Momentum walks: 'Low-ceiling' and 'Gait-pivots'
Bipedal patterns & conditioning
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3m 38s
THE WHAT:
The 'Low-ceiling walk' and 'Gait-pivots' are two methods for generating momentum between ground-acrobatic movements. The 'Low-ceiling' achieves this by maintaining a perpetually low-position - knees slightly flexed - which both brings the body closer to the floor to facilitating entrance.
Consistently "passing" weight from step-to-step with the quality of "pouring the water" in a near off-axis & out of balance position, this mean that there is NEVER any stopping and NEVER any feeling of being statically supported ('zero-point'). Rather, the sensation is of constantly "falling", ready to receive oneself into the floor with the hands.
The 'Gait-pivots' vocabulary generates momentum through its circular-trajectories in which force is both generated & transmitted. The different position also give immediate access to different "levels in space" from where ground-acrobatic patterns can be entered.
Both can be seen in light of simply "driving the car", the two concepts which can serve as the momentum-generating "glue" to connect pieces of ground acrobatics.
Resource contents:
0:05 - 'Low-ceiling walk'
1:18 - 'Gait-pivots'
2:22 - 'Low-ceiling' + 'Gait-pivots'
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