Acrobatics: Trio Tricks

Trio Tricks

When:  Sunday 25th January 2014, 2-5pm

Where: Yotopia, 13 Mercer Street, Covent Garden WC2H 9QJ

Cost: £35, booking are made directly with Yotopia

Set your intentions for 2015, with a Sunday afternoon introduction into the power of three.  Learn the dynamics of working together.

Delve into the world of giving and receiving trust. Learn how be clear and ask for what you want. Be prepared to be challenged, maybe move out of your comfort zone. Learn how to spot with precision and thereby support the group as you learn together.

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Learn to build a three person static balance often referred to as trio pyramids or tricks. There could be two flyers and one base or vice versa. For this session you will be working in groups of at least five, with two spotters supporting each trick. You will learn how to build progressively and be supported in the process.

Courtesy of Max Stewart, Wal Balmus & Alf Stanbrough

This image of the handstands on the one base is a possibility only after years of practice and commitment to working and collaborating together. Max Stewart, Wal Balmus & Alf Stanbrough, Bondi Beach

We will begin with a warm up and some inversion practice. Suitable for people who have a regular physical practice, not necessarily yoga. They must have a willingness to work with each other. They must be comfortable with being upside, and be able to do a headstand against a wall for 30 seconds.

The material covered drawn from European Acrobatics, specifically where there has been a long standing tradition of this practice particularly in Germany and Holland where it is practiced as a non professional sport and activity.