I will be teaching 3 classes with controlled burn (www.controlledburnreno.com) in Reno on saturday the 29th... Please email all your reno friends and spread the word because these are going to be great classes, with the best people of Reno!!
Here's the info...
To RESERVE a spot go to:
www.controlledburnreno.com/lester.php
The classes will take place Saturday, March 29th, 2008 at Horseman's Park (located at 2800 Skyline Blvd, Reno). Costs for the class are $25 for a single class, $40 for two classes, and $50 for all three. Proceeds from the classes will cover costs of travel for the instructor and help to further Controlled Burn's ability to remain a community organization...
CLASS SCHEDULE
11am to 12:30pm - Intermediate/Advanced Poi
1pm to 2:30 pm - Intermediate/Advanced Staff
2:45pm to 4:15pm - Double Staves
*some refreshments will be available during breaks
Everyone is invited, please come and play with us!
DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS:
Poi
Creating freedom of movement
- Working on forward swings in a plane parallel to your shoulders instead of perpendicular
- Body movement while keeping your poi constant
- Exploring all extensions for connecting hip reels to shoulder reels (Eliminating sticky spots in your spinning)
- Connecting counter-clockwise and clockwise windmill to open up more movement (Above the head meltdowns/360 turns)
Learning different weave patterns
- 2 beat weave patterns above and underneath the arm
- 3 beat weave with one arm extended while the other hand follows above and underneath the extended arm (adding slides)
- Explore the basics on 5 beat weaves both forwards and backwards
- Learning 5 beat weaves at the elbow instead of the wrist (above and underneath the elbow)
- Incorporating straight jackets with weave patterns (especially 2 beats and 5 beats)
Using crank as a base move
- Isolating crank
- Crank extensions in all directions creating flower patterns and anti-spins in front of your body
- Exploring the different varieties of vertical stalls in crank and incorporating them into weave patterns
Contact Staff
Basic wraps
- Hand, arm, elbow, and shoulder wraps
- Neck wraps in horizontal and vertical
Combo your wraps
- Using multiple points on your body to sustain contact moves (Halo, snes, conveyer belts, and various other combos)
- learning to turn using contact moves (vertical)
Horizontal movements
- Arm transfers from hand to neck (Steves)
- Using multiple points (hand, elbow, and neck) to practice aligning the center of your staff
- Combining arm and neck transfers in one fluid movement
- The duck-out to gain extra rotation around the neck
Double Staff
The Basics
- Going over split time and parallel time using the weave, 3bt weave, forearm locks, handrolls, and 1 beats
Isolations
- Working with different points of isolation and different isolation setups (top to top, top to bottom, bottom to bottom)
- Turning with Isolations
- Translations and Lock-Outs
- Incorporating isolations in with your normal spinning techniques (Easily getting into isolations)
Anti-Spins
- Working with tons of different variations of anti-spins
- Pac-Man, adding extra rotations on each side, and the around the head Pac-Man
- Around the head four point anti-spin
- Incorporating anti-spins in with your normal spinning techniques
Using your fingers to gain extra rotations (finger twirls)
- The basics on gaining extra rotations with your fingers
- Adding those extra rotations into isolations and anti-spins
If you have any questions feel free to email or call me:
Lester
310-882-0980
lester@firegroove.com
www.firegroove.com
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I leave you now with quotes
"We are very excited to be having Lester here to teach intermediate and advanced classes," states Carlyn Perona, Educational Director for Controlled Burn. "Lester is an expert in fire spinning and we look forward to taking the class ourselves to further our abilities as well as being able to pass this amazing opportunity on to everyone in our community.
"After my first class with Lester, I was already booking gigs~ If you are serious about learning how to spin fire, Lester from FIREGROOVE is your man! Whether it is your first time spinning fire... or you have years of experience, don't miss an opportunity to learn from one of the masters. He trains with the top performers from across the globe and continues to push the limits of what is possible.
His knowledge, skills and style make him the best instructor in the game! "
Joshua Wenner, CEO WISH FOR LOVE
