Limon Technique; Exercise one: Tilts and Roll Downs.

In this lesson we had our first try at Limon Technique which is a lot more free than Cunningham or Graham. It's good to try out new styles so that we can all find our own indivual style. So far I really like Limon as I like that it's not as structure as other styles. In this exercise we looked at tilts and roll downs. These help us as the tilts help with our alignment and the roll downs help with our back flexibility and also help to warm up our upper body. Unfortunatly I started of this exercise with my feet too far apart which therefore affected the rest of the exercise. To improve this I need to check where I am before starting.

At 0.03 we can see that my arm alingment is good however like I said my feet are clearly to far apart. Having good alingment is important as when on stage with a large amount of people it will help your spacial awearness. By 0.11 my arms are still strong however my bum is sticking out. Therefore I need more lowerr body tension. 0.15 and I do a really nice tilt into roll, this shows I am focused and understanding of what we are trying to achieve. 0.17 my legs are still a problem as my left leg needs to be more bent to mirror my right. At 0.21 I have to sort my hair out- Don't use this hair style again. At 0.23 my left hand needs to be straight to follow through the alingment. At 0.28 I am holding back and need to stretch more to reach the floor. At 0.33 although my roll up is nice it could be bigger therefore making my movements more clear. At 0.37 my bum is in the air, again meaning I need more lower body tension. At 0.44 it all gets a bit confusing and I go the wrong way, I'm not going to go mad as this was our first go so by next lesson this shouldn't happen! 0.48 And the legs still need to be closer together! To make it better though I do a lovely slow and clear roll down at 1.04 which leads into the plank at 1.08 which could be lower although my alignment is good.

Strengths: 

• My roll ups are good however when rolling down I need to touch the floor.
• Alignment; through is at a good standard minus my weak left hand.
• Focus; my focus has inproved, even when I went wrong I didn't seem to fluff about as much, I seemed to just carry on.

Weaknesses:

• My lower body tension; In this exercise it was non exsistant, MUST inprove that!
• My roll downs need to touch the floor to reach my full strengths.
•  Planks need to be lower.

Targets:

• Sort out my feet/legs; Keep them how they are meant to be!
• Planks; attempt to make them lower to therefore inprove balance and core strength.
• Roll downs; When rolling down touch the floor.