Tribe.net. Local Connections Asia http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#edc60fc7-e966-48bd-8f5e-00775d74dbb4 2008-05-14T03:49:54Z 2008-05-14T03:49:54Z

Thank you. :)

Asia 2008-05-14T03:49:54Z Ann http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#6ba272f2-ffac-414d-bd71-9269536f1830 2008-05-14T03:35:09Z 2008-05-14T03:35:09Z

In general, a larger hoop is going to make just about everything easier, because the larger hoop revolves more slowly and gives you more reaction time. This is not true with everything, because with some techniques (particularly off-body stuff) the large hoops' weight and size can get in the way. But, in general, for core work, larger = slower = much less frustrating. The heaviness of the larger hoop might be more likely to bruise your knees, though, so watch out for that! Your thighs will be a more forgiving area to begin the daunting task of leg hooping.

Ann 2008-05-14T03:35:09Z Asia http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#c2a412b6-0a95-4ee0-9ed8-ddcadfa161fc 2008-05-14T03:30:10Z 2008-05-14T03:30:10Z

What I'd like to know is if a smaller or larger hoop would be better for trying to get knee hooping down. I'm the most basic beginner to any type of hooping at all so I'm trying to figure things out.

Asia 2008-05-14T03:30:10Z Paula http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#0ae2fe4e-d327-4479-86a8-bc58e8c71337 2007-02-07T14:37:40Z 2007-02-07T14:31:53Z

Man this is still tough - lol - I managed to kick my self out of the hoop and what a fall -my ass is all sore - can't wait to get home from work and try it again. Thank you kind lady :)

Paula 2007-02-07T14:31:53Z Jazzy http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#34bd4822-0858-48ec-abba-5b972a2a82f7 2007-02-07T04:33:33Z 2007-02-07T04:33:33Z

I GOT IT! Woohoo! And yes, my legs too are bruised now! just about the knees on the outside! Man, it hurts so good!

Jazzy 2007-02-07T04:33:33Z Nicki http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#c042b666-32a0-40f0-a5a8-d4118a3641ad 2007-02-07T00:23:35Z 2007-02-07T00:23:35Z

Here's some...hopefully these will work: http://www.hooping.org/archives/000084.html http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/b0aa46f9-ff01-4606-a43f-4d5885eb3a49

Nicki 2007-02-07T00:23:35Z Britta http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#00679efe-9101-41b0-bd95-be3f53caa44c 2007-02-06T17:52:09Z 2007-02-06T17:52:09Z

For some reason the "pick up the hoop with your knee" thing never worked for me. It always caused the hoop to go flying off. I tend to stick my left leg out to the side and shake like crazy to get it back up (hooping counter clockwise), also I found that if I turn while knee hooping the hoop almost goes up by itself.

Britta 2007-02-06T17:52:09Z Xeena http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#a82ec668-ab49-4f8b-814b-48e9ff3bac21 2007-02-05T18:21:24Z 2007-02-05T18:21:24Z

I tried those old links for info on knee hooping but they don't seem to work. Can someone refer me somewhere or perhaps just give some tips for how to get the hoop back up your body from your knees? I can make it drop down and hoop around my knees pretty easily but have no idea how to get it up again. I also want to say hi, I just joined this tribe and I'm so happy! I've hula hooped around the waist all my life but am only now starting to try to do more dancing/tricks. Xta, I love your site and your videos and you seem really cool! I'm currently also obsessed with Beam Me Up which you make look so easy but seems next to impossible. But I will keep trying!

Xeena 2007-02-05T18:21:24Z Xta http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#dcfdad3b-8999-41de-8da5-c5c23067b98b 2007-02-05T17:49:45Z 2007-02-05T17:49:45Z

Try lifting one of your feet off the ground and actually doing a kicking motion to nudge the hoop back up :) And congrats on your breakthrough! I still remember that excitement.. I think knee hooping was my toughest barrier, and my most exciting achievement when I finally got it, and then got the return-to-waist wiggle! X.

Xta 2007-02-05T17:49:45Z Paula http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#66259ce4-be09-483e-a6aa-fcec80fb9f28 2007-02-05T13:46:09Z 2007-02-05T13:46:09Z

YAY!!!! Up and down and up and down and up and down....but once the hoop goes to the calf - only down ...straight down...and thats it......need to work on that now.

