This is such a cool choreo!!! I love it. Looking forward to a great start of the year. Thanks Brett, it has your signature all over it. Great!

I am so excited to play with this one!!!

Did the ground handstand workout yesterday. Sore today. I love that!!!

Any quick tips for elbows that hyper extend when straightening to load in the handstand?
This has always been an issue for me and I’ve pretty much always avoided all handstands because I’m old and avoiding injury risk just seemed like the better option 🤣🤣
Not actually sure if I’m just being overly cautious. I’m sure a solid few weeks of working on them ground and air will help but…
Keen for any tips or advice early on.
🙏🏻

Does it make a difference if the silks are in front of your arms or in back when doing the handstand? I’m finding I’m having trouble keeping my right arm straight and tipping over when trying to release the right leg.

Some questions.

– how do you correctly stack bodyparts in handstand? Normally i built up from floor to sky, but that does not seem to work giving legs are already in chrochette. What us the correct rotation of the shoulder (chest in)? Any thoughts
-how do you prevent leaning into one pole, find it difficult to possition my hands so my body is centered and does not lean to one side).
– when performing the knee drop after the handstand i get skinburn in my knee. I wear a longy (legs covered). Any tips?
– also the direction for the drop i miss, you drop towards your front (belly), you lower the left leg, hooks right and keeps arms straight, correct?

Amazing choreo, love it, thanks

I’m really in trouble with the knee hook and holding the silks with my hands after the handstand. I’m just sliding. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

I have a tip for practicing the handstand in the fabric – do it with a low knot. I tie the knot a couple of inches off the ground, stand and crochet and setup the hand placement. You’re close to the ground so bailing out is easier. This one is really tough on shoulders and requires good core. Also definitely need to cover the knee.

Hi there! I started working on the January challenge sequence today and I have some concerns about the handstand. Ever since my shoulder injury in 2021 handstands of all sorts (ground and air) have been super sketchy for me, so I was wondering if there is any way to modify it to take some of that strain off my shoulders (like maybe make an x on my back before setting up my hands, or something like that). Any thoughts/advice? I’ll definitely keep trying to work on it but I may end up just skipping from the sleeping beauty to the front walkover if I’m still not comfortable.

In the meantime, here’s what I have so far for the sleeping beauty part: https://www.silksstars.com/community/tguthrie/media/3180/
It definitely needs to be cleaned up but I’m loving the flow of it 🙂

Thank you Brett for not calling me out in the Q&A. Always the gentleman 😉 Sorry I missed it live. Literally JUST missed it 😏

I tried to watch the replay but I don’t see it. Did you post it?

Great tips during the Q&A and I manage to do the first part of the drop controlled and without knee burning. My only is problem is that the moment I move my body through the poles for the last part of the drop where the body turns, I lose control and get acceleration that I cannot stop. Looks like a real drop, but I prefer to have the same Level of control as Brett. Question: What do you use to slow down the last part of the drop. Many thanks.

Yes, all the cues he told in the q&a i do, leg down, arm straight, push/pull, chest up. Those do not influence the last part for me, but are great tips for the first/middle part. The grounded feeling is missing indeed.

Thanks, will try

My brain and my body finally figured out the exit after the handstand. But then I’m stock. I can’t let go of either of my hands. I don’t have enough grip and I’m sliding down. What can I do? https://www.silksstars.com/community/manon/media/3188/

Hi there,
This is my first monthly challenge and the upload has been the most challenging for me. Not sure if the upload on my profile worked so I’ll link it below.

Thanks! 🙃

I am a first timer here. Joined later in January, so my video uploaded to my profile is only after a few practices. This was a challenging piece, especially just getting back into regular silk practice. I look forward to putting more effort into the upcoming challenges!

https://www.silksstars.com/community/robin/media/3300/

Hi all! I am late but with what I think is a good excuse…I was sailing from Tasmania to NZ. But here is the January mini rig attempt.