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Whoopee, I can do a handstand! Well, almost - I only stay in the air for a few seconds, but it's a start. I also tried leaning back into a bridge position, but in this case I failed miserably. I arch my back, bend my knees and then at the point when I'm supposed to throw my arms over my head and touch the floor, I find the floor is further away than I'd thought and I come crashing down.
I reckon it's psychological, since the first time I tried, with the teacher there to support me, I could do it without needing much support. Maybe it's the primordial fear of falling backwards, or maybe it's because after two years of hapkido, there's a voice in my head whispering, "Do a back fall!" After all, when you've been thrown on your back a few hundred times, it becomes pretty instinctive, and produces the opposite reflexes to the ones you need.
Oh - I nearly forgot to mention that this was in capoeira training, just in case you were starting to think that I was considering abandoning academia and running away to join a circus.
I reckon it's psychological, since the first time I tried, with the teacher there to support me, I could do it without needing much support. Maybe it's the primordial fear of falling backwards, or maybe it's because after two years of hapkido, there's a voice in my head whispering, "Do a back fall!" After all, when you've been thrown on your back a few hundred times, it becomes pretty instinctive, and produces the opposite reflexes to the ones you need.
Oh - I nearly forgot to mention that this was in capoeira training, just in case you were starting to think that I was considering abandoning academia and running away to join a circus.