Paula 2007-02-05T13:46:09Z martine http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#a0575a02-dff2-422e-a248-e02a8cf41217 2007-02-02T17:59:07Z 2007-02-02T17:59:07Z

I'm reviving this older thread because I wanted to say I CAN FINALLY KNEE HOOP!!!!!!!!!! I was having a very inspired hooping session and as I was grooving, I took a chance to let it go to my knees for the gazillionth time and expected it to fall on the ground as usual, but this morning, almost magically, it worked. 5 times in a row! I cannot bring it back up yet, or keep it more than 8 or 10 revolutions but I can finally knee hoop! YAY for me!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to Revolva and Diana Lopez for their tips and pointers!! I'm so happy!!! I look like I've been in a street fight though, I'm glad it's not skirt or bikini time in Maryland...

martine 2007-02-02T17:59:07Z majik http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#57a36dfb-c3e7-4fa2-a175-adbc78a519bd 2004-12-28T05:50:01Z 2004-12-28T05:50:01Z

It's amazing to see how so many people have different ways of pulling off tricks. It's part of what gives everyone their own style. I love it! I havn't tried any of these knee hooping techniques before however I can make it work. The way I keep it around my knees is by keeping my knees fairly close and pushing my right knee back and forth. I hoop anti-clockwise but if you hoop clockwise use your left knee. It makes it fairly smooth and easy to adjust the speed without it dropping. It also makes it easier to move up back up to your waist by simply speeding it up and by bringing that motion of your knee up into your thighs then when it's at your hips bring the motion up into them and so on. You can take it all the way back up your body like this. I hope you can find the best style for you good luck majik happy hooping

majik 2004-12-28T05:50:01Z Nicole http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#d791e50d-407e-4973-ba91-398d32218465 2004-12-27T05:42:57Z 2004-12-27T05:42:57Z

whoa...i've been having trouble knee hooping for awhile and i'm pigeon-toed too! i wonder if that's why i've been having such trouble with the jogging thing. i'll have to try your advice! Thanks! Love, Nicole

Nicole 2004-12-27T05:42:57Z kaiya http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#33172ed0-2c98-45e9-b1db-a6f7cd4c4640 2004-12-25T13:14:18Z 2004-12-25T13:14:18Z

A lil late...but... Last summer during a workshop, Kandice simply said to me. "Be patient you'll get it. It's muslcle memory." So I tried and I suddenly realized one of the things that I had been doing wrong. I'm a left-to-right hooper. I had been watching right-to-left hoopers for almost a year, attempting to mirror their movements, which is just an exercise in futility for more advanced moves like this one. lolololol So ensure that you choose a mentor who hoops in your direction. Also look to hooping as a means to capture your individual style. Don't get discouraged just because you haven't managed recreate someone else's magic. Try everything, but create your own magic. So in my case, the jogging movement doesn't really work for me because...I'm knock-kneed (the opposite of bowlegged) and clumsy AND pigeon-toed. Sigh. lolololololololol What does work is what can be best described as a knee pivot. Try this out...but remember I'm a LEFT-TO-RIGHT hooper...you should adjust these suggestions accordingly if you're the opposite: - Put on some appropriate hoopin tunes. Leaving your hoop aside, stand up and plant your feet firmly about shoulder width apart on level ground. - Rotate your right knee in a clock-wise direction (to the right); Do it for a while in order to get the feel of it (and marvel at how sexxcie you look) lol SWITCH! - Rotate your left knee in a clock-wise direction DOUBLE UP, UNH! UNH!! - Rotate both knees simultaneously in a clock-wise direction. Do it for a while...remember this is all about muscle memory! - After you get the feel of this, and while still rotating your knees, angle your body slightly so that you have more weight on one leg than the other. Get the feel of that. - Angle your body to the other side and get the feel of that side. - With your muscles very aware of themselves at this point, angle your body again. This time plant one leg and leave it fluid but basically stationary while the other rotates. Switch. Now trade off in time to your own rhythm or the rhythm of your music, whichever's best for you. Imagine making "circle eights" with your knees. *NOT* to be confused with "figure eights," which cross at the center. Circle eights are two circles set atop one another. Like a double scoop ice cream cone. Mmmm, ice creammmm.... AT LONG LAST! Start with your hoop at your waist going a comfortable rate of speed. Begin to slow it down, Smoothly. I like to transistion into knee hooping by slowly walking in the direction of my hoop so that it drops to my hips. As I rotate my hips slowly, my knees move simultaneously in a clockwise direction and I'm off hoopin with my knees. Remember the muscle memory excercises I had you do above? Apply them all here; the angles, the trade-offs, yadda, yadda yadda. The first amazing thing about knee-hooping that I discovered is the SPEED. Woooo!!!! With all the excercises I've suggested above, you'll know exactly what to do when the hoop seems about to drop too far, too fast. With feet firmly planted and still shoulder width apart, you will of course, move one of your rotating knees out and "kick" the hoop back up; then you will stabilize it by "kicking" the hoop level with your other knee. Much in the same way you did when you were afraid to let the hoop drop below your waist, you instinctively shot your hip out in the appropriate direction to prevent it from falling. (Remember?) Don't get frustrated. Laugh instead. Happy Hooping. Hope this helps someone. peacemagiclovebeautylight ~*~rakai~*~

kaiya 2004-12-25T13:14:18Z Sia http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#0e997c35-18d2-4575-9c71-819cf94711ce 2004-12-19T03:19:03Z 2004-12-19T03:19:03Z

