How do you do a gliss'a to the back (ballet)?
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It's very hard to describe it over the internet without any demonstration. A glissade is a sliding movement from fifth. Start with a demi plie in fifth. glide your back foot back until you come to a tendu then keep gliding until your foot comes a few inches off the floor. Then shift your weight back in a slight jump until both feet are pointed off the floor. Land on your first foot with your front foot in fondue. \n\nHope it kinda helped
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LIFTING YOUR RIGHT LEG A LITTLE, DRAWING IT AROUND THE BACK OF YOUR TORSO, TOE JUST BARELY TOUCHING THE FLOOR IN A LARGE CIRCLE.  AS YOU BRING YOUR RIGHT LEG BEHIND YOU.......YOU POINT YOUR LEFT FOOT FORWARD AS POINTED AND STRAIGHT (OUT FRONT OF YOU) AS POSSIBLE...WHILE BOWING YOUR HEAD TO YOUR SUBJECT AND GRASPING THE CORNERS OF A LARGE PETTICOATED SKIRT, DRAWING YOUR ARMS WIDE TO YOUR SIDE AND OUT.  YOU MUST BOW YOUR HEAD BY TUCKING YOUR CHIN TO YOUR CHEST AND MAINTAIN BALANCE AND GRACEFULNESS. or it won't count.\nClassy
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1. Stand upright with your feet shoulder width apart.\n\n2. Take a 2-3 foot step forward. Once the stepping foot is\nplanted, the upper body and the front knee should not move\nforward during the lowering and raising of the body.\n\n3. Keeping the upper body vertical, dip your lower body straight\ndown until back knee comes close to the ground.\n\n4. Hold the tension in the front of your leg, then raise your body\nstraight up and return to starting position.\n\n5. You may do repeated repetitions on a single leg before\nswitching or alternate legs.
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That is a good question. I have been looking for some good ones that I can do at home, but they are hard to find. In the gym you can use cables to get a twisting motion.\n\nHere's a combo move: \n1. stand straight with dumbells in your hands, your left arm up in the air, elbow/arm straight.\n2. As you bend down (you can bend your elbow as you lower the wieght) turn your torso so that by the time you are fully bent,  your left hand is hanging straight, slightly to the right of your right ankle.\n3. Then raise raise your torso as you slowly twist your torso to its original position, while you raise your hand up into the air(you can bend your elbow as you raise your hand), so that your final position of your left hand is up in th air, arm striaght, and slightly behind your head.\n4. Then go back to one.\n5. Do same thing with other arm\n\nThere are also quite a few yoga moves that do the trsnsverse plane too.
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Try this one, lie on your back with your legs straight up poining to the cieling and crossed at the ankles. Without pushing on the ground with your hands, use your abs to lift your toes straight up(verticle) to the cieling. Or check the free link below.
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leg lifts backwards.\nstrap the weights onto your ankle, lean forward onto the back of a chair and lift your leg (straightened) backward. this will isolate your gluts. do 10 reps of 5 lifts for each leg.
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Balance on your left leg and pull your right ankle straight back and upwards towards your rear with you right hand.  Hold for about 10 seconds.  Switch and do it on the other side.  I'm sure there are other great stretches, too- this is the one I've always done, though.
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run a track backwards...builds butt muscles for leaping
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I know that these take along time, I took longer on these than I did things like back handsprings and back tucks! Back bend kick overs are one of the most important things to know in gymnastics.\nMake sure you have a"spotter" to arch your back correctly and so you don't fall.\nGet in your back bend.\nStart to rock a little bit, that warms up your muscles. \nPush off the ground with the foot you AREN'T kicking over, have your spotter support the leg and help push it over.\nYou need strong arms and back to be able to do a back bend kick over, not so much with the legs. \nGood luck.
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Do it from the toe, twist hips slightly, and place heels down. You have to do both feet at the same time, some find it easier with a slight jump others find it easier to start out with one foot as though when skating forward.
