The 'Undercut' (floor)
Floor-entrance (FEN) & floor-exit (FEX) patterns
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THE WHAT:
A 2-point, ipsilateral (i.e. same side hand/foot) quadrupedal-to-floor transition pattern which practices “threading” the body under and through itself for direct access to the world of ‘floorwork’. Likewise, it can be reversed, albeit in not as efficient a manner, to return back to quadrupedal again.
A significant part of this practice is developing the STRUCTURAL AWARENESS to support one’s structure with only two points of support. In this scenario, ipsilateral is generally less familiar and can feel less stable than contralateral (i.e. OPPOSITE hand & foot), and so a certain level of shoulder & general structural stability is both requested, and developed, within the context itself.
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