Y. A. class 2021

Set up

• Hands on the floor, shoulder width

• Feel the palm of the hand, feel the fingertips

• Lock the ellbows

• The first leg (that's the leg that goes up first) floats close above the floor, toe pointed

• Play with the disctance between hands and feet

• Round the back to tune in into bringing the shoulders above the wrists

• When kicking up with the rear leg, try to keep the distance between the two legs the same till the first leg is straight

• Keep always tension in the legs

• Bring the hip above the shoulders

Half kick-up

• Don't come till there's balance, just practice the kicking-up

• But concentrate on the tension in the extremeties

• And on keeping the same distance between the two legs during the movement

L-shape kick-up

• Kick-up with the rear leg

• Keep the distance between both legs the same

• Bring the first leg to straight, while the rear leg is pointing to the wall (L-shape)

• Don't stay there but slow the movement down to close the rear leg next to the bottom leg

• Movie at the bottom (not the guy in front, but the girl and the guy with greenish shirt)

• Movie of myself: still practicing, "Katja, keep the legs straighter, don't kick up with the first leg only with the rear leg, slightly almost pauze at the point where you've your personal L-position (not horizontal) and slow the movement more down when closing the rear leg"

L-negative against the wall

• Back to wall

• Rest the butt (stick it out) against the wall

• Move one leg down to L-position (if it's not totally horizontal, it's okay, just come to your comfortable position)

• Push to float the leg that's leaning to come off the wall

• Or come down or first close both legs to straight

Cardwheel kick-up (entry to handstand)

• Enteryng like the L-shape kick up

• Only placing the hands one after another

• And move on a diagonal line, in the middle is a straddle