The tight version of Butterfly is one of the first inverted moves we will learn where your body weight is almost entirely supported with your arms. This skill is a precursor to Ayesha and a good way to dismount through Iron X. During class we will generally enter from Cradle or Gemini. Multiple grips are possible, including Twisted Grip, Baseball, Downward Cup, and Elbow.
I doubt that any other studios have a move by this name. The intention of learning this side mount is to build your arm and core strength and learn to pivot on your side skin. From here we can easily hook either knee to get into Gemini or Scorpio, and of course doing it straight-legged would make it the more aesthetically pleasing Chopper.
Think straight knees, pointed toes, straight knees, pointed toes, straight knees, pointed toes . . .
Other than that it’s just the basic Dead Spider that we learn in Beginner Pole. But let’s make sure we can do it perfectly 10 times in a row, aerially!
This one is fairly easy, if you are confident in your Gemini (inside-leg hang).
We will enter from Chopper -> Gemini. Advanced students can learn to get into Marion Amber from Allegra.
