[Mel]

Well as you guys know I did my BODYVIVE training recently, and I can't help it but the attacker in me couldn't help analysing the moves and trying to be SURE of the technique. In attack there was once a discussion on step touches, and how if we do a single step touch you "sink" while the feet are together, but in a double step touch you sink when the feet are apart.

Talk about confusing! That confused me for ages, but after seeing the videos and practising I finally got it.

So when we had the step touches in Vive it prompted me to wonder when you "sink"? Maybe with vive the technique isn't as important and polished as in attack, I dunno.........but I can't help wondering.

So, I looked at the video of BODYVIVE 4. Would you know, that they use BOTH. In track 1 they sink when the feet are apart, but in track 2 they sink when the feet are together????? What the?

So does anyone know if it matters? Why have they done it distinctly two different ways? I've been to the filmings before and I know that they rehearse everything, so I find it hard to believe they've all accidently done the same thing differently (did that make sense? lol).

Any ideas?

[medfruitsalad]

HAHA!

yes i think its deliberate, just 2 different methods of step-touching for a bit of variety Same move, but working the muscles in slightly different ways.

I haven't gotten Vive 4 yet, so i can't say i know EXACTLY what you're talking about, but i have a clue. Vive technique is probably gonna keep changing for some time i reckon, until they're really sure exactly what they want to do. I think they're having a ball just throwing everything in and around right now and trying it all out. Why not put that in the -blah- feedback (actually i'm pretty sure you're already going to , or have done that lol). Vive really hasn't had much of an education session so far, and getting them to really clarify and set uniform technique would be a good idea for a first proper ed. sesh.

[in2insight]

If you are worrying about what to do for your video, follow the way you were trained.
There are still some wrinkles in BODYVIVE, and count your blessing if you missed out on the big mess that was release 2. (Where both the notes and the DVD were often wrong...)
Your assessor should be assessing you based on the information given to the trainer.
Cheers,
D.

[Mel]

medfruitsalad........good point about the throwing things in and trying stuff out. Still, if they're changing things around it would be nice if it's just changing release to release rather than track to track, lol.

Another thing our trainer noted is how HARD this release actually is to learn. I dunno what the previous releases were like, but in Vive 4 there's some really difficult timing. Normally I pick up timing easy and most of us at the training were experienced instructors........however some of the counts are so off. Why are the making what is inherantly a "simple" program so hard to learn? I guess they're probably using original music, but still, the counts and phrasing are just all over the place, and I don't think it's all just cuz of the music.

I probably wont be doing my Vive video soon, because Vive isn't in many gyms at the moment and so I'll probably take my time before teaching it. I'll just see how I go really.

Good to hear your thoughts.

[medfruitsalad]

yes, i haven't gotten release 4 this time around (cos i can't fit a Vive in my schedule at the moment lol). but i did do the class and i recall i was having an UNNATURAL amount of trouble getting the timing of the step touches at the start, and at other points in the music. Everyone in the class was a bit over the place for the warmup especially. It gets better though. I'm looking forward to next year when i should be able to actually start teaching a class haha.

it's a great class though, and i have huge fun with it.