Wow that is some awesome advice. I got the knee thing down. but that jogging motion sounds like a good thing to try. I still have problems getting the hoop to go in a upward motion on my body, but I have been very happy with my success of the arm above head all the way to my ankle then one foot. I need to make my body more flexible one of these days. I saw some hoopers at BM this year that blew my mind, it was very inspirational.

Sia 2004-12-19T03:19:03Z Larissa http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#63e971da-e95e-4652-aed8-b6b53a660070 2004-11-24T16:03:06Z 2004-11-24T16:03:06Z

Wow, thanks for the tips everyone, I totally figured it out last night. I love it when something just clicks like that and it's so easy all of a sudden. Of course, my knees are totally destroyed with bruises, but it's a good bruising. Getting the hoop to go back up to the waist is definitely hard work, but I managed to get that a couple times too. Can I just say how much fun hip-hooping is? I didn't realize you could make it go so fast just by letting it drop down to your hips as opposed to letting it revolve on the waist. What a difference.

Larissa 2004-11-24T16:03:06Z Jamie Bionic http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#942e9caf-184f-474a-8560-591b15109b97 2004-11-23T01:20:47Z 2004-11-23T01:20:47Z

Hoopnotica taught me to move my knees at opposing directions, so when one knee is forward, the other is going back. If you're legs are moving together, the hoop can still fall down. The right way looks like you're jogging in place with the knees close together. Like in the discussion on hooping.org, I think starting right above the knee or the middle of the thigh works best. To drop the hoop down to your knees from your waist, slow down the hoop till it drops to your thighs. Speed your legs up as soon as it gets there. To get the hoop back up to the waist speed up the jogging motion. Be ready to burn some thigh fat! I'm not a hoop-in-skimpy-clothes kind of girl so the jeans or linen pants do just fine while learning. Once you get the hang of it, you can even wear polyester or dress pants and your skill will keep the hoop up.

Jamie Bionic 2004-11-23T01:20:47Z KC http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#a9a5e997-c2b9-4bb1-b11c-99ccf4578e26 2004-11-22T17:24:26Z 2004-11-22T17:24:26Z

nicki baby! well, i haven't gotten the knee hooping down yet, BUT i can hoop when its down there just not the transition back up to my waist. however, elana said something pretty good: if your hoop is moving counter clockwise try keeping your right leg straight and rotating your left knee outwards to "act" as your hips. let your hips go with it ..it might look kinda valley girl but it works. good luck!

KC 2004-11-22T17:24:26Z Eric http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#23696e4b-0da2-407f-96e6-ec0f91fd69bf 2004-11-19T22:57:23Z 2004-11-19T22:57:23Z

When I was learning to knee hoop, what helped me most was the suggestion to start the hoop just above the knees, rather than trying to move the hoop from my waist to my knees. I don't know why it helped, but it helped. You'll get it!

Eric 2004-11-19T22:57:23Z Ariel http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#620265ce-a252-40d5-98ac-50e0dcbf58b7 2004-11-19T19:41:44Z 2004-11-19T19:41:44Z

Oh, and one thought: I looked at your profile pictures, and it looks like you use hoops made from 1" tubing? If so, you may find that your knees get more than a little bruised at first. If you can find 3/4" tubing, your knees might thank you. :)

Ariel 2004-11-19T19:41:44Z Ariel http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#778039a1-2684-44d7-9e2d-88862f83d4ce 2004-11-19T19:27:08Z 2004-11-19T19:27:08Z

There was a great discussion of knee hooping on hooping.org a few months ago. Check it out! http://hooping.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=55 More trick discussion: http://hooping.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=1 and http://www.hooping.org/archives/cat_tricks.html

Ariel 2004-11-19T19:27:08Z Nicki http://hooping.tribe.net/thread/c256b8e8-10ae-4067-aa7a-32a7ca48e348#7d91bff2-82ea-4d69-bfd0-91a59c4d28f6 2004-11-19T18:44:04Z 2004-11-19T18:44:04Z

Tricks, tricks and more tricks....I love 'em!!! Any advice one and all could give me for learning how to knee hoop? It's just so cool looking but I have not had luck yet. I am practicing every day, so time will help but so does some advice!

Nicki 2004-11-19T18:44:04Z