My daughter won the 2013 International Pole Championship

[MasterKiller]

I would totally bang that 63 year old in the video.

[Pete]

A 38-year-old American with no previous sport or dance experience until nine years ago

NINE YEARS lol f***ing rapid!

[TaichiMantis]

1. Congrats to Ms Wang, beautiful routine!
2. Loved the 63 year old former gymnast/ martial artist!
3. Can't believe no one has mentioned the male contestants...Daniel Kok?

[IronWeasel]

Congratulations!

[YouKnowWho]

Thanks, guys.

why would you be proud of your child pole dancing? I don't get it.

Because I'm a left wing liberal.

[Lucas]

Can I marry your daughter?

[SPJ]

Two points to add:

1 When the pole was used, I was thinking about extra long staff or spear to wield as a long weapon.

I was also thinking about poles standing training or zhuang gong. You practice your steps and postures by standing atop of poles.

I was also thinking about striking poles with cushions as striking drills for many "opponents".

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2. Personally, I like black dragon encircling the pillar (wu long jiao zhu) better than white snake.

Of course, we all know white snake fairy and Xu Xian. It is a romantic fairy tale.

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[bawang]

Thanks, guys.



Because I'm a left wing liberal.

the purpose of outdated tcma is to carry the seed, the spirit to the next generation. you leave no legacy behind.

[SPJ]

I like the idea of development of functional strength or body conditioning.

Yes. The pole dancers use their arm strength to support their body weight and movement along the pole.

It is for balance and performance.

One can imagine that you may kick the opponents while your arms supporting your weight with the pole.

There are moves when you use your staff to support while your kick.

The same function of body use but for different purposes. One is to kick, while the other is to perform.

There are many ways to use the pole to practice your MA.

JW showed shuai jiao use of pole to practice arm and leg wrapping.

We may think about striking the poles and standing on poles to practice MA.

All are about balance and focus of posture and power.

One is for performance. The other is to develop functional strength for fighting purpose.



Teresa Deng from 1970s.

[ghostexorcist]

I would totally bang that 63 year old in the video.

Ha! I was just amazed at the shape that lady is in.

[Syn7]

That's the difference between functional strength and raw power. Same reason why wrestlers get caveman strong. I'm not sayin you shouldn't lift weights, but whats better? Being able to flip a car or do handstand pushups for days? Swing a golf club, or have to use a tree to scratch the back of your shoulder. Just sayin...

[bawang]

i still think its pretty weird john was openly proud of his daughter being pole dancing champion.

[sanjuro_ronin]

i still think its pretty weird john was openly proud of his daughter being pole dancing champion.

Only because we tend to associate pole dancing with strippers.

[David Jamieson]

Only because we tend to associate pole dancing with strippers.

That is where it started in North America. So, people are going to associate it with that.
Besides, the Male version from India isn't going to bring in the crowds that scantily clad women will.

[GeneChing]

Here's the new one: Chinese-Pole-Dancing

Because pole dancing deserves more than just one thread here on the KFM forum.