aerialknot – Aerial Arts Anthology

Knot Hip Key Drop

Begin with a Knot high off ground Pull legs over into knot, hook knees to one side, re-grab each pole on each side of legs, pull to seated position, slide down so knot goes over butt and ends at the lower back, straddle back Cross one knee over both silks, sit up, grab poles above knee,Continue reading “Knot Hip Key Drop”

Knot Hip Key

Begin with a Knot, place silks on like a backpack, bring hands down silks close to hips, press down, place weight onto knot, straddle back Cross one knee over both silks, sit up, grab poles above knee, shoot hooked-knee down towards ground, keeping silk high on the outside of the thigh Roll up and intoContinue reading “Knot Hip Key”

Knot Jack-In-The-Box

There are many ways to get into Jack-In-The-Box/ Figure out which one suits you best. Begin with a Knot and Knot Stand OPTION 1: Grab poles a little higher than head height, pull up as you press feet out to the side and up the poles, stand in “box” position OPTION 2: Grab poles higherContinue reading “Knot Jack-In-The-Box”

Knot Stand

Create a knot, separate silks, place one foot on top of knot so that it rets in the arch of the foot Grab the poles up high, stand directly under rigging, pull with arms, push with foot on knot, stand up (if you hold high and then stand up, hand should finish nicely at chest/shoulderContinue reading “Knot Stand”

Knot Helicopter Prep

Start on any of the four sides to strengthen (back, front, left side, right side) Place knot below waist and above hips, at lower back just above bottom Balance on your back for length of time, then front, then each side Balancing for 10 seconds and working up to a minute per side will getContinue reading “Knot Helicopter Prep”

Knot Poster Pose

Either start from the ground and lever into a back straddle as seen in the knot inversion video OR pull over onto the knot, swivel, pull up into seated position, and then lower yourself so that knot is at your lower back right above your bottom From a straddle back, bring one leg up toContinue reading “Knot Poster Pose”

Knot Inversion

Make a knot around the height of your mid-back Separate silks, put them on like a backpack, place hands low on the poles Sink weight into the silk, placing the knot at the lower back just above your bottom First step is to try with frog-legs (bend legs and place bottoms of feet together) LoosenContinue reading “Knot Inversion”

Knot

With silks together, take one hand around the outside, all the way around one full time, silks will be wrapped around the wrist With the other hand, pull the tails up and into the hand that is wrapped, making a big loop (it is more difficult to bring silks through if the loop is tooContinue reading “Knot”

Knot Double Knee Drop

Make your silk knot high enough off the ground so that when you hang by your knees with your arms hanging towards the floor, your hands do not hit the mat Get safely into your knot. One way: separate poles and pull over onto knot, pull up on one pole and bring one hand overContinue reading “Knot Double Knee Drop”