Look ma, no hands!

No one has thrown down the gauntlet, so I thought I would. The rules for this challenge are as follows: 2 minutes of hoop dance to the song of your choice with no contact below the wrist. This means stalls, breaks and reversals (if you do them) have to be done without the use of your hands. If you drop the hoop, you are allowed to pick it up (had to put that clause in for me, don't know how to do the kickstart yet). The objective of the exercise is to focus more on the dance and less on the tricks. As an example, I am posting a video of the lovely Caroleeena with a guest appearance by Icky. Have fun and happy hooping!

Tags: challenge, flow, hooping

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Permalink Reply by ॐVirtuous Lunaॐ on October 12, 2009 at 8:03pm: oooo fun!!!!

video coming soon!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ॐVirtuous Lunaॐ on October 12, 2009 at 8:04pm: hahaha she almost grabbed it!!

this is going to be hard; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by VegaLyra on October 12, 2009 at 8:42pm: my cats run and hide when they see me w/ my hoop. I imagine them saying "no new tricks in the house!"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elaine hoop nymph* on January 28, 2010 at 6:47am: ahhahaha my cat is the exact same way!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lulu Hoop* on October 12, 2009 at 10:30pm: Great idea! :-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Kinetic.Kristen* on October 13, 2009 at 7:09am: I'm down....I'll try to get a vid by this weekend :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by circularlogic on October 13, 2009 at 7:17am: Oh, I love that video, & Caroleeena is the best armwork inspiration ever. Have you all seen her tribe posts on arms? If not hurry right on over there. She is an arm genius.

http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/22a0e821-a937-41ac-ac45-cf604ab6c299

http://people.tribe.net/caroleeena/blog?topicid=0d15d087-6cf2-4987-...

And her great tutorial about integrating dance too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaZyn4NGKac&feature=player_profi...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by circularlogic on October 13, 2009 at 7:18am: Great idea for a challenge, btw-- thanks, Lowcountry Hooper!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The CircularPhile on October 13, 2009 at 7:16pm: Thanks for reminding me. I meant to post the integrating dance video too.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Wild Mountain Hooper on October 13, 2009 at 7:41am: im a little confused... anything but ur hands right? this means u can use ur arms, and upper body, just no touching the hoop with ur hands right?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tangled Macrame on October 13, 2009 at 7:53am: That's how I interpreted it.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by The CircularPhile on October 13, 2009 at 7:07pm: Anything, except your hands. If you can hoop with your mouth, go for it. Feet, arms, shoulders, neck, all acceptable.; ▶ Reply to This