, the two beat chase weave.  I’ve been watching tutorials on it and it’s starting to look something like how it’s supposed to look.  I think I need to exaggerate my crossovers more and not scrunch up like something’s about to hit me in the face.  I tend to do that a lot.

I took a rest day yesterday.  After Saturday’s picnic and Sunday’s practice, I was tired.  Intermediate Hoop is tomorrow night, and I’m really looking forward to it!  I might get out and practice a little tonight if the weather stays dry.