Re: [Paddlewise] rolling over

Michael Daly wrote:
> 
> I try to convince them that
> the physical model is dancing, not wrestling. 

It's nice this dancing theme came up. I think learning to roll was easy
for me, because I've done quite a lot of modern dance. It gave me some
strength and flexibility, but much more important: 
- Being able to learn and remember movements and positions
- Learning to use muscles individually, instead of in large groups. I
notice a lot of people, while standing on dry land, can not more their
hips without moving their shoulders, and vice versa. 

I am giving a rolling class now, and I start each sessions with a kind
of warming up, mostly inspired on my dance lessons. The whole eskimorol
can be split up in seperate movements of hips, shoulders and head,
combined in different ways, and practiced on land. Even the complete
movements can be practiced while standing up:

- Grab a paddle
- Stand up
- Bend 90 degrees at the hips.
- Pretend your sitting in a kayak: Pretend the bow of your kayak points
straight down in the floor and your stern pointing at the sky.
- Lean all the way down (like leaning on your fordeck, setting up the
roll)
- Move the paddle behind your knees (like getting it to the surface)
- Rotate on your feet, while straigtening up. (Bingo! Screwroll!)
- Keep making this movement, try to insert a hipsnap.

While my warming up may be based on modern dance, I can't pick up the
courage to bring some music and do all the movements synchronized, on a
beat. Maybe some day I will.

Niels.
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