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Permalink Reply by Jessicasomething on November 13, 2009 at 1:11pm

Hmm I'm not much help sorry...but if you have the $ safire offers a class just on breaks and reversals!

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Permalink Reply by Chantal Dings on November 13, 2009 at 2:08pm

http://www.youtube.com/user/lambdatronic#p/u/5/SHT_PxBKsm4

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Permalink Reply by Eternal Voyageur on November 13, 2009 at 2:47pm

There are no tutorials about that on Youtube, but it's not so hard to figure this out, almost every move can be broken or reversed. Sometimes you need the help of another hand to break, sometimes not. Just try it out. A smaller lighter hoop makes them much easier to learn.

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Permalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on November 15, 2009 at 9:23am

Yep, Eternal Voyageur is right. I've been in Safire's breaks/reversals class for a while and the most helpful part was simply realizing the multitude of opportunities to reverse the hoop. Go through your different moves and pay attention to the hoop's location. Ask, how can I grab, slap, or move the hoop? I've been playing around with off-body reversals this week using different body parts. My favorite is reversing the weave with my foot. I was inspired by this video of Beth Lavinder. She does some great reversals off her knees and shoulders.

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Permalink Reply by Eternal Voyageur on November 16, 2009 at 5:01am

Some nice reversals here:




This girl does a lot of different reversals, and she makes it look really cool:


There is also a video titled "Solace - Celebrating Summer" which I cannot embed here because "This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions. "
Anyway, in the beginning she breaks hand hooping on her knees, it looks really nice.

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Permalink Reply by Gabrielle Soulhooper Lott on November 29, 2009 at 12:18pm

The second vid is Victoria and she is from Alabama. She is sooooo amazing. She has recently taken some time off hooping cause she just had a baby!!!! She hooped up til late in her pregnancy and has only made one vid since the baby's birth. I do miss her presence in the hoop community, but I know when she returns, she is gonna set the bar for something amazing!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Kristi "Hip-Notic-Hoops" on December 1, 2009 at 2:09am

I meet this Lovely hoop lady @ the Superhooper workshop in Birmingham, AL. She is an amazing hooper and is super sweet! I love her breaks & reversals, you can tell she has worked hard on them. :)

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Permalink Reply by Amanda of Hip Flick Hoops* on December 22, 2009 at 1:40pm

omg I remember megz video (the top one) from a while ago when I was just beginning hooping. I was just amazed at her skillz! Now im getting there myself, such great inspiration! :)

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Permalink Reply by Eternal Voyageur on November 16, 2009 at 5:17am

Ok, I've thought of it this way:

* You can break and reverse. You can create different effects depending on how many times you repeat the move before breaking it again (if at all).

* You can also reverse, reverse, reverse (in quick succession). When I do this, in my mind I play the sound of a DJ moving the record back and fro (is that called scratching ?) Know that sound ? It's like you are replaying a tiny part of a move backwards and forwards.

* You can just break, and not reverse. You stop the movement for a moment, and continue.

* You can experimenting with breaking with different parts of the body. While hooping off body you can break without any additional body part (just stopping the hoop with your hand movement, requires a light hoop and good control), or breaking with the other hand (either openly or so that it's barely noticeable), or by bumping it against your shoulder, torso, or even a knee or foot.

* Try trapping the hoop under an armpit, bumping it off a body part, just grabbing and releasing, or pushing it away with the palm. This will make the reversals sharper, slower, or more dramatic.

* You can break some moves in several places. Like the vortex, you can bring it down just till the chest, and reverse and go back up again. Or you can go all the way down to the waist, and then reverse.

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Permalink Reply by circularlogic on November 16, 2009 at 11:23am

What a great analysis, E.V.! I've learned a lot from Safire's Breaks & Reversals & I've done variations instinctively, but this is a beautifully distilled analysis that really helps me see more possibilities!

A few breaks that I love:
Off body vertical underarm breaks (if you go to Stina Sparkle's Double Axle Weave tute she discusses the technique as a warm up) http://www.hoopcity.ca/video/double-axle-weave-tutorial

Fishtail breaks from overhead horizontal (bring the hoop down & catch it without grabbing it, by putting the opposite hand in at a "stop" angle-- kind of hard to describe, but fun!)

I love love love "stirring" break-reverses-- when you have the hoop horizontal, bending over it & keeping it going with a stirring motion inside, let your stirring arm move out to the side, then when it gets all the way out reverse the motion. You can switch hands or just reach across with the same hand. It makes for a dramatic side-to-side swooping motion and it's actually very easy! I do it when I'm tired & need a stretch.

By the way, these last two I learned from Safire's class. I do recommend taking it if you've got the bucks!

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Permalink Reply by shimarella* on November 22, 2009 at 11:40am

Is there a video of the fishtail break? Sounds cool.

I love the idea of breaks and reversals but I haven't found a way to make them totally organic yet; I need to practice more.

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Permalink Reply by circularlogic on November 22, 2009 at 8:34pm

Sorry but the only tutorial I know is Safire's lesson... I really do recommend that class!

The breaks will feel completely natural after more practice. I find that they really help you keep the beat when hooping, either fast or slow, on body or off... I love 'em!

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