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I have MANY. I'll also list moves I'm working on but haven't tried enough to warrant being nemesis moves: the evil knee hold--I keep telling myself I don't want this one. LOL shoulder super invert elbow grip aysha with left elbow gripping split grip aysha shoulder mount flip jade splits there are many more but this is a start. 😎
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...twisted ballerina on left side. UGH
Right now the Caterpillar is my nemesis. Well, for the past month it feels like. No other move has caused me so much trouble with no progress. I swear I have strong hamstrings!
Though I haven't tried most of yours yet, sparrow. :-)
Handspring, handspring, handspring. WTF am I doing wrong?
Split grip ayesha...this just does not want to ever click with me. Handspring....I hope that taking the parkour classes will get me over my fear of faceplanting. Many other moves I know I just will never get unless I seriously work on my flexibility and I don't really see that happening.
Not handspring...I meant cartwheel (face forward not back)
Marley and bird - I finally got my hips forward, but cannot got past the ouchies to let go. Superman - My thigh fat grabbing my brass pole makes the flip hard. pretzel - I am hit or miss with that spin. Some days are better than others. My stupid shoulders need to loosen up more though.
oh yes, handsprings and cartwheel mounts. those too. i haven't tried a marley--not sure what that one is. i'm sure it's a nemesis move though!
Yeah...I haven't really perfected that Superman yet. Sometimes I get stuck in a spot where I can hold it and it hurts no more than the actual superman, but my legs are not actually fully together. Awkward...(especially when the cat shows up below the pole and you're afraid of landing on him!) Oh and my Jade looks so sad. I almost got floor splits but there's a long way to go...
I am intermediate but have soooo many nemesis moves. Controlled invert/Chopper Reverse grab Side climb 2 handed layout (my arms are too short) Crouch spin (bad wrist) Rockstar spin Spin up from floor/spin down from pole. Ughhhhhhh
oh i'm totally sneakily pulling from this list for inspiration for the next nemesis trick posts on my blog! keep 'em comin :)
Chopper! Have a hard time getting my hips over my head. Superman, can get into it but have issues holding on with my left hand. Any move on my weaker side (my left). Lol Yet to try handsprings and cartwheels. But not looking too promising....
Jackknife!
Split grip handspring!!! I finally did it twice over the last few days but it's been months and months... I can do twisted/true grip handsprings, and split grip cartwheel, but that one is just sooo harddd. Flag invert. Cross ankle release got me for a pretty long time. Knee hold (Can do it now, but I can't hold it for more that a few seconds. My top/hooked knee just slips so much) Cup grip shoulder mount. Advanced plank.
When I was first learning I remember the Chopper and Reverse Grab Spin being the major issues for me. The Choppeer - for obvious reasons: I just need a few months to build the strength to invert. With the Reverse Grab I was affraid to push my hips forward and hold my weight with just one hand, especially since I was learning on 50mm. Now the list of nemesis tricks would be very long: Aysha, Shoulder Mount, Pencil Mount, etc. I'm nowhere near handsprings and cartwheels but I would like to be able to do those someday too. :)
No matter how long I've been holding, no matter how many similar moves I can do, and no matter how much excellent advice I get, I STILL can't do the cupid! Please don't tell me it's all in the hips, I already know that:) One time when my flexibility works against me! There was one incandescent day several years ago when I did it once brilliantly and that was a magical moment but the elusive cupid has not been seen since *sob*... Also, the Marion Amber is still proving elusive but I'm hoping that at least one of the pole people I see when I'm overseas next month will be able to help with that!
(^^holding=poling)
I forgot about cupid! I still can't do that either, I pretty much gave up on it forever ago and said "not meant to be". LOL
Fun thread!!! Ayesha Splits Jade
Still cannot do the Rockstar Spin! I currently struggle with: Cupid (can hold for about 3 seconds and seems to kill my hamstring) Spinning dismount Superman
Noodle! Used to be able to do it but feels like I'm almost breaking my foot when I try to do it now!
Some of the moves I know have been harder than others. But I only have one nemesis. The plank! Not even advanced but regular plank! I dont get it, I can spin on the pole using one leg, but I cant plank? It was one of the first three moves I wanted to learn. Crusifix - polesit and plank. Now a year after, I still cant get it. I dont even think its an interesting move anymore, but I just need to be able to do it. If I ever learn it, I problably wont use it ever, I have really come to hate it! :) But I'll never give up!! :D
Twisted grip handspring! The split grip and true grip handsprings came really easily - but I cannot get into the twisted grip anything for the life of me. I can even lift into the handspring without any momentum from the split grip - but every time I try the twisted grip I feel like I'm going to dislocate something (or everything).
Superman. Efffing superman has been my nemesis forEVER. I can do so many things that require more strength and flexibility than superman, yet it has eluded me for 2 years. It's mental, I know it is. Karol has tried to help me. Jamilla has tried to help me. My fellow instructors have tried to help me. But no. Superman says no no no. Maybe it's to keep me humble. 😕 And I'm with chemgoddess on the SG aysha/jacknife/straightedge. I cannot find my point of balance. I can EG and forearm grip alllll day long but split, not so much.
It's funny how everyone's body is different... Many girls here said that they can do all these ayeshas/jacknife/cartwheels and handsprings and whatever, but that their superman/twisted grips are not good, while I can't do any move that requires me to balance up side down with my my legs in the air for the life of me, but every move that starts/ends with a superman (or resembles a superman or whose name sounds remotely like superman or that once saw a sperman from afar) I can do with no problem, and twisted grip is practically the only one I use... Unfortunately I stopped doing superman cos it seems like it's giving me strech marks on my hips, so it's kind of a nemesis trick for me as well :D