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How to perform Tai Sabaki. Martial artists can get out of the line of attack by using Tai Sabaki techniques. This is a general guide that can be used with many styles such as karate, aikido or jujitsu. Explanation will be on Hanmi, Irimi, Issoku Irimi, Tenkai, Tenkan, Irimi Tenkan & Hanta Tenkan. For the purpose of easy understanding, all technique will start from Migi Hanmi (Right Foot Forward Stance) & the martial artist is presumed to face north. For meaning of the terms used, see the tips column.\n\nSteps\n\n1. IRIMI (MOVING IN). From Migi Hanmi, slide your front foot diagonally (about 40 degrees to your right). Bring your back foot up to resume your stance. Your left foot will still be at the back of your right foot.\n2. ISSOKU IRIMI (STEPPING THROUGH). From Migi Hanmi, step through with the back foot, diagonally off the line of attack. Your back foot will now become your front foot. Bring the other foot in behind to resume your stance. When you have completed the movement, you should have changed your stance to Hidari Hanmi.\n3. TENKAI (PIVOT). From Migi Hanmi, pivot 180 degrees on the balls of your feet to end up facing the opposite direction. If at the starting position, you face north in Migi Hanmi, when you have completed the movement, you will be facing south and be in Hidari Hanmi.\n4. TENKAN (TURNING). From Migi Hanmi, step slightly forward and off the line of attack with the front foot. Turn in the direction of your back 180 degrees by bringing the other foot around behind. You will now be facing south and still in Migi Hanmi stance.\n5. IRIMI TENKAN (STEP THROUGH & TURN). From Migi Hanmi, perform Issoku Irimi, that is, step through with the back foot. Then pivoting on the ball of the new front foot, turn 180 degrees in the direction of your back. You should now be facing in the opposite direction and in the opposite stance (Hidari Hanmi) to when you started.\n6. HANTA TENKAN (STEP THROUGH & HALF TURN). From Migi Hanmi, perform Issoku Irimi that is step through with the back foot. Pivot on the ball of your front foot (left foot), then turn as if performing a tenkan but only 90 degrees (to your right). Your back should be facing west and you should now be facing off to the side of your original direction (your front body will now be facing east)in Hidari Hanmi (that is the opposite stance to when you started).\n7. Practice Tai Sabaki often to make the movements second nature. \n\n* MIGI HANMI = It is a ready or fighting stance whereby the right foot is in front and the left foot is behind the right foot. As an analogy, it is more or less similar to a fighting stance, small forward stance or sanchin stance in Karate.\n* HIDARI HANMI = It is the mirror of MIGI HANMI that is a ready or fighting stance whereby the left foot is in front and the right foot is behind the left foot.\n* Benefits of Tai Sabaki: If you are well versed in Tai Sabaki, you can avoid being hit without the need of blocking with your hand. You can also avoid or dodge a sword attack.
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I usually start with two back flips.\nI follow it up with a somersault.
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I wish I could show you how to do it. The best way is to take smaller steps and push downward with a spring in the step. This is a technique used by the Israeli army and you can outrun everyone every time. Kind of a sideways motion.
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The most important thing to remember when learning a backhandspring is to trust yourself. You might be a headcase at first, cause I was, but you have to know that YES if you do jump backwards, your hands WILL catch you! Just remember to SIT (like in a chair) on your take off, and to keep your arms locked when jumping back so you won't fall! Keep your head straight inbetween your arms, and push off the ground with the tips of your fingers. It might take awhile, but you will get it!
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go over it step by step, just practice little sections if you're having trouble. just go section by section and get each individual section perfected, then work on putting it all together. also, if it's a routine to music (which i'm assuming it is) really use the music and the counts to help you. listen for unique sounds/words in the music that you can associate with your moves and never lose count!
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ever done a back bend? standing on the floor and then leaning back till your hands touch the ground? after you get good at that.  try a back walkover.  you know, its the same thing as a back bend except you bring you legs over you head so your standing up.  after that, do a back walkover with a little jump in the middle until you have a back handspring.  wants that coverd.  try and do a back hand spring with only one hand.  then, do it with no hands.  yes, its very hard.  i've only acomplished the back bend and am working on the back walkover. but with a little more practice, i might get better.
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The back handspring...First, start with your arms above your head, then bend your legs like you are sitting in a chair, while you are bending your legs, swing your arms down by your side.  Then, jump backwards while swinging your arms back up to your head.  Pretend that you are jumping to a handstand, then snap your feet to the ground and stand up.  The other flip...the cartwheel looking thing is a round-off, basically a cartwheel ending with your feet together, followed by either a back handspring or different no-handed flips (back tucks, layouts, etc.)