Response to some posts from this week's Brass Monkey challenge!! I love discussing topics like this within the community, so I'm really glad this weekly challenge led us here 😀 "Like" this post or leave a comment below if you have things to add ⬇️

Vanessa okay so actually I'm not going to fight you at all on your opinion on cross ankle vs cross knee transition to brass monkey 🤣 I put a comment on Elena Martelli's video yesterday that Espi can chime in on too...

looking back at the layout of that tutorial, the "cross knee layback" entry should have been moved down in the intermediate or even advanced topics section of the tutorial and the "kick up from floor" and "drop down" should have been moved up to the more "beginner" topics of the tutorial.

I believe my original thought when making the placement like that was that cross knee layback is typically less scary than cross ankle layback, BUT when it comes to transitioning to brass monkey, the low back twist needed for that cross knee layback is A LOT and can absolutely feel very awkward.

Would love to hear others chime in! Love seeing all the posts and questions from this week!

xoxo

Coach Steph