Great tutorial! This is the first lift I teach many of my partners cause it teaches so many techniques, and I kept thinking "I hope they touch on this! I hope the base talks about the wrists. I hope they do a progression!" Y'all nailed it :) The only thing I would add that I have found helpful to work on this lift is there is a great practice that partners can do with the base laying on the ground and the flyer falling forward into their hands and going into the arched back position. This is a wonderful way for the flyer to learn their balance and how to tighten their body, the base to figure out the control through the wrists. On last thing is I have had several partners who had muscular legs which made me have to do this lift at the top of their thighs. Most of the time the hips are perfect, but there will be exceptions where the base will need to find that center for the flyer. Fantastic video guys!! And a favorite lift of mine to create variations off of :)

I’m doing this for a play, I am the base and my friend Jose is the flyer🤣 thank you for the tutorial

Thanks for the tips from a fellow acro teacher!

Excellent instruction! Clear. Concise. Fun.

Amazing video there is a lot of depth in every step of the technique.

Love u guys We are professional dancers too but in PD so lifts are only allowed in our free time without a trainer Thanks for these very good tutorials 😇

Thank you!!

Hi guys! Amazing tutorial! I've seen in previous comments that height isn't too big a difference, but what if the base is shorter than the flyer? Say about 5'5 vs 5'7? I assume it shouldn't be too much of an issue?

What level of upper body strength is required as a base

Hii I have a question, is the flyer weight matters? Is there any ratio of the base person, and flyer? If they are like equal weight still can do? Flyer weight about 60kg, néed to lose weight first

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What happens if I've punched him in the gut and we still can't do it ?

This is the move that, in my unschooled opinion, best portrays the Gospel. Let me explain. We are the Bride of Christ, or as far as this movement goes, the "flyer." Jesus makes this "flight" possible because of His strength, but without the trust of the "flyer" it wouldn't work either. When we as Christians allow Jesus to not just pull us out of the muck and mire of our sinful life, and then put our FULL trust in His capable hands, then we will understand what the prophet means when he says, "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up on wings as eagles. And that is the Gospel in picture form